The Ebay Seller/Policies Discussion Thread

[waccy]

Q) What is the purpose of this thread?
A) To discuss Ebay policies/issues

Q) Where can i find the Ebay Presale Policy?
A) Click HERE

Q) Can a HDN Trade mod help me with an Ebay sale/trade issue? Also why is there no 'ebay bad traders' list?
A) Simply put, no. To find out why, ensure you read the following spoiler:

Spoiler

please use this thread as a RESOURCE to ask your fellow members about problems you've had with a reseller or questions about e-bay.

do NOT use this thread to attack or refute other members. if you an e-bay dispute with a member here, perhaps it's best to approach a trading mod before posting? we don't police e-bay, but maybe we can give you a tip or two.

if members ignore these suggestions, then the thread might be locked for a couple of weeks.

thank you.

hey folks,

as a reminder what myself (and other mods) have continued to mention via private message, e-mail and other areas. we do NOT police other trading marketplaces like ebay, youtube, amazon and the rest.

there is ONLY a certain amount of information at our disposal and we do not have the resources in these other locations as we do on this forum - things that we can look at and evaluate.

having said that, there are trading rules on this forum that have been instituted for your own protection for trading transactions that happen HERE.

this includes the pending / active sales threads, the requirement of feedback posted for any new traders, our support ticketing system, the active investigations held by trading moderators and many other things we do not discuss openly.

we have long held that problems occurring on these other forums and marketplaces should be taken the appropriate authorities on THOSE websites.

many of you are established traders here on this forum and you should know all about the guidelines that are stickied in this section - including having new traders send first, getting tracking from the other party and proof of shipment, and what other precautions can be taken to protect your trading safety.

trading via ebay and their messaging system is against their stated policy and should not occur - and there are reasons why they have created that policy. you don't have protection of paypal or their listing system as a buyer or seller.

having said that, if there is trouble with an ebay seller or buyer, you should go to their website and report it there. if you are not aware of this process, follow the below link for more information.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/report-trading.html

so folks can feel free to chat about a seller or buyer that they are having problems with, but I can tell you right now - there will not be a "witch hunt" by moderators or staff based on one person's account of the problems or trouble they are having - and we limit the action taken for or against members here to transactions that occurred on this forum.

as stated in the thread title of our bad traders list - that list is for FORUM MEMBERS ONLY.

thank you.

Q) Where can i find the HDN Buyer Beware / Bad Traders list?
A) You can find the thread HERE

 

[wolfmansgotnards]

I currently have 58 steelbooks for sale as a bulk buy. I really do hate selling on ebay, but I need rid of them ASAP. (home improvements reasons)

I am scared that someone will buy them and lie about something to get their money back.

 

[gbdragon]

I currently have 58 steelbooks for sale as a bulk buy. I really do hate selling on ebay, but I need rid of them ASAP. (home improvements reasons)

I am scared that someone will buy them and lie about something to get their money back.

Its always a risk but you can list as collection.

 

[sunnyx]

here, manage your buyer requirements and block buyers who have a history of none payment!

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences

 

[Bigman]

What missing here?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111158980018

 

[blu-steel]

I ask everyone to put this person on your block list on ebay:

theknightrises2012
miruca58
brazilcbf

I keep having to block him and he keeps on bidding on my stuff and then complains when and if there is a lose disc. I keep blocking him and he opens another account. He threatened to leave negative feedback. He is the worst customer ive ever dealt with.

 

[RajLondon]

Another one to add to the list:

ice201313

Complete and utter time waster.

 

[CaptainCoffee]

pacinouk

Complete waste of space and non payer.

 

[RajLondon]

pacinouk

Complete waste of space and non payer.

This is him as well; proudsweat201

I think he has another ID as well but can't remember what it is.

 

[smileyx9]

Another one for the block List:

amylouisenewton
from the UK

Won my Aladdin Auction but does not intend to Pay. Contacted her via Mail but no response-had to open a Case for a non paid Item.

 

[Lutzo]

I ask everyone to put this person on your block list on ebay:

theknightrises2012
miruca58
brazilcbf

I keep having to block him and he keeps on bidding on my stuff and then complains when and if there is a lose disc. I keep blocking him and he opens another account. He threatened to leave negative feedback. He is the worst customer ive ever dealt with.

He is on my bidder block list since day 1. He keeps bidding, then retracts his bids and if he wins he doesn't pay, because of some bogus reason and then he starts whining that he doesn't have any money. This guy should be locked away!

 

[VRob98]

This is him as well; proudsweat201

I think he has another ID as well but can't remember what it is.

naeems35

It's a disgrace he's even allowed to still have an account.

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...userid=naeems35&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

He is on my bidder block list since day 1.

Yep, on mine too.

And do yourselves a favour sellers and also block these timewasting deadbeats, all of whom seem to think it's ok to string you along for ages and then not pay. All of them have recent non-payment strikes against them:

poppula13
pascorda2012
chaizhenhua123

These people need to realise that when they mess one steelbook seller about they run the risk of being blacklisted by the whole steelbook selling community. There are far too many people at the moment who are just playing at buying on eBay and not honouring their commitments.

 

[blackberry]

Poppula13 has BIN one of my items but not yet paid. I think it is better for me to cancel the deal rather than waiting...

BTW, if I put an ID in the blocking list, will eBay prevent the person to BIN or make offer?

Sent from my N9500 using Tapatalk 2

 

[sunnyx]

BTW, if I put an ID in the blocking list, will eBay prevent the person to BIN or make offer?

of course

 

[blu-steel]

The problem I see with ebay is that there needs to be a way for you to block one ID and it blocks all the others that one person may have.

 

[RajLondon]

The problem I see with ebay is that there needs to be a way for you to block one ID and it blocks all the others that one person may have.

There's no actual way of doing that because you can only create 1 account per email address. All these time wasters out there are creating different email addresses with the same address.

 

[blu-steel]

There's no actual way of doing that because you can only create 1 account per email address. All these time wasters out there are creating different email addresses with the same address.

Which shouldn't be to hard for ebay to tie it to the physical address or persons name and contact info.

 

[RajLondon]

Which shouldn't be to hard for ebay to tie it to the physical address or persons name and contact info.

Well it would have to be name and address together.

Quite conceivable that there are two different users living at the same address.

 

[gbdragon]

eBay love watching sellers getting screwed over.

Its all part of the whole buyer protection programme b*****st.

They forget sellers are their bread and butter and start playing fair.

 

[RajLondon]

eBay love watching sellers getting screwed over.

Its all part of the whole buyer protection programme b*****st.

They forget sellers are their bread and butter and start playing fair.

Yeh exactly which is why I can't see eBay putting mechanisms in place to prevent time wasters.

 

[lgans316]

victoria33.2012 - no longer a registered user.

Bought an item worth 20 GBP on 28-Apr-2013. Posted by standard delivery as item value was 20. Claimed not received and kept pushing me for a refund which was issued within 2 weeks.

Filed claim with Royal Mail with all the details (photos of the package with printed address, proof of posting receipt). Got acknowedgement from Royal Mail on 12-June-2013 that they are investigating the claim and have contacted the recipient to acknowledge non-receipt. But seller didn't get back to Royal Mail until 04th August 2013 prompting them to close the claim. Seller is no longer a registered user and I am now out of pocket by 20 GBP.

Last feedback received was on 05 Aug 2013 -

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...userid=victoria33.2012&ftab=AllFeedback&rt=nc

Will be sending Letter Before Action to the email id which is a pre-requisite for going through small claims.