EBAY Warning

I know the feedback changes affected sellers, and (kind of) buyers. I’m just curious , how did they affect you ? Personally, I’ll say they affected me pretty drastically.

Being a (sometime) seller, primarily a buyer, I have to say that I’m not as affected as say, a full time seller. I only sell shit when it’s no longer useful to me. What’s scary though is the assinine level of idiocy seen from Ebay support and staff at this point though. Take the following scenario (based off of my own personal experience)

When a buyer “purchases” something on e-bay, they no longer have to pay for it. Really, we can say ” I was hacked”, “I was on vacation”, “I wasn’t here”, etc, and, you know what? That’s ALL that is needed. Ebay will side with he buyer.

The SELLER then is left with no recourse, except to purchase something from the buyer, and try to leave appropriate feedback (for all transactions) that way.

Unfortunately, E-Bay is now calling THAT an “unwanted buy”, however, and closing down accounts (my own specifically) because of this. Despite the faact that the feedback is related to the transaction, the fraudulent buyer can simply say “That is an unwanted buy”, never ship the item (mine never did), never do anything at all, and then never, ever do anything. Ebay will suspend the person who was burned (the seller in this case), with absolutely zero recourse.

This is one of the most annoying and upsetting adventures I’ve been on in 10+ years online. I’m a straightforward guy (albeit a bit of an ass when I don’t get what I pay for), but this is just outrageous.

Never before have I seen the customer forced to take shit from a company like this, ever.

Of course, those are just my two cents on the matter. I’m curious to see what the rest of you think about it. Please, feel free to leave comments!

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