(neg) Considered a friend and I always spent plenty,became unreasonable Buyer: 720gab ( 1854) Feb-21-11 18:59
Reply by shoprosella (Feb-27-11 21:09):
THIS WOMAN IS CRAZY...EVEN SENT ME PICTURES OF HERSELF VERY STRANGE....
Follow-up by 720gab (Feb-28-11 21:15):
Was to be a friend.Nothing but a user,lair and con.I can stand behind what I say
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Buyers outside of the USA buying USA only auctions UPDATE: neg gone
We've seen persistent reports that buyers outside of the USA have been able to purchase USA only items, pay for them, and neg when refused.
In most cases, these involve sellers who don't know how to configure the block of buyers from "places I don't ship to".
But exceptions exist, where sellers seem competent, claim they did have that block in place, but buyer was able to buy anyway.
For sellers who never do ship outside the USA, it is suggested to block payments from non-USA Paypal accounts. This won't stop buyer from buying, but it will stop some from paying, freeing seller from the requirement to either ship or confront.
In the meantime, Ebay, please fix. Here's a neg, will it stay or will it go:
26 Feb 2011
Here's seller's comment on the block:
Thanks, I follwed the link and went into my settings and its already checked. This has happened before where someone outside US has bid (they were more understanding) so I don't know why these bids arent being blocked.
Update: seller adds:
After spending an hour in chat with a rep, come to find out the buyer didn't actually place a shipping address on her account and that is why the system wasn't able to block it. Imagine that.
In most cases, these involve sellers who don't know how to configure the block of buyers from "places I don't ship to".
But exceptions exist, where sellers seem competent, claim they did have that block in place, but buyer was able to buy anyway.
For sellers who never do ship outside the USA, it is suggested to block payments from non-USA Paypal accounts. This won't stop buyer from buying, but it will stop some from paying, freeing seller from the requirement to either ship or confront.
In the meantime, Ebay, please fix. Here's a neg, will it stay or will it go:
26 Feb 2011
Here's seller's comment on the block:
Thanks, I follwed the link and went into my settings and its already checked. This has happened before where someone outside US has bid (they were more understanding) so I don't know why these bids arent being blocked.
Update: seller adds:
After spending an hour in chat with a rep, come to find out the buyer didn't actually place a shipping address on her account and that is why the system wasn't able to block it. Imagine that.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Really blocking international buyers
From poster thebuybox2011
To block payments go to paypal.
Click profile, on the next page ,on the left side of the screen, click "my selling tools"
Under the "Getting paid and managing my risks" section click on The "update" link across from "block payments".
Answer yes for "Block payments sent to me in a currency I do not hold" and check the box next to "Block payments from users who: Have non-U.S. PayPal accounts"
Then scroll down and click save.
To block payments go to paypal.
Click profile, on the next page ,on the left side of the screen, click "my selling tools"
Under the "Getting paid and managing my risks" section click on The "update" link across from "block payments".
Answer yes for "Block payments sent to me in a currency I do not hold" and check the box next to "Block payments from users who: Have non-U.S. PayPal accounts"
Then scroll down and click save.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Why there is a 21 day hold
Well stupid me I think has been screwed. I was wondering if any of you can help. I was looking to make some extra money to save for a first child that is due in June. I meet this guy on Freelancer and he was very nice and said he had tons of products to sell. He didn't use paypal because of the fees (that seemed legit) We even shared a google doc (invoice) of who has paid and who hasn't. He called me on the phone and I called him a few times. He was always very nice. He told me would send out the products I had been selling for him this morning. I have not heard from him all day. What should I do. If he scammed me then I am stuck with 2000 dollars in listing fees. I am so stressed and have been crying all day. Can someone honest lead me in a direction where I can correct this? (somehow by the Grace of God)
sg: Seller was selling hot electronics at very favorable prices with free shipping, now NARU.
sg: Seller was selling hot electronics at very favorable prices with free shipping, now NARU.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Ebay removes comment when DC shows delivery.
