ebay feedback dilema
jimtre
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Attrocious Feedback
The other night I came in from picking up my sister-in-law to go out for dinner. As I got to the door my 13 year old grandson was hounding me to bid on something for him on ebay. (His mother doesn't have a connection).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2682721004&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6
When I got a chance to look at it and he assured me he wanted it I placed a bid with like 12 minutes to go. and it was the only bid. I then looked at the feedback and it was attrocious. 50 negs in the last month and upon reading them it was for not receiveing, garbage, no communication etc.
I couldn't retract the bid and of course won it.
I was gone this weekend and this morning got a very nice e-mail telling how good she was etc.
I checked the item this morning and she has gained 9 more negs with a total of 59 the last month and 22 in the last 7 days.
AND she has taken her feedback private: User hipstylesnow(private) has elected to make their Feedback Profile private so comments are not available for public viewing at this time
Quite frankly, I don't think my grandson will ever get it it is only $10.99 plus $4.50 shipping and the $1.96 (of course USPO only charges $1.30) insurance.
I was going to send the money, she QUIT taking paypal (Scheesch, I wonder why?) But after seeing her feedback go private, I am greatly concerned. My feedback is 100% jimtre and don't want a neg but am very concerned about sending the money.
Any suggestions.
Thanks
Jim
The other night I came in from picking up my sister-in-law to go out for dinner. As I got to the door my 13 year old grandson was hounding me to bid on something for him on ebay. (His mother doesn't have a connection).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2682721004&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6
When I got a chance to look at it and he assured me he wanted it I placed a bid with like 12 minutes to go. and it was the only bid. I then looked at the feedback and it was attrocious. 50 negs in the last month and upon reading them it was for not receiveing, garbage, no communication etc.
I couldn't retract the bid and of course won it.
I was gone this weekend and this morning got a very nice e-mail telling how good she was etc.
I checked the item this morning and she has gained 9 more negs with a total of 59 the last month and 22 in the last 7 days.
AND she has taken her feedback private: User hipstylesnow(private) has elected to make their Feedback Profile private so comments are not available for public viewing at this time
Quite frankly, I don't think my grandson will ever get it it is only $10.99 plus $4.50 shipping and the $1.96 (of course USPO only charges $1.30) insurance.
I was going to send the money, she QUIT taking paypal (Scheesch, I wonder why?) But after seeing her feedback go private, I am greatly concerned. My feedback is 100% jimtre and don't want a neg but am very concerned about sending the money.
Any suggestions.
Thanks
Jim
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if she doesn't mail you out the item, file a complaint with the USPS with your return card, carbon copy of your money order, and a printout of the ebay auction
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Find another one, bid, get it, and forget about this person. Thy're about to be NARU'd and won't follow through most likely.
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Don't waste the money and use it as a lesson for your grandson on ebay precautions.
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Or, in the end, don't worry about getting a neg. feedback if you're really concerned about it. Don't pay and take your chances.
Good luck!
Jim
Ron, actually they have only a little over 1300 feedback not the 4000 you mentioned.
The feedback has been again restored. After reading them they don't seem to be quite as bad as I remembered them. However they do have a ton of negs.
As the day went on and in reading here I had decided that she was going to be NARUED and I decided I would never get and decided not to send the money.
But, since they have restored their feedback and after reading them I have decided I will call them tomorrow and go ahead and send it.
Jim
I looked at their feedback when it was private. It didn't show the comments, but the item numbers. There were over 4500 transactions. 1300+ individuals that left feedback, 1500+ that were duplicates, and obviously a good 1000+ that didn't leave feedback.
My feedback rating is about 1050, but I've had over 1700 feedback from auction transactions. That's not even counting the people who didn't leave feedback for me.
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However, when I wrote the original they had 50 negatives for the month and are now up to 66!!
Scheesch
Jim
I'm a dishonest seller's nightmare.
I've gotten two bad sellers removed from eBay; I didn't leave negative feedback either time. Instead, I set out to resolve the problem. More accurately, I really was creating a record of my attempts to solve the problem while the sellers created a record of unreasonableness and dishonesty. First, you have to give the seller a chance to do right. If the purchase is for a small amount of money, I'd use a credit card. If you don't receive your item, your credit card company SHOULD remove the charge, and is also likely to have its own procedures for prosecuting a dishonest merchant.
It's too bad that the seller took the feedback private. It's extremely helpful to get other defrauded customers together to complain. (Technically, it's a violation of eBay's terms of service to contact other eBayers for such a purpose, but I consider it the lesser of two evils.)
Other steps to follow:
- SquareTrade; a seller like this one is unlikely to be helpful, if he/she responds at all, but it shows that you're attempting to resolve the problem, or at least explain the situation in reasonable terms to a neutral party;
- eBay's own reporting procedures;
- File a complaint with fraud.org, the site of the National Fraud Information Center;
- File a complaint with the consumer protection bureau of the seller's state's attorney general's office, and any other investigative agency covering the seller's jurisdiction.
That's the route I've taken, and I've gotten results both times. I ended up getting my items, nominal awards from SquareTrade and eBay's insurance, and the sellers were removed.
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besides that, if they think they can get their money, they will let the fraud continue
I purchased a book from one seller (about $6.50 including shipping) who never delivered. The seller had a couple of dozen negative feedback entries from buyers who had the same experience, all for similarly small amounts. I contacted them all, sending links for where to forward their complaints. I ended up recovering half the amount after I filed a SquareTrade case, and the seller was removed from eBay. Not only that, but the seller ended up sending me the book AFTER he was kicked off, which was a surprise to say the least.
My one other claim was for a purchase of $29.50, plus $27 for shipping. Again, I contacted the seller's other (dozens) of cheated buyers, who filed their own complaints (at least a couple wrote me to say they filed). I recovered $4.50 from eBay (purchase price minus $25), and the seller sent the item. Subsequently, the seller was booted from eBay.
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They are NARU'd now, so don't bother.
It seems they were not able to maintain the high eBay standards.
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Jim
Her feedback was atrocious and went private only to come back again. Her negative feedback in the last month went from 50 to 56 to 60 t0 64 to 67 and now back at 56. And yesterday she was listed as not a registered ebay user (narud) and today she is listed. ????
But personally the only problem (besides her not taking paypal) was pshycollical (sp). And to be honest I will give her good feedback.
Thanks for your replies though.
Jim
Well, This has been quite an ordeal. First she took her feedback private