is it me or is ebay....

**dannyjpuk** · 30th July 2011, 15:32

getting worse as some of you know i got ripped off by a man on ebay who sold me a dyson hoover he insisted i paid cash when i got it home it did not work so i took it to a shop and the belt was snaped!! he stated it was only 18months old hardly used ect ect faultless so i rang and textd him and he more or less told me to do one he txtd back saying HA HA ... that boiled me anyway im babaling so to cut a long story short i saved him to see what else he got up to and it looks like im not the only one that got scammed by him so for future reference hes called keithflossy123 just so you dont fall into the trap that i did

LOOK AT HIS FEEDBACK

what annoys me is you cant contact ebay direct via e mail there so many links to click on

**spennny** · 30th July 2011, 16:34

Didnt he have bad feedback before you bought it from him mate ?

**Big Sig** · 30th July 2011, 16:42

Never pay cash. Just seems like the bloke is an arse though. No need for bad customer feedback or just to rub it in! Still, its only a drive belt, easy enough to get and replace.

**dannyjpuk** · 30th July 2011, 16:59

Originally Posted by spennny

Didnt he have bad feedback before you bought it from him mate ?

no he hardly had any stars tho looks like i was one of the first to be bumbed then looking at his feedback hes done more so im contacting the people that have left him negative feedback to get them to report him ect

**dannyjpuk** · 30th July 2011, 17:01

Originally Posted by Big Sig

Never pay cash. Just seems like the bloke is an arse though. No need for bad customer feedback or just to rub it in! Still, its only a drive belt, easy enough to get and replace.

i know not to pay cash now mate he was advertising to us paypal then saying he wants cash stearing people away from paypal.... yeah im in the process of getting a new belt ect its just the replay i got was HA HA what a @#'#['; just really annoys me i hope he gets what he deserves

**spennny** · 30th July 2011, 17:57

Where did you collect it from ??
Cant you go back ?

**bembo449** · 30th July 2011, 18:03

so you collected it without trying it at collection ??

**HITFACTORY1403** · 30th July 2011, 18:05

and ebay feedback is one sided ,

the buyer can leave positive or negative feedback ,

but the seller can ONLY leave positive ,

and apparently if the seller leaves a bad feedback on the ( only ) positive section , it gets removed .

i sold an item that required the seller to check the item to satisfaction before collecting / purchasing ,

but the ebay buyer sent their husband , who admitted he was JUST collecting and did not know what it was he was getting .

he checked it over and paid me my money , but 2 hours later his wife , the ebayer , emailed me complaining and left me a neutral feedback with a negative comment .

Why should i get negative feed back because she could not come and view the item herself .

And because i can't leave negative feedback about her not viewing the item ( as the official ebay user ) ,

i have to put up with having a bad mark on my ebay account from her .

**bembo449** · 30th July 2011, 18:08

ebay is feppin ****e these days , only interested in making money and not customer satisfaction, *****

**nibblitz** · 30th July 2011, 18:12

Thats sellers feedback doesnt look like he's done anything seriously wrong.. Not being funny but, if you collect something and pay cash, surely you'd check it is as described & functioning before handing over money and taking it home?? Its what I do...

The belt could have unfortunately snapped the moment you powered it on, or the last time the seller powered it off..

Granted the seller shouldnt have been rude in his response to you, but was your communications with him up to that point entirely polite (if you felt agrieved & ripped off with having a hoover not working) ?

In defence of sellers wanting cash instead of paypal, consider this.. If I was selling and somebody was collecting it, there is no way I would accept paypal... If I did the buyer could then open an item not received dispute, how can I prove it was delivered?? They would get a paypal refund...