Curious case, perhaps exceptional enough to justify an exceptional result, but surely a result not predicted by the published rules.
Buyer made a purchase from me. I shipped w/tracking number. Buyer said he didn't receive item. Gave him tracking number showing item had been delivered. Then he left pos feedback saying usps never delivered item. I look at his listings and the part he says he didn't get is there. He listed it!!! I know it is mine since I mark my parts in case they are returned. What to do?
Seller subsequently discovered the very item listed on ebay for sale by buyer.
Contacting ebay resulted in:
This comment has been removed by eBay. Learn more. Buyer: jandltvrepair ( 462)
Buyer made a purchase from me. I shipped w/tracking number. Buyer said he didn't receive item. Gave him tracking number showing item had been delivered. Then he left pos feedback saying usps never delivered item. I look at his listings and the part he says he didn't get is there. He listed it!!! I know it is mine since I mark my parts in case they are returned. What to do?
Seller subsequently discovered the very item listed on ebay for sale by buyer.
Contacting ebay resulted in:
This comment has been removed by eBay. Learn more. Buyer: jandltvrepair ( 462)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Extortion to negotiate "fair" combined shipping to revise neg?
Will it stay or will it go?
The limits of what ebay will remove as "feedback extortion".
shipping costs were not what was promised from seller. Buyer: goodmike05 ( 43) Feb-15-11 16:19
Reply by shamhawks (Feb-15-11 19:41):
I promised $1 added. he thinks i should of added $1 to the lowest shipped item??
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=shamhawks&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
It's all over combined shipping. one item was $6.50 shiping and the other was 8.50 shippiing. the buyer buys one item then asks me if i will combine shippiing. I reply that i will add $1 to the shipping to combine the items. Everything is fine and Buyer leaves positive on the first item 5 days ago, and then leaves negative today saying shipping not as promised.
He expected me to add $1 to the item that was only $6.50 and weighed less meaning that the total shipping would be less than even the one item alone would have shipped for.
Anyway to make a long story short, he said he would remove the neg if i refund the $3.....Heck with that, I might of gladly refunded if he communicated before leaving the negative.
The limits of what ebay will remove as "feedback extortion".
shipping costs were not what was promised from seller. Buyer: goodmike05 ( 43) Feb-15-11 16:19
Reply by shamhawks (Feb-15-11 19:41):
I promised $1 added. he thinks i should of added $1 to the lowest shipped item??
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=shamhawks&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
It's all over combined shipping. one item was $6.50 shiping and the other was 8.50 shippiing. the buyer buys one item then asks me if i will combine shippiing. I reply that i will add $1 to the shipping to combine the items. Everything is fine and Buyer leaves positive on the first item 5 days ago, and then leaves negative today saying shipping not as promised.
He expected me to add $1 to the item that was only $6.50 and weighed less meaning that the total shipping would be less than even the one item alone would have shipped for.
Anyway to make a long story short, he said he would remove the neg if i refund the $3.....Heck with that, I might of gladly refunded if he communicated before leaving the negative.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Ebay removes neg because DC shows delivery (UPDATED 2-14-11)
Update:
Seller reports neg was removed for fb extortion.
The negative feedback removal was based upon my 'feedback extortion' complaint. The buyer threatened posting negative feedback if I didn't issue a full refund.
Almost more interesting.
Buyer doesn't receive anything.
Contacts seller, who refuses to help.
Buyer says "refund or I'll neg you".
Seller, smug holding DC and now feeling totally secure, says "take a hike".
Buyer negs.
Ebay removes neg, extortion.
The end.
Um, sort of.
Here was the original story:
Buyer reports non-receipt, gets into beef with seller, files INR.
INR awarded to seller because DC shows delivery.
Buyer negs.
Never Received says USPS Lost Them NO COOPERATION Buyer Beware Lost Money Paid
Feb-12-11 11:12
Reply by OP, yadax340, (Feb-12-11 11:36):
Delivery has been confirmed; tried to help; watch for buyer to resell this item!
