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A friend of mine started selling on Ebay one year ago. He put hard work and a lot of time to build his business and good reputation. He had 120 feedbacks and over 200 sells with a 99.8% rating.

Last March 27th he went to ATM to cash money to send to supplier and he could not draw any. He went home to find out that he had a $98.00 dollars dispute. He checked the allegations of buyer who said the item hasn't been delivered. He had the support of two couriers companies which stated that the item was delivered. Paypal froze all the money in the account which was about $2,600.00 and when contacted they suggested to refund the buyer. Meanwhile another buyer could not figure out how to use his device and put an unecessary dispute, which was only a matter of using his policy of 100% satisfaction guarantee. It was justa a matter of retuning the item for refund and everybody was going to be happy. For few days Paypal site was not functional for isuing that refund and they asked to authorize them to provide it.

He told them, he begged them to release the money for it was meant to buy goods for paying customers and if not released, there would more and more complains for no one wants to wait forever. They never did anything and one month later when they lifted the block, he had received several negative feedbacks on eBay, several neutrals and 2 disputes on eBay, and $360.00 on Paypal because he had to refund all and the money left was not enough to buy for the remaining buyers. Ebay in other hand has tried to collect money from his bank account including unpaid items, refunded items due to Paypal block.

When he told Paypal that he could not afford to refund because he has not only the buying value of shipping plus produts and also what was meant to be profit, Paypal said that not delivering a product that a customer buy constituted fraud. They told him to buy it and send.

Meanwhile, one buyer complained  at eBay thet he had bought two items and received none. One was checked and the tracking number leaded to be at Customs in Belgium. When told about it the customer said plainly that he did not wanted to pay for customs. My friend description was clear that he is not responsible for customs. It's the buyer's responsibility to deal with that for he cannot deal with laws, rules and regulations of the United States and much less with the policies of other countries. Teh other item was not shipped and therefore was refundable.

Once the block was lifted, my friend listed more items on eBay trying to compensate for the lost time and money and move forward. One buyer paid on Paypal but Paypal again would not let the money available to him saying that his account had issues on eBay... issues that Paypal intentionally caused. Pyapal sent him an e-mail saying that was only releasing the funds when the item was shipped, delivered and he received a good feedback.

While the buyer's money was stuck on Paypal I have no idea if Paypal cashed on interrest form that money... so one is not enough, they may have framed several sellers and buyers to fulfil their own agenda in total disrespect to the seller and the buyers.

My friend is outraged and need legal advise. If any good lawyer want to take his case, please contact him at 123superstore@gmail.com.

This a case were he was caused to forfeit, he was framed by Paypal. Lost money and reputation and can yet be called on fraud charges. He was really framed by the stinky combination of these two entities.

Please pass along..

Nelson

i have been with ebay for ten years and am totally disgusted with their greediness, they even charge to revise an item, to revise an item, what the heck are they thinking!  and i have for awhile refused to accept paypal because of the charges...unbelievable!  why didn't they leave well enough alone, you can tell the original owner has left the scene and some very greedy capitalistic jerks are now running the show! i just listed something a few minutes ago and then decided to look on the web to see if others have my concerns about ebay, they do, and the item i just listed will be my last  on ebay, i will not sell or buy on ebay and will close my account...i am so excited that there  are other options to pursue. thanks for the info.

We don't like ebay either -

Skeeter from the switcharoo crew

http://www.switcharoo.com

I have been buying/selling on Ebay for over eight years now.  I have seen the listing and final value fees rise and rise over the years and the amount of serious bidders diminish along the way.  Last year between Ebay and Paypal combined (since they are owned by the same people I see the money going into the same pocket) they made more money than I did on my  listings.  So I feel it is time to break off the relationship.

I am moving my auctions over to Overstock this week, I only listed on Ebay this week because I have bills to pay, not because I wanted to.  Overstock auction lister is easy to use, it looks nice and the fees are reasonable.  I would recommend people give it a try.  Hopefully by word of mouth we can also get the buyers to move away from Ebay since they have created such a hostile marketplace.

Check out auctions.overstock.com, they have a lot of nice listing and I believe a lot of potential.

I equally buy and sell on e-Bay and these recent changes are ultimately going to hurt everybody and for what? To make the rich, richer?

We are all going to pay for the increases whether it is in higher fees, which were already too high, or whether they are being passed on to the buyers, which I am sure will happen because the margins were already too thin!

Whether or not we jump ship, we need to stand together and not LIST or BUY until they have to reverse their greedy policy!

What are they thinking?!! Or are they? The whole US economy and maybe the world, is on the verge of a recession and they time these changes now?!!!!

Maybe if the boycott lasts long enough the USPS and other carriers as well as Pay-Pal, will also be forced to reduce their rates also. What do you all think?

Unbelievable!!!

Good Luck to everyone and keep the faith!!!!

Ebay needs to GET BACK TO GOOD!

Daisy

Vermont

I think that the strike will certainly change peoples perspectives on buying and selling on the web as ebay is NOT the only channel for doing so. There are other alternatives, such as the classifieds sites, where ebayers can list and sell items for NO FEES and a good marketer should be using alternatives like this to begin with to increase their ROI. However, up until now, most had the mindset that ebay was the only way. It's not.

Personally, I think sites like http://www.ClassifiedAds.com are wonderful. They don't charge a thing and you can find local buyers for those bigger items. Tired of ebay fees try classifieds, try other online auctions, but don't limit yourself to just ebay.

This strike could be the ffirst signs of decline to an Internet empire and the rise of others.
Companies like Google should pay close attention to the ebay strike to see how much of an impact users can be when they band together.

Lead the change… Change the lead.