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What have you bought on eBay that was a ripoff??
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eeyoresfan
My internet is way faster than yours
havent bought anything. the shipping is on some items is a rip off. i saw one auction where they wanted 90.00 for shipping of a furby
Frank Fire
Looking to go where no FreeOnes member has gone before!
I don't use ebay
StanScratch
My Penis Is Dancing!
I am actually quite picky and choosy in what I buy off eBay, therefor, I very rarely get scammed.
But, it does happen.
One time, I bought several 1950s and 1960s Hall-of-Fame cards off a guy who had a very good rating. That week, however, he had a very bad week - shortly after I ordered his cards, I began noticing a ton of negative feedbacks, like within hours of my own purchase. I wait a few days. His negatives keep piling. I have no cards.
I send him a message. No reply. I send another message. No reply.
I open a case on all of the cards. Almost immediately, he messages me, telling me the cards are now in the mail.
A week goes by. Still nothing. I message him. No reply. At the time, eBay had a policy that so much time had to guy by before the case file was taken to the next step if no response came. Every day until that last day, I constantly messaged the guy. Still no reply.
By now, his negative feedbacks are to legendary numbers. By this time, the guy literally has more negative than positive - all those negatives from the last three weeks, and each one telling the same story I am.
By now, I have hit the next step, take it to the next level - and within two hours, he claims he has sent the cards, and has the tracking information to prove it. I tell him to prove it. After that, I never heard from him again.
eBay refunded my money, gave me a voucher for so much off my next purchase and two weeks later, that guy's account was completely closed.
Another time, I bought a 1956 Mickey Mantle off a guy with an extremely good rating. I get the card a couple of days later, pull it out of the sleeve...and find it is a fake. I've been collecting old baseball cards for quite some time, I know the feel of them by heart. I could tell immediately, that was not a real card.
I sent a message to the guy, telling him so. He told me that, indeed, much to his chagrin, it was a fake. The guy had previously dealt only in hockey cards. He had bought several high end baseball cards from the 1950s from a guy who claimed they were real. The guy who sold the cards to me did not know this...until a couple of days before I messaged him and several other buyers had emailed him with the same complaint. Because of the volume of cards he had sold that week, he had not a chance yet to inform and refund everyone who bought those cards. The real tragedy was that the card I bought was actually one of the cheaper of those bunches - I remember a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth and a T-206 Ty Cobb being amongst the many cards he had sold during that period.
He went back to selling only hockey cards.
But, it does happen.
One time, I bought several 1950s and 1960s Hall-of-Fame cards off a guy who had a very good rating. That week, however, he had a very bad week - shortly after I ordered his cards, I began noticing a ton of negative feedbacks, like within hours of my own purchase. I wait a few days. His negatives keep piling. I have no cards.
I send him a message. No reply. I send another message. No reply.
I open a case on all of the cards. Almost immediately, he messages me, telling me the cards are now in the mail.
A week goes by. Still nothing. I message him. No reply. At the time, eBay had a policy that so much time had to guy by before the case file was taken to the next step if no response came. Every day until that last day, I constantly messaged the guy. Still no reply.
By now, his negative feedbacks are to legendary numbers. By this time, the guy literally has more negative than positive - all those negatives from the last three weeks, and each one telling the same story I am.
By now, I have hit the next step, take it to the next level - and within two hours, he claims he has sent the cards, and has the tracking information to prove it. I tell him to prove it. After that, I never heard from him again.
eBay refunded my money, gave me a voucher for so much off my next purchase and two weeks later, that guy's account was completely closed.
Another time, I bought a 1956 Mickey Mantle off a guy with an extremely good rating. I get the card a couple of days later, pull it out of the sleeve...and find it is a fake. I've been collecting old baseball cards for quite some time, I know the feel of them by heart. I could tell immediately, that was not a real card.
I sent a message to the guy, telling him so. He told me that, indeed, much to his chagrin, it was a fake. The guy had previously dealt only in hockey cards. He had bought several high end baseball cards from the 1950s from a guy who claimed they were real. The guy who sold the cards to me did not know this...until a couple of days before I messaged him and several other buyers had emailed him with the same complaint. Because of the volume of cards he had sold that week, he had not a chance yet to inform and refund everyone who bought those cards. The real tragedy was that the card I bought was actually one of the cheaper of those bunches - I remember a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth and a T-206 Ty Cobb being amongst the many cards he had sold during that period.
He went back to selling only hockey cards.
Ulysses31
I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
couple of things i bought were never sent (many years ago) but i normally do my research on what i buy so normally know what the items should be like. Got a couple of tv phones where you can never get a clear picture which i guess is down to the manufacturer rather than the seller but i've got quite a few useful things on eBay so happy to use it. I remember buying a phone (Pantech something) that you could imprint your fingerprint on for security and assign each of your 10 fingerprints to dial a different number, and that was 6-8 years ago!
lurkingdirk
I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
I once bought a couple of dishes (yeah, yeah. I like to cook, fuck off). The people selling said they would ship them the same day the auction ended. I waited three weeks and nothing, so I opened a case. In good order my money was returned and everyone was notified. The seller then sent me the dishes and claimed I had stolen them and defrauded ebay. Ebay sent me a notification that I was under no obligation to pay for the dishes or to return them, as they had been sent notification of everything that went down.