Neg is gone (not revised).
Seller reports:
The negative feedback has been removed by Ebay and I will certainly respond very differently should this type of thing occur going forward.
Seller reports neg was removed for fb extortion.
The negative feedback removal was based upon my 'feedback extortion' complaint. The buyer threatened posting negative feedback if I didn't issue a full refund.
Almost more interesting.
Buyer doesn't receive anything.
Contacts seller, who refuses to help.
Buyer says "refund or I'll neg you".
Seller, smug holding DC and now feeling totally secure, says "take a hike".
Buyer negs.
Ebay removes neg, extortion.
The end.
Um, sort of.
Here was the original story:
Buyer reports non-receipt, gets into beef with seller, files INR.
INR awarded to seller because DC shows delivery.
Buyer negs.
Never Received says USPS Lost Them NO COOPERATION Buyer Beware Lost Money Paid
Feb-12-11 11:12
Reply by OP, yadax340, (Feb-12-11 11:36):
Delivery has been confirmed; tried to help; watch for buyer to resell this item!
Neg is gone (not revised).
Seller reports:
The negative feedback has been removed by Ebay and I will certainly respond very differently should this type of thing occur going forward.
Will it stay, or will it go?
Last November, ebay removed a neg for being unfair, because buyer expected a full size painting, but got a 2.5x3.5 card instead.
http://sg51-blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/ebay-removes-neg-for-being-unfair.html
Today we find a similar story.
Seller listed:
Vintage Costume Jewelry Lot
Picture shows a collection of costume jewelry. If you know what to look for, you might or might not see what was odd about it. Collection looks bright & sparkly.
Down in the text, we encounter this little jewel:
Almost all the items have had the little stones removed.
Buyer negs:
Most didn't have rhinestones, useless, junk, you take rhinesones out porpusly.
Will it stay, or will it go?
Check this spot, 11 Feb 11
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=littlerab9&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
http://sg51-blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/ebay-removes-neg-for-being-unfair.html
Today we find a similar story.
Seller listed:
Vintage Costume Jewelry Lot
Picture shows a collection of costume jewelry. If you know what to look for, you might or might not see what was odd about it. Collection looks bright & sparkly.
Down in the text, we encounter this little jewel:
Almost all the items have had the little stones removed.
Buyer negs:
Most didn't have rhinestones, useless, junk, you take rhinesones out porpusly.
Will it stay, or will it go?
Check this spot, 11 Feb 11
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=littlerab9&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The #1 costliest ebay mechanism
International selling has been killed.
This is costing ebay a fortune. Worse, it can be fixed.
There are two zones of dysfunction. Both involve the economics of compliance with ebay/paypal seller protection.
The minimum cost to comply with international delivery confirmation is about $20.
The minimum cost to comply with international signature confirmation is about $40.
Both are not available to many destinations.
Shipping small items without DC, on the other hand, is very reasonable. A 3oz package ships around $2, by First Class International (FCI).
Sellers of lower cost items are often quite willing to accept the risk of loss/damage, and ship FCI.
What ebay has done which has killed this business is be subjecting international shippers to intense penalties, even when the seller has fully refunded when something went wrong.
Solution:
If both:
1. seller has purchased a shipping label, through ebay, to buyer's address
2. seller has subsequently refunded in full
Seller should be protected from any negative consequences. ANY negative consequences (neg fb, neg stars, or dispute). This allows seller to assess the risk, even as buyer is fully protected.
The address purchase is required to minimize NPS issues.
The additional step required: today, ebay shipping does not offer FCI labels. Please, ebay, add FCI labels to ebay shipping.
The SC story is tougher, because buyers do need to be protected.
The best that can be done is to stop tricking naive sellers into thinking they can fulfill seller protection requirements by ordinary shipping methods. Make the danger more clear, it is not to ebay's advantage to get sellers all skittish about listing internationally. Once burned, twice shy.
