Ebay BS
Then I got this email Dear eBay Community Member, The bid that you entered for the item (xxxxxxxx) has been cancelled. You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page.
No real reason was given
I emailed him asking why he canceled. No Reply
Any thoughts? Seems like Bull S#!t to me.
I've purchased at least 166 things on Ebay, and am very satisfied. The worst thing that happened is I lost about $500 to a scam on airline upgrades, but that wasn't Ebay's fault. By the time I realized I'd been scammed, the statute of limitations with Paypal had expired.
Finally, I hope this bit of humor helps. The jokes about eBay start about half way through: CLIP ART MAKES EVERYTHING SH*T.
Quote: AlanMendelsonI hate ebay. Too much risk buying and selling.
Quote: WizardThe worst thing that happened is I lost about $500 to a scam on airline upgrades, but that wasn't Ebay's fault.
I should point out that I don't hate eBay.... I hate the scammers on eBay.
I do have one dispute with eBay... several years ago I wanted to sell my collection of Calder hand signed lithographs. I listed three pieces for auction and two days after the auction started eBay cancelled the auctions. It turned out that the "Calder Foundation" which includes some of the retailers and publishers of Calder's art, notified eBay that my art were forgeries.
They weren't forgeries and bought them back in the 1970s when Calder art was dirt cheap and was sold all over Madison Avenue in NYC. So I brought them over to the biggest live auction company on the West Coast which gladly took them and they were snapped up at a live auction and probably for better prices than I ever would have gotten on eBay.
People who bid on eBay are always looking for a steal so you will rarely get top prices on eBay.
Quote: WizardI once tried to sell a fairly-recent license plate on eBay and some tattletale reported me and eBay took down the auction. There is a rule that any license plate auctioned must be at least x years old. I don't recall exactly what x is, but I think in the 5 to 10 range. At the time I was miffed, because there are hundreds of other auctions for equally recent license plates.
You were busted because you were not a member of their clique.
Quote: PaigowdanYou were busted because you were not a member of their clique.
Like with the Calder Foundation. LOL
Quote: AxelWolfMy laptop screen went out so I went on Ebay to find a computer like mine working or not just for parts. I found the perfect one that was at $9.99 Starting bid, broken of course. His rating seemed okay. I've had a Ebay account from the beginning but never sold anything and only made a few purchase (To much good VP back then) so I'm a ground floor newb. Anyways I bid $20 on the item prob worth $90 or more but shipping was $40. no one out bid me. I looked with a few hrs to go.
Then I got this email Dear eBay Community Member, The bid that you entered for the item (xxxxxxxx) has been cancelled. You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page.
No real reason was given
I emailed him asking why he canceled. No Reply
Any thoughts? Seems like Bull S#!t to me.
If you know enough about computers or have a friend that does, you can order a new screen for your laptop for probably around $100.00 including shipping. Thats what I did recently (january 2013). The trick is knowing which one you need. Trading them out was easy as a few screws and plugging it into the board. Seems to me that this is a better option than taking a risk with a used one and having to transfer files and software, etc. Good luck.
2005. It was a totally different company than now.
They are totally buyer friendly now, if you're a seller
you're dog crap on Ebay's shoe. They never take your
side in any dispute, will freeze your PayPal account for
months, and put you out of business without a thought.
In the years I sold, I never even had a PP account. Now
you can't sell without one. Screw Ebay.
The biggest problem with PayPal can be summed up in two words:
Unregulated Banking.
Quote: thecesspitI've sold a few collectibles on ebay recently, as I couldn't find a buyer elsewhere. Paid in cash and delivered by hand, much easier than paypal. Paypal's fee structure is the worst.
Paypal's fee structure is actually very reasonable, 1.9% to 2.9% per transaction depending on monthly volume they process for you. Who is doing it much cheaper than that? Ebay's fee structure is getting very bad, big increase coming in May.
oriented, those were wonderful days. I had an actual
person I could call and talk to. Then the toy bitch Meg
Whitman took over and it went downhill from there.
Quote: EvenBobI sold 10's of thousands items on Ebay from 1997 to
2005. It was a totally different company than now.
They are totally buyer friendly now, if you're a seller
you're dog crap on Ebay's shoe. They never take your
side in any dispute, will freeze your PayPal account for
months, and put you out of business without a thought.
In the years I sold, I never even had a PP account. Now
you can't sell without one. Screw Ebay.
Yep pretty much. I started on eBay back in '98, buying Star Wars CCG cards (yeah I know my nerd is showing). Later on I started using it for selling here and there, CDs I didn't listen to anymore, the aforementioned SWCCG cards when I tired of them. I used to accept money orders or PayPal but only if you used a bank transfer (no CC fees). Then, around the time eBay bought PayPal, they instituted a new draconian policy where you couldn't use the word 'PayPal' in your auction description unless you accepted all payments through PayPal, which of course means you need a business account to accept CC payments...
Anyway, they make it a real pain in the ass for small sellers now. Unfortunately they're the best market out there...I tried selling some stuff on Amazon recently and the fees aren't much better, pretty comparable in fact if you compare Amazon's total fee to eBay+PayPal fees.
I still use eBay for buying occasionally and have had no problems with it really.
