eBay horror stories!

[xaqintosh]

1. I bought a webcam by logitech over ebay. They said it was refurbished, had USB and worked on mac. When I got it, it on ly worked on Windows and had some kind of serial port instead of USB. Luckily I got my money back

2. I bought an RCA Cable Modem. It was too refurbished, and didn't come with drivers or instructions or a Power Adapter. Knowing all this, I ordered it buy it now. Anyways, after I get it, I look around for where to get a power adapter. It turns out they are like $50, and I got the modem for 60. So I was upset but bought one. I guess I should've looked to see how much the powert adapters were before ordering the modem.

[themacko]

I've actually been a big fan of eBay .. this was my 10th auction I believe. I had bought my digital camera, DV camcorder, a tent and even sold some minor things over the past 3 years on eBay without incident. I'm sure everything works out fine if you just use common sense and keep your actions well documented. It's just a bit frightening when you chance loosing a $1200 laptop to some scrub in Indiana. Just be careful.

[xoot]

A horror story from one of the people who sold something to kilo. If he doesn't receive it in a long time, he goes ape sh*t.

"What is that smell?"
"It smells like ape sh*t!"
"Let's look where the ape sh*t is..."
*1 min later*
"It's near that sgi cd-rom drive!"
"Hmmm... I wonder why... *scratch scratch*"
Thinking: I forgot to ship that to kilo! Better give it to him now. But what is with the ape sh*t?

[dixonbm]

I actually know someone who bought a Mercedes on ebay. He's had the car for a year and a half and it's running great. Then again he actually flew out to texas and checked the car out and had it inspected etc.

I myself have had all good experiences on ebay except for a monitor I ordered. Two weeks went buy after the first email from the guy and payment was sent over paypal. I was irked, no monitor so I tried to cancel and ordered another monitor. It showed up a week later and then a week after that the original monitor showed up. That's my worst story.

[ScottW]

It's not eBay, it's the people, and it's PayPal.

I had an issue where I purchased a monitor on eBay for $350.00. Not $1200, but still, its money. So, I get the montior and the case is cracked. I email the guy and send digital pictures of the damages. I paid via PayPal. He basically, said it sold it w/o warranty and it was my issue if it was screwed up in shipping. I told him that the "SENDER" must deal with all damaged shipping issues, and I wanted my money back. He could deal with UPS. Well, he refused and I didn't hear anything for a couple weeks. About 28 days into the mess, I contacted PayPal about the issue and wanted my money back... to start the dispute. At some point after that, PayPal removed the $350 from his account, and he emailed me saying he wasn't going to send me the money now that they had did that. Of course, they money wasn't in my hands.

It seemed like months, but I finally got the $350, and I think the guy finally got a claim in and go this money as well. I just wished the guy would have handled it differently. All I know is I am not using PayPal for physical merchandise anymore, especially as many have said, items over $100.

I will continue to use eBay (I rarely us it) but sometimes, it's the only way to get something sold.

Always remember, take pictures, take pictures of it in the box, maybe even take pictures of you shipping the box at FedEx/UPS... do what it takes to prove that you shipped it in good condition. Whether its to satisfy the buyer, or to satisfy the insurance claims adjuster.

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[yoshi]

Hmm I have had generally good ebay experiences but one thing holds my conscience at bay.. and I feel horrid about it:

I was bidding on things about 3 days before I had to leave for greece and as my usual practice I was bidding on things that would end within an hour or so. So I find the items I wanted and placed my bid and won (of course ). I immediatly sent out the two emails letting the sellers know I won and for the final price and mailing address for a cash payment (i was too lazy to go out and get a money order and it was all under like $50). I get one email back and I called the guy to make sure that cash was cool blah blah etc and I send out payment and all is rosey. The second item's seller contacts me through my root address on my server (dbesade@machowto.com) and I don't check that address more than 1 time a week. I don't receive a reply from the email address I emailed HIM from so I figure that the guy didn't want his $13.50 and I forget about it. Then I check my root email and his email is there with all sorts of info, of course I am reading it in an internet cafe in greece while completely eh.. in loss of my mental functions due to intaking of eh nevermind.. and there is nothing I can do.

Flash forward a week

I am back in the us suffering severe hangovers (kidding) and I check my email.. no reply from the guy on what the address is on my @mac.com. Turns out the idiot never emailed my @mac.com account and I now have his address and all but have yet to send payment. the funny thing is He gave me a positive rating on ebay and what not while I was expecting to get reamed. Ah well I guess I will send payment tomorrow or something.


wow long message..

~Yoshi

[BlingBling 3k12]

ebay.. i won my $13.75 auction and it got here in about 10 days... i won my $9 auction and i'm gonna pay for it Monday (since i had to wait for my paycheck)

so far so good...

[Trip]

I really have no clue how anybody here gets enough money to buy stuff over $50 at eBay! lol, if I could get a miniDV Canon zr15 camera for $5 at eBay then I'd let you guys know.