Summary: let sellers manage the financial risk. Help them be informed. Don't add to that risk with draconian threats when stuff goes wrong, but seller refunds in full.
This is costing ebay a fortune. Worse, it can be fixed.
There are two zones of dysfunction. Both involve the economics of compliance with ebay/paypal seller protection.
The minimum cost to comply with international delivery confirmation is about $20.
The minimum cost to comply with international signature confirmation is about $40.
Both are not available to many destinations.
Shipping small items without DC, on the other hand, is very reasonable. A 3oz package ships around $2, by First Class International (FCI).
Sellers of lower cost items are often quite willing to accept the risk of loss/damage, and ship FCI.
What ebay has done which has killed this business is be subjecting international shippers to intense penalties, even when the seller has fully refunded when something went wrong.
Solution:
If both:
1. seller has purchased a shipping label, through ebay, to buyer's address
2. seller has subsequently refunded in full
Seller should be protected from any negative consequences. ANY negative consequences (neg fb, neg stars, or dispute). This allows seller to assess the risk, even as buyer is fully protected.
The address purchase is required to minimize NPS issues.
The additional step required: today, ebay shipping does not offer FCI labels. Please, ebay, add FCI labels to ebay shipping.
The SC story is tougher, because buyers do need to be protected.
The best that can be done is to stop tricking naive sellers into thinking they can fulfill seller protection requirements by ordinary shipping methods. Make the danger more clear, it is not to ebay's advantage to get sellers all skittish about listing internationally. Once burned, twice shy.
Summary: let sellers manage the financial risk. Help them be informed. Don't add to that risk with draconian threats when stuff goes wrong, but seller refunds in full.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Classic story, sudden indefinite
http://shop.ebay.com/qsterstuff/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Ok, here's what happened to me.
Leading up to October of last year, we were selling a lot of very heavy items. People were knocking us on shipping charges every now and then, even though we ate the cost of the boxes and packing supplies. Too many people were giving us 1's and 2's on shipping and sure enough, eBay told us our DSR's were too low, and put us on a 75% selling limitation.
So, we put our heads together on this, and decided to stop selling those heavy items. It was just too risky. We couldn't risk getting more 1's and 2's on shipping. That was our first decision.
Our 2nd decision, was to sell a ton of our other smaller items, to improve on our DSR's, like eBay asked us to. We did great. We flooded eBay, and our DSR's were steadily improving. Primarily we were working on our Shipping DSR, which was over the 2% allowance. Ours was up over 3%.
So, towards the end of December, our Shipping DSR was at 2.09%. We could see we'll be under 2% without much more effort, so we decided to bulk up our inventory. So, we took off January, to really stock up inventory. One of us even went out of the country, to get some items we know always sell well. Bottom line is, we were ready to hit eBay hard, and really move some items once the 75% restriction was limited.
Then, Feb. 1, we get a MC999 notice from eBay!
In part, this notice reads:
"Unfortunately, your eBay account has been restricted indefinitely from selling because your performance has not met the standards required to sell on eBay."
I called eBay and asked them what on earth happened? We hadn't even listed a single item in Jan., so we know we didn't get some rogue negative from anyone, or some weird 1 or 2 in our shipping DSR, so this made no sense.
eBay told us that we too too long to improve our DSR. They gave us 90 days, and since it didn't get below 2%, they figured we gave up....so they restricted our account from selling indefinitely!
I asked the guy to look closely at our account. We were at 2.09%. Prior to Jan. we were on steady improvement. We took of Jan to build up inventory. In addition, I pointed out, that when we were initially told we were being placed on a 75% limit, nowhere in that message does eBay state that we have to get back under 2% within 90 days.
The guy agreed, that it looked as though all we'd have had to do, is sell just a handfull of more items in Jan. and we'd have fallen under their 2%....but, alas, that didn't happen. He said there is nothing he can do.