Quote: EvenBobI sold 10's of thousands items on Ebay from 1997 to
2005. It was a totally different company than now.
They are totally buyer friendly now, if you're a seller
you're dog crap on Ebay's shoe. They never take your
side in any dispute, will freeze your PayPal account for
months, and put you out of business without a thought.
In the years I sold, I never even had a PP account. Now
you can't sell without one. Screw Ebay.
I'm going to need to see some documentation.... You would have had to sell a minimum of 3.4 items per day to hit 10,000 during that eight year period just to hit 10,000 not to mention tens of thousands.... When did you have time to go but the crap you sold?
Quote: WoldusI'm going to need to see some documentation.... You would have had to sell a minimum of 3.4 items per day to hit 10,000 during that eight year period just to hit 10,000 not to mention tens of thousands.... When did you have time to go but the crap you sold?
I never sold 'crap' and why do you assume I did it alone.
I want the real deal, not a PDF version.
I bid 5 bucks on the sold out magazine.
Currently its been bid up to 102.50 usd on the one I bid.
Amazing.
Charlie Hebdo anounced since sold out, another 2 million will be printed.
I wonder if bidders are now going to balk on their bids lol
Quote: BeardgoatI have recently been selling things on ebay. All of the buyers pay via paypal. 2 weeks ago I sold about $150 worth of stuff. Everyone paid through paypal and then Paypal placed 3 week hold on all of the funds. 1 week ago I sold another $120 worth of stuff. Everyone paid through paypal and all of those funds were available to me immediately. Can anyone explain why I still can't access my money from payments 2 weeks ago but I have no problem getting my money from 1 week ago?
I think DJ hit the nail on the head earlier: unregulated banking.
They could be kiting the funds. The monies released were actually from the older transactions that cleared. Sort of like what your bank does if you ask to get cash back from a freshly deposited check. They are happy to oblige up to a certain amount, that amount being the "unrestricted" balance in your accounts.Quote: BeardgoatI have recently been selling things on ebay. All of the buyers pay via paypal. 2 weeks ago I sold about $150 worth of stuff. Everyone paid through paypal and then Paypal placed 3 week hold on all of the funds. 1 week ago I sold another $120 worth of stuff. Everyone paid through paypal and all of those funds were available to me immediately. Can anyone explain why I still can't access my money from payments 2 weeks ago but I have no problem getting my money from 1 week ago?
It could also be on the buyer's side. If they haven't been cleared by linking their bank account directly to their PayPal account, they may be waiting for them to do so, to ensure they get their funds.
Quote: EvenBobI sold 10's of thousands items on Ebay from 1997 to
2005. It was a totally different company than now.
They are totally buyer friendly now, if you're a seller
you're dog crap on Ebay's shoe. They never take your
side in any dispute, will freeze your PayPal account for
months, and put you out of business without a thought.
In the years I sold, I never even had a PP account. Now
you can't sell without one. Screw Ebay.
Second that. I bought and sold thousand of items on EBAY from 1996ish to 2007 or so. Great deals. Sports stuff, business equip., vehicles, etc. Very seldom a problem. They killed their own gold mine they had. Probably some new whiz kids with a MBA in nothing, old school was best, like the world's largest flea market on-line. Talk about stepping on their 'peter'---the proverbial classic case.
PayPal is also user/sender friendly and slanted in the sender's favor most times. Unlike banking, if it clears it is yours. Back in 2011 some one bought $4k of tickets from me, used them and then claimed some bogus case of 'item not what it was supposed to be'. I lost the case with Paypal and this wasn't even with EBAY involved. Lesson learned. I still use PayPal and does have some good advantages.
Apparently they run a pretty smart business and buy out any competitors.
Quote: terapinedTrying to bid on the latest Charlie Hebdo magazine. 3 million were printed.
I want the real deal, not a PDF version.
I bid 5 bucks on the sold out magazine.
Currently its been bid up to 102.50 usd on the one I bid.
Amazing.
Charlie Hebdo anounced since sold out, another 2 million will be printed.
I wonder if bidders are now going to balk on their bids lol
Just checked this am
Charlie Hebdo still being bid up to ridiculous amounts.
Typical price still geting bids over a hundred dollars.
Paypal has been good for me, but I'm a very small seller, not trying to run a store there.
My judgement is likely clouded, but ebay seems very yahoo / askjeeves / internetexplorer 'ish.
I've used craigslist a few times (to sell and advertise). Sold a few iPhones and iPods back in the day. Someone from Saudi Arabia or Mongolia or wherever they have pirates emailed me saying he had paid me and put in an extra $200 for next-day shipping. I knew he was a terrorist or whatever you call those people (like a scammer or a hacker...but a different word). So I messed around with him a little bit, he threatened to call the FBI, I gave him some fake address, I don't really remember what happened (I don't think anything), but the Samaritin (that's what they are right?) didn't seem to be too pleased with my doings and his waste of time....as he sent me some pretty lengthy emails.
Quote: RSI had no idea people still used ebay.
but the Samaritin (that's what they are right?)
Somalia.Bac79=Hazardous Material and Chemical person correcting other's mistakes. Non AP'er, I can't count cards, low intelligence. Sprinkles magical dust on the cards. Has a lucky monkey. Baby also has a green one. Sum it up: "It's okay just blame me, it's all my fault"! ( No one believes me--so I chose to stop posting)