So, I got some free dishes and the bull shit seller had his account closed.
I use ebay a lot, and have yet to have a disaster that ebay doesn't fix for me.
So, I got some free dishes and the bull shit seller had his account closed.
I use ebay a lot, and have yet to have a disaster that ebay doesn't fix for me.
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
I've really only had one bad experience with eBay. For the most part, the system works well and all of my purchases go off without incident.
The only exception was when I bought GTA IV for PC a few months after it was released. It was listed at $10.99 by a relatively new user. For that great of a deal I will often buy shit that I don't need. I chose the buy it now option and paid for it right away. A week went by and I didn't hear from the seller. I emailed him to see if he shipped the item, and he never responded. I opened up a case against him as soon as I could. Right after that, he sent me an email saying that he shipped the item. I didn't believe him and asked for a tracking number. He never responded back to me. A few days later his account was suspended and I won the case. My money was refunded to me in full.
I didn't think anything more about it until the game arrived three weeks later on my doorstep. I popped it in and it worked perfectly. I don't know why his account was suspended, but I got a free game out of it.
By the way, my favorite purchase on eBay was The O.C. (yeah, fuck you) complete series. I got it for about $60 cheaper than the list price. I've never been happier. Rachel Bilson, Autumn Reeser, Olivia Wilde, and Mischa Barton any time I want. Yep, that was worth it...
The only exception was when I bought GTA IV for PC a few months after it was released. It was listed at $10.99 by a relatively new user. For that great of a deal I will often buy shit that I don't need. I chose the buy it now option and paid for it right away. A week went by and I didn't hear from the seller. I emailed him to see if he shipped the item, and he never responded. I opened up a case against him as soon as I could. Right after that, he sent me an email saying that he shipped the item. I didn't believe him and asked for a tracking number. He never responded back to me. A few days later his account was suspended and I won the case. My money was refunded to me in full.
I didn't think anything more about it until the game arrived three weeks later on my doorstep. I popped it in and it worked perfectly. I don't know why his account was suspended, but I got a free game out of it.
By the way, my favorite purchase on eBay was The O.C. (yeah, fuck you) complete series. I got it for about $60 cheaper than the list price. I've never been happier. Rachel Bilson, Autumn Reeser, Olivia Wilde, and Mischa Barton any time I want. Yep, that was worth it...
bustybbwlover
I'm so great I'm jelous of myself.
i haven't gotten items i've ordered but i've gotten my money back every time so no real negative experiences i suppose
do NOT buy these cheap china mp3 players. they work fine unless you charge them for more than 1 hr then they die. they are cheap like $8. i bought 5 of them since they were so cheap and they're all broken now:
do NOT buy the china mp3 sunglasses, same problem as the china mp3 players above. mine lasted for 2 weeks until i had to recharge it. DOA
basically, dont buy any no-name brand electronics from china. the shit will not last you 30 days even. warranty? forget about it. not to mention it will take 4 weeks to arrive from shengzen from ching chong meow imports
do NOT buy the china mp3 sunglasses, same problem as the china mp3 players above. mine lasted for 2 weeks until i had to recharge it. DOA
basically, dont buy any no-name brand electronics from china. the shit will not last you 30 days even. warranty? forget about it. not to mention it will take 4 weeks to arrive from shengzen from ching chong meow imports
car parts - make sure they are from the US. i ordered a pair of replacement lights for my VW since mine were cloudy etc, for the cost of the "headlight restore" shit i could buy new lights on ebay, from BULGARIA which i did. they just arrived yesterday after waiting for 3 weeks. The problem... they only sent one fucking light instead of the pair. no recourse
We recently purchased an Android Tablet. Was really looking forward to trying it out... even paid for 2 day shipping. The day that the item was supposed to deliver, the seller opens a case, telling us that he no longer has the item that we purchased from him. Our money was refunded, but we're still leaving very bad feedback about this situation. You don't sell something that you don't even have. 
BoboBrowne
Got Porn?
Bought a worn bikini (even had a picture of her wearing it) from my favorite Playmate Alison Waite. Turns out, when I got it, it had clearly been washed before shipping and just smelled like detergent. Imagine my disappointment.
emceeemcee
Banned
I bought a bit of music gear that was fucked up if I remember correctly. I don't remember what happened with that.
oh, and some two-faced prick fucked me by refusing to send the item when I told him there was no way I was going to pay some bullshit bank fee of his he felt I was obligated to pay, a fee he incurred because of HIS chosen method of payment. What a gobshite.
oh, and some two-faced prick fucked me by refusing to send the item when I told him there was no way I was going to pay some bullshit bank fee of his he felt I was obligated to pay, a fee he incurred because of HIS chosen method of payment. What a gobshite.
ebay no-nos
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china electronics
used electroncs
used clothes
knockoff car parts
anything I missed? so far as usefull stuff, ebay is good for getting cheap accesories, like when you need an adapter/cable/gadget to make some other component work. aside from that its a ripoff. I use my paypal money for booking hotels and plane tickets
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china electronics
used electroncs
used clothes
knockoff car parts
anything I missed? so far as usefull stuff, ebay is good for getting cheap accesories, like when you need an adapter/cable/gadget to make some other component work. aside from that its a ripoff. I use my paypal money for booking hotels and plane tickets
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