So, my question is: Can anyone offer any insight for me on this? Is there anything we can do to get the restriction lifted? We literally have thousands of dollars of new inventory we planned on moving. This just seems so hard to believe. If we'd have know it was REQUIRED to get under 2% in 90 days, we would have never gone and beefed up our inventory untel we were under 2% !!
Ok, here's what happened to me.
Leading up to October of last year, we were selling a lot of very heavy items. People were knocking us on shipping charges every now and then, even though we ate the cost of the boxes and packing supplies. Too many people were giving us 1's and 2's on shipping and sure enough, eBay told us our DSR's were too low, and put us on a 75% selling limitation.
So, we put our heads together on this, and decided to stop selling those heavy items. It was just too risky. We couldn't risk getting more 1's and 2's on shipping. That was our first decision.
Our 2nd decision, was to sell a ton of our other smaller items, to improve on our DSR's, like eBay asked us to. We did great. We flooded eBay, and our DSR's were steadily improving. Primarily we were working on our Shipping DSR, which was over the 2% allowance. Ours was up over 3%.
So, towards the end of December, our Shipping DSR was at 2.09%. We could see we'll be under 2% without much more effort, so we decided to bulk up our inventory. So, we took off January, to really stock up inventory. One of us even went out of the country, to get some items we know always sell well. Bottom line is, we were ready to hit eBay hard, and really move some items once the 75% restriction was limited.
Then, Feb. 1, we get a MC999 notice from eBay!
In part, this notice reads:
"Unfortunately, your eBay account has been restricted indefinitely from selling because your performance has not met the standards required to sell on eBay."
I called eBay and asked them what on earth happened? We hadn't even listed a single item in Jan., so we know we didn't get some rogue negative from anyone, or some weird 1 or 2 in our shipping DSR, so this made no sense.
eBay told us that we too too long to improve our DSR. They gave us 90 days, and since it didn't get below 2%, they figured we gave up....so they restricted our account from selling indefinitely!
I asked the guy to look closely at our account. We were at 2.09%. Prior to Jan. we were on steady improvement. We took of Jan to build up inventory. In addition, I pointed out, that when we were initially told we were being placed on a 75% limit, nowhere in that message does eBay state that we have to get back under 2% within 90 days.
The guy agreed, that it looked as though all we'd have had to do, is sell just a handfull of more items in Jan. and we'd have fallen under their 2%....but, alas, that didn't happen. He said there is nothing he can do.
So, my question is: Can anyone offer any insight for me on this? Is there anything we can do to get the restriction lifted? We literally have thousands of dollars of new inventory we planned on moving. This just seems so hard to believe. If we'd have know it was REQUIRED to get under 2% in 90 days, we would have never gone and beefed up our inventory untel we were under 2% !!
Shipping Gouge Crackdown
An unprecedented volume of reports of new restrictions over the past week.
All involve sellers with too many neg s/h stars.
All involve sellers with too many neg s/h stars.
Seller asks to be able to fix shipping cost afterwards.
Seller is restricted for shipping gouging.
I for one do post 1 s/h stars to shipping gougers, and I do not contact them first. I agreed to pay the gouge, I am not requesting any refund. I did not agree to be happy about that.
There is no way a seller can fix the shipping cost afterwards. Fix it before buyer receives the package, or live with the consequences of what you have done.
http://shop.ebay.com/marxboy1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
eBay Inc. Headquarters
Whitman Campus
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California 95125
to whom it may concern...
13 years on ebay---and now you restrict me to limited sales and items??? are you people nuts??
