eBay or not to Ebay

I feel for you!! Lucky has not happened to myself, but I have often wondered about, what if a seller was sick? in the hospital? What happens to their listings. I think that there should be some kind of note on a seller's/buyer's page, indicating an emergency, I am not availale, going for operation, vacation,etc. And am I wrong? does not ebay/paypal have our phone #'s.

It may be far fetched but I have seen on some court shows, alot of ebay seller's/buyer's going to small claims court on cases like this. Because if no one ever does a thing about it, these blankly blank's will continue to steal.

Were you able to give feedback to them?

if thief sells it, theyre not selling "the item all legally" because it's stolen merchandise.

As for paypal refunding because you didnt respond - you agreed to that when you signed up. Sorry you got ill and that it happened to you, but you agreed to it, so you dont really have any room to complain. They enforce this 7 day limit for a response equally on all sellers. Sucks, I know, but that's their policy.

I dont know what the buyer claimed when did the chargeback, but if buyer claims s/he didnt get the item, then you should have filed insurance claim for lost parcel. (if that is what happened and if you didnt insure it inn the first place, well, that's your own fault -- always insure what youre not willing to lose out on).

If buyer claimed SNAD, then they were supposed to return it to you.

regarding chargebacks of $450 and $1100 - I dont know the details of the incidents, but they should have been sent with signature required (and better if would have been sent UPS with restricted delivery to where only the accountholder could sign). I dont know if that would have offered 100% protection, but if the sellers didnt do this, that's where they went wrong.

I'm not saying there's not problems with ebay and paypal (there definately are some problems that need resolving), just saying that if sellers dont follow the procedures outlined and agreed to, then things will definately go wrong. (and no, I dont know about if followed procedures on the $450 and $1100, but by your own admission you didnt on your case)

Perhaps people on Trust & Safety forums on ebay can help ya more http://forums.ebay.com/db2/forum.jspa?forumID=107

There are plenty of non-eBay alternatives out there but, sadly, none that can match it saleswise. Not yet anyway.

I only hate eBay just because the fee is so high. But it's faster to sell than other sites. I have my own website but no buyer. So sad. Hardly make profit selling on eBay I must say.

Right now I'm figting with the urge to re-open my ebay stores for back to school and holiday sales. I swore I was not gunna open them again and I'm trying to get away from ebay but at the same time I don't want to sit on this inventory another year.

Clothing is tricky, if you miss your "season" then your are stuck with it until that season comes around again.

And the other store, the lingerie does great for the holidays right throught to March -after Valentines day.

Oh what to do, what to do . . .