eBay Sellers..Grrrrrr

[R Bedell]

Between buying Cub Cadet parts and/or parts for my Business, I buy some items on eBay.

Seems within the last two weeks, I have made some purchases, only to find the Seller, selling the item, does not have the item. One seller immediately (6 hrs later) refunded my money (sold out). The second seller didn't say anything, but thought it was OK to wait 3 to 4 weeks for shipment. Now today, sent seller a inquiry after not being sent......silence.

Is this just me, or has things changed on eBay...???

[olds45512]

Nothing has changed on eBay, there are great sellers and then there are people that don't give a sh!t, they're probably the same way in real life. I always check feedback before I buy and so far I've been pretty lucky.

[R Bedell]

I always check feedback before I buy and so far I've been pretty lucky.

Me too, but these sellers had 99%+.

[Cub Cadet 123]

Originally Posted by R Bedell

Me too, but these sellers had 99%+.

......sometimes life is like a tug-o-war, one jerk after another!

Cub Cadet 123

[Terry C]

Originally Posted by R Bedell

Me too, but these sellers had 99%+.

When it’s less than 100%, I click on the negative feedback and read them.
Sometimes you can tell that the buyer was unreasonable and others bad seller.
99% on sellers that sell 10,000 a month is a lot of unhappy buyers.
I never buy from a seller that has some slow shipping complaints.
There are defiantly some bad sellers on ebay.

[john hall]

Roland, there is the other side--the seller. You want some fun, sell square bales of hay on CL, folks ask all sorts of questions, like price, kind, location----when its all in the ad. And then there are scheduling issues. My favorite may well have been the guy that wanted bales of wheat straw to insulate the walls in his garage that he was turning into residential space. Unfortunately the bale size fluctuated too much for his construction.

[Alvy]

Originally Posted by Terry C

When it’s less than 100%, I click on the negative feedback and read them.
Sometimes you can tell that the buyer was unreasonable and others bad seller.
99% on sellers that sell 10,000 a month is a lot of unhappy buyers.

Absolutely a million percent true and I learned this during Christmas. Always assumed that high 90 percent feedback meant seller was awesome until what Terry said happened. There are sellers that are just reselling amazon items and I got caught in that scheme and ended up buying straight from amazon at the last minute because I got hosed and after I read the many many negative feedbacks that occurred in the last month I realized because of the volume that this was a bad idea. Anyway just sharing because I didn’t know until it was too late.

I will also say though that eBay for me over the years has been great and have bought many many Things flawlessly that I would have never been able to find or obtain without it

[Sam Mac]

Never bought anything off Flea Bay and I'm not starting now.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by Terry C

When it’s less than 100%, I click on the negative feedback and read them.
Sometimes you can tell that the buyer was unreasonable and others bad seller.
99% on sellers that sell 10,000 a month is a lot of unhappy buyers.
I never buy from a seller that has some slow shipping complaints.
There are defiantly some bad sellers on ebay.

The % you see is from the last year, all it would take is one negative feedback and they would have a 99%.

[green 4 acres]

At least you are unlikely to be killed in the transaction
A guy here KC went to sell a gun at a parking lot 2 yrs ago , he had on CL
One shot the other and vise versa , both died , police found the guys 6 yr old alone in the truck