I have been a loyal customer for over 13 years---i have always paid my account on time...paid for items -usually within a couple of hours---i have had only one "nuetral" feedback in 12 months --because of a jerk that didnt like the way i mailed his 2 dollar comic book--which i had placed in plastic--put it between two pieces of cardboard and placed in a large flat envelope---what elese does he want???
i havent had any complaints--only from ebay about my postage fees--( i dont charge for handling fees)..i very seldom come back from the post office with a +++ $$$ over cost--i usually am right on or i have come up short on postage--but i haven't complained or asked for more postage.
what i do know is that the us post office has different rates for parts of the country depending on which way its going..i can buy an item from the pennsylvania area--it will cost me (say 6 bucks)--i can turn it around resale it--using the same envelope-nothing changed--mail it to new york and it cost me 8 dollars...i hear florida is worse than texas.
i also see everyday in the vintage toys catagory items listed for .99--postage 38.00...(real postage is 5-6 bucks)....don't you see whats happening??--your getting screwed on listing and final value fees---but do they get punished--hell no!.......13 year veteran does though
i called ebay "help" line--what a travisty!!...after being read several "scripts" from india/pakistan-NOT AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!....I demand to talk to a supervisor--she says in broken english..ok..i then get told i have to wait for 35 minutes!!!!!
when a buyer is not happy with -say--postage--we (the seller) should be given a chance to rectify the problem before it is counted in ebays "hit list" of calculated crap...this would make a better repoir with both sides--
...thanks for nothing ebay jerks!
sam denny
281-446-xxxx
I for one do post 1 s/h stars to shipping gougers, and I do not contact them first. I agreed to pay the gouge, I am not requesting any refund. I did not agree to be happy about that.
There is no way a seller can fix the shipping cost afterwards. Fix it before buyer receives the package, or live with the consequences of what you have done.
http://shop.ebay.com/marxboy1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
eBay Inc. Headquarters
Whitman Campus
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California 95125
to whom it may concern...
13 years on ebay---and now you restrict me to limited sales and items??? are you people nuts??
I have been a loyal customer for over 13 years---i have always paid my account on time...paid for items -usually within a couple of hours---i have had only one "nuetral" feedback in 12 months --because of a jerk that didnt like the way i mailed his 2 dollar comic book--which i had placed in plastic--put it between two pieces of cardboard and placed in a large flat envelope---what elese does he want???
i havent had any complaints--only from ebay about my postage fees--( i dont charge for handling fees)..i very seldom come back from the post office with a +++ $$$ over cost--i usually am right on or i have come up short on postage--but i haven't complained or asked for more postage.
what i do know is that the us post office has different rates for parts of the country depending on which way its going..i can buy an item from the pennsylvania area--it will cost me (say 6 bucks)--i can turn it around resale it--using the same envelope-nothing changed--mail it to new york and it cost me 8 dollars...i hear florida is worse than texas.
i also see everyday in the vintage toys catagory items listed for .99--postage 38.00...(real postage is 5-6 bucks)....don't you see whats happening??--your getting screwed on listing and final value fees---but do they get punished--hell no!.......13 year veteran does though
i called ebay "help" line--what a travisty!!...after being read several "scripts" from india/pakistan-NOT AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!....I demand to talk to a supervisor--she says in broken english..ok..i then get told i have to wait for 35 minutes!!!!!
when a buyer is not happy with -say--postage--we (the seller) should be given a chance to rectify the problem before it is counted in ebays "hit list" of calculated crap...this would make a better repoir with both sides--
...thanks for nothing ebay jerks!
sam denny
281-446-xxxx
Monday, February 7, 2011
Indefinite Selling Restriction, a record.
So what does indefinite selling restriction mean?
Here's some cases to keep an eye on.
Case 1: status, still RESTRICTED, began 2 Feb 11
I have had the same issue. Tonight, well, this morning, I got the same email telling me - Unfortunately, your eBay account has been restricted indefinitely from selling because your performance has not met the standards required to sell on eBay. If you had any current listings, they have been removed and your selling fees will be credited.
