Something Fishy on eBay?

[golfer2b2000]

2 minutes ago, billchao said:

Or you know, there's some other perfectly reasonable explanation you're not seeing or willing to accept.

Not at all. I'm worried every time I sell something I'm going to get screwed over. Their policies are very buyer-friendly.

Okay. Keep doin you, man.

Not an apt analogy to your OP. At this point you don't even know if you got bit, or if your neighbor has a dog.

 

15 minutes ago, golfer2b2000 said:

Yes, they are assumptions, and that is exactly what they are. But if they happen time after time again, there just may be some truth to them. It sounds like you are a firm believer in EBAY, and that's fine. I do not need proof. You dont need to have proof that a neighbors dog bit you. Usually the teeth marks are enough. You would'nt happen to be an attorney would you???☺️

I had to contact EBAY and also PayPal. Contacting EBAY is no easy task. I don't believe you can reach them by phone if you have a problem. I finally did get in touch with PayPal, and after probably a month I was issued a refund.

[chspeed]

8 hours ago, Eric C said:

I didn't have a bad experience, I haven't used eBay in probably 15 years.  I understand that there is a market for buying and selling collectibles and used items at auction, but 88% of postings are "Buy it Now", and 81% of what's available for sale is new.

This is true. eBay is primarily a retail marketplace like Amazon, although many people still think of it as an auction site. They no longer publish the breakdown, but it is estimated that only about 10% of their sales are auctions, and only 20% are used items. Considering eBay sales make up about 7% of all e-commerce transactions, that's still a lot of auctions and used stuff, but it's a shrinking part of their business, and is clearly not the future vision of eBay/Paypal.

[golfer2b2000]

1 hour ago, chspeed said:

This is true. eBay is primarily a retail marketplace like Amazon, although many people still think of it as an auction site. They no longer publish the breakdown, but it is estimated that only about 10% of their sales are auctions, and only 20% are used items. Considering eBay sales make up about 7% of all e-commerce transactions, that's still a lot of auctions and used stuff, but it's a shrinking part of their business, and is clearly not the future vision of eBay/Paypal.

Yes, their site is not what it use to be, and I believe it will slowly fail. I know that my use of it has diminished, and will probably continue to do so. I use Amazon when I need to. I think its a much more trusted site, and whenever I had to return an item, it was much more easy to do so. And reaching them was a lot more easier than trying to reach someone on EBAY