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Anyone ever get screwed on e-bay?

acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I bought a used ventless fryer for my store and it was supposed to be in good condition. Well long story short it had many problems.
I spent 2 grand on it and it needs another thousand worth of parts and labor.
I am trying to fight it throught paypal and ebay but its such a pain in the ass.
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  • westsidepiewestsidepie Posts: 627
    I sell guitar equipment and buy guitar equipment on ebay. I have never had a problem. What happened to you comes under the heading fraud, at maximum. Get the original description and document all the ways the original or ebay description does not match the product as it was received. Also, establish that the damage was not due to shipping. Contact the buyer first telling him/her that the object does not match the description. Did the seller have a return policy? Also let the seller know that you will not be able to leave positive feedback. This is a legitimate reason not to leave positive feedback. If you cannot reach an agreement with the seller on either returning some of your money or some other form of restitution, contact ebay. They will help.
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  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    No, but one time I was assaulted on google but I don't like to talk about it.
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  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    yeah but i paid for it
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    mookie9999 wrote:
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i didnt really get screwed, but i sent out this poster, they say it never arrived, they called the ebay police, who put me in paypal court and i lost the case. i have no money and no poster. :( the poster was 372$ :( im hoping it turns up. its been 8 weeks and it went to australia
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  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    westsidepie wrote:
    I sell guitar equipment and buy guitar equipment on ebay. I have never had a problem. What happened to you comes under the heading fraud, at maximum. Get the original description and document all the ways the original or ebay description does not match the product as it was received. Also, establish that the damage was not due to shipping. Contact the buyer first telling him/her that the object does not match the description. Did the seller have a return policy? Also let the seller know that you will not be able to leave positive feedback. This is a legitimate reason not to leave positive feedback. If you cannot reach an agreement with the seller on either returning some of your money or some other form of restitution, contact ebay. They will help.
    Wow, very informative. Thanks so much
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    i bought a "RARE" huge square vitalogy poster on ebay a lonnnng time ago. I paid for it immediately and never saw it. Its been like 5 years and i still have not received it. I emailed the guy and did everything else i was supposed to and nothing.
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  • given2fly78given2fly78 Posts: 404
    I bought a cell phone a few months ago, got it and one day I went into a meeting, turned it off and it never turned on again.....

    Basically, I was SOL. I felt kind of cheated. Especially since I'd only had the thing maybe 4 or 5 days and didn't even drop it or anything. Nice waste of $150 + Shipping.

    I don't think it was even refurbished. Bummer...
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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    I bought a $100 Rubbermaid giftwrap storage container last year for a friend of mine for her birthday. It never came. I emailed the seller and got no response. eBay told me to come to an agreement with the seller. It was this stupid cycle...so i just ate the $100 loss. :(
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    my husband bought something for his classic mustang that he's restoring and the seller lied about the condition. it was in poor condition. my husband did nothing about it and the guy got away with it.

    i found this under help on ebay
    http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/questions/dispute-resolution.html
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  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Yes, numerous times. Now, I always make sure the seller is insured for $2000 in buyer protection & has a feedback score of 98% or better.
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  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    I bought an 8gb mp4 player off ebay. It took 3-4 weeks to get to me and was actually only 2gb. That is probably a good story about buying on ebay.
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I bought my first ever item off ebay last week. Asked for them to send it on the 12th, so will see in a few weeks if I get screwed over or not. The guy is in good contact and has good feedback so I'm not too worried, but there's still the niggling at the back of my head.
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  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    i've never had a problem buying or selling.
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  • quarterpastquarterpast Posts: 185
    I bought two compact flash memory cards about 3 weeks ago. I haven't received them, so I went on ebay to see if I could contact the seller, the seller doesn't exist anymore. Don't think I'll ever see the memory cards. I requested the user's info and got a phone number for somewhere in China. I've had to wait quite some time for items to arrive from Asia in the past, so I'll give it another week or two (even though I needed these items for Bonnaroo this week) before I contact ebay.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,436
    I've done over 2000 deals on ebay (sad, I know :p) and only had two bad experiences. One was no big deal; the other was U2 tickets. On that one, all the red flags were there but I was desperate. BTW, ebay, Paypal, Visa and Ticketmaster couldn't have cared less. I had enough info for any of them to go after the scumbag, but they chose not to. Oh well.... as it turned out, I couldn't have gone to the show anyway.

    Bottom line, I love ebay! :D
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    acoustic guy wrote:
    I bought a used ventless fryer for my store and it was supposed to be in good condition. Well long story short it had many problems.
    I spent 2 grand on it and it needs another thousand worth of parts and labor.
    I am trying to fight it throught paypal and ebay but its such a pain in the ass.

    Good Luck with that !

    Hopefully you didn't spend too much because most likely you wont be getting your Money back

    I use PayPal and use my American Express Card...they are usually very good about getting your Money back and quickly
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  • EddiEEddiE Posts: 125
    Sorry to hear about your problem.

    I've always been very dubious about using Ebay, I remember winning a bid for a Pearl Jam cd about 5 or 6 years ago, I didnt have Paypal, and the seller kept emailing me telling me to send a cheque, turned out he eventually got banned from Ebay for being a fraudster and luckily I never sent a cheque, so I've stayed clear of Ebay. But at Christmas 2007 I was desperate for a Nintendo DS for my girlfriend, totally sold out in all shos, so bit the bullet and got it off Ebay. It came on the day the seller said it would, 3 days before Christmas. I bought another one for myself off another buyer, and a crappy gimicky thing for a tenner a few weeks ago. I'm still dubious about Ebay and totally avoid it if I can....only as a very last resort will I use it again.
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    I bought a $300 coffee table...3 weeks later it still hadn't arrived...so I tried to contact the seller and they no longer existed...turns out that they had established a fraudulent company :rolleyes: I used my visa bank card to buy it...and had saved all the emails etc. I was lucky - my bank refunded me the money within the week. They offer some kind of buyer protection - I just had to show them all my documentation.
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  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    acoustic guy wrote:
    I bought a used ventless fryer for my store and it was supposed to be in good condition. Well long story short it had many problems.
    I spent 2 grand on it and it needs another thousand worth of parts and labor.
    I am trying to fight it throught paypal and ebay but its such a pain in the ass.
    Someone tried to rake me over the coals saying I had never paid...long story short, paypal got involved, and took care of things. They were on top of it, lemme tell you.
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  • kh65kh65 Posts: 946
    No, how much does it cost? I didn't know they had whorehoses on ebay. :D:D
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    I know someone who paid for an expensive camera, but received a brick instead.

    Luckily, the guy was a pretty huge douchebag and totally deserved it. ;)
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    I paid for a projector and received a joystick instead. :( Never got my $750 back.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
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