My review date is the 20th of the month, and it states that my account will be reviewed on Feb 20. Yet everything was removed today? My feedback score is 99% which, frankly, is what the buyers are looking at. Not how many 1s or 2s I have. I am going to call them in the morning to see where it gets me. Why tell me that you are going to review in 20 days, yet pull everything now. I don't get it.
http://shop.ebay.com/makeupdivas/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 2, status RESTRICTED. began about 1 Feb
Identical experience today except I have over 5000 feedback, I only spoke to one customer service rep. (or 2 if you count the 52 minute wait for the overseas operator to finally switch me to the real one) and after she assured me that there was no recourse and that I was through selling on Ebay forever she hung up on me without any mention of a lawsuit. My insisting politely that I needed to speak with someone else was apparently enough... although she was kind enough to promise to have her supervisor review my case - but that they probably wouldn't calling or e-mailing me. Yesterday I spent 10 hours listing items and this morning my listings were gone along with my established business, this weeks paycheck and my family's sole source of income. My only bad DSR score was at 1.42% (1% is allowable) meaning that Ebay - without warning, without contacting me and without giving any me any avenue for recourse or review - took away my livelihood because less than 1/2 of 1% of my buyers left 1's & 2's. And just to clarify, 1.42% is a made up # as buyers aren't required to leave DSR's so it is actually less than 1% of my total. Thanks Ebay, I've never felt that you valued my business but I sure never expected this. I'm sure that they are within their rights but this should be illegal. I should not be able to lose my business in this manner, I can't even know who complained about what or why, and I can't speak to the person who made the decision to take away my livelihood because apparently nobody did, I just fit Ebay's one size fits all criteria for Indefinite Suspension.
http://shop.ebay.com/texaskiwear/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 3: status, RESTRICTED began about 1 Feb 11
Yes me too Same wording but agent said they have quarterly reviews? They removed all my listings even the one that had a bid, No warning no justifiable good reason , only the word of 2.43% of buyers who felt that S/H charges were unreasonable in their opinion. Does this really translate to the fact that 2.43% of the buyers whims determines the seller status ???
http://shop.ebay.com/saldixie/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
Case 4: status RESTRICTED began about 13 Jan
http://shop.ebay.com/blendmik/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 5: status UNKNOWN restriction began about 20 Nov 10
http://shop.ebay.com/mishxr-7/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 6: status UNKNOWN restriction began about 15 Dec
http://shop.ebay.com/bballjunky24/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 7: status RESTRICTED restriction began about 6 Feb
http://shop.ebay.com/blackplay/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 8: status RESTRICTED restriction began about 5 Feb 11
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=cashsticker&ftab=AllFeedback
Here's some cases to keep an eye on.
Case 1: status, still RESTRICTED, began 2 Feb 11
I have had the same issue. Tonight, well, this morning, I got the same email telling me - Unfortunately, your eBay account has been restricted indefinitely from selling because your performance has not met the standards required to sell on eBay. If you had any current listings, they have been removed and your selling fees will be credited.
My review date is the 20th of the month, and it states that my account will be reviewed on Feb 20. Yet everything was removed today? My feedback score is 99% which, frankly, is what the buyers are looking at. Not how many 1s or 2s I have. I am going to call them in the morning to see where it gets me. Why tell me that you are going to review in 20 days, yet pull everything now. I don't get it.
http://shop.ebay.com/makeupdivas/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 2, status RESTRICTED. began about 1 Feb
Identical experience today except I have over 5000 feedback, I only spoke to one customer service rep. (or 2 if you count the 52 minute wait for the overseas operator to finally switch me to the real one) and after she assured me that there was no recourse and that I was through selling on Ebay forever she hung up on me without any mention of a lawsuit. My insisting politely that I needed to speak with someone else was apparently enough... although she was kind enough to promise to have her supervisor review my case - but that they probably wouldn't calling or e-mailing me. Yesterday I spent 10 hours listing items and this morning my listings were gone along with my established business, this weeks paycheck and my family's sole source of income. My only bad DSR score was at 1.42% (1% is allowable) meaning that Ebay - without warning, without contacting me and without giving any me any avenue for recourse or review - took away my livelihood because less than 1/2 of 1% of my buyers left 1's & 2's. And just to clarify, 1.42% is a made up # as buyers aren't required to leave DSR's so it is actually less than 1% of my total. Thanks Ebay, I've never felt that you valued my business but I sure never expected this. I'm sure that they are within their rights but this should be illegal. I should not be able to lose my business in this manner, I can't even know who complained about what or why, and I can't speak to the person who made the decision to take away my livelihood because apparently nobody did, I just fit Ebay's one size fits all criteria for Indefinite Suspension.
http://shop.ebay.com/texaskiwear/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 3: status, RESTRICTED began about 1 Feb 11
Yes me too Same wording but agent said they have quarterly reviews? They removed all my listings even the one that had a bid, No warning no justifiable good reason , only the word of 2.43% of buyers who felt that S/H charges were unreasonable in their opinion. Does this really translate to the fact that 2.43% of the buyers whims determines the seller status ???
http://shop.ebay.com/saldixie/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
Case 4: status RESTRICTED began about 13 Jan
http://shop.ebay.com/blendmik/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 5: status UNKNOWN restriction began about 20 Nov 10
http://shop.ebay.com/mishxr-7/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 6: status UNKNOWN restriction began about 15 Dec
http://shop.ebay.com/bballjunky24/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 7: status RESTRICTED restriction began about 6 Feb
http://shop.ebay.com/blackplay/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
Case 8: status RESTRICTED restriction began about 5 Feb 11
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=cashsticker&ftab=AllFeedback
Sunday, February 6, 2011
A poorly formed SNAD
According to EBay my complaint was "subjective". I said the coat was 1) not new as stated and 2) smelled mildewed/musty as if it had been in storage for a long time.
Item was a mink coat.
SNAD dispute was awarded to seller.
Item was a mink coat.
SNAD dispute was awarded to seller.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
An alternative to ebay...
Found on Craigslist:
I curse the day I bought the Skil Bandsaw pictured below. After the factory blade came off, I bought a new one for $15 and never was able to get it on straight, so it kept coming off. This bandsaw was $115 at Lowes. I know, don't buy cheap shit. Penny-wise, pound-foolish. Lesson learned. But you should buy this.
The saw is hardly used for the above reason. The blade is brand new, accept for possible wear from constantly falling off the wheels. Apparently one must be a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab to use equations and shit to figure out how to keep this blade centered. Perhaps the blade is too thin, as the fatter factory one stayed on nicely.
The model is Skil 3385-01 (http://www.lowes.com/pd_22199-46922-3385-01_?PL=1&productId=1207605&cm_mmc=search_google-_-Tools%20Benchtop%20Tools-_-Power%20Saws%20Models%20Skil-_-3385-01). Perusing the reviews, one must wonder if there's any middle ground at all. Either the reviewer is presumably a Skil employee giving it 5 stars, or a disgruntled purchaser tired of watching the blade fly from the center like Rush Limbaugh. In fact, if only Obama were equally determined to move away from "the center", those of us would not so easily fly off the wheel, which brings me back to this god-awful example of why US manufacturing is suffering (Or is this Korean?).
I'll sell this POS for $40. OK, $25, so long as you're convinced you can do better and will be too embarrassed to complain to me if you can't.
Please help me move on with my life.
415 250 xxxx
I curse the day I bought the Skil Bandsaw pictured below. After the factory blade came off, I bought a new one for $15 and never was able to get it on straight, so it kept coming off. This bandsaw was $115 at Lowes. I know, don't buy cheap shit. Penny-wise, pound-foolish. Lesson learned. But you should buy this.
The saw is hardly used for the above reason. The blade is brand new, accept for possible wear from constantly falling off the wheels. Apparently one must be a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab to use equations and shit to figure out how to keep this blade centered. Perhaps the blade is too thin, as the fatter factory one stayed on nicely.
The model is Skil 3385-01 (http://www.lowes.com/pd_22199-46922-3385-01_?PL=1&productId=1207605&cm_mmc=search_google-_-Tools%20Benchtop%20Tools-_-Power%20Saws%20Models%20Skil-_-3385-01). Perusing the reviews, one must wonder if there's any middle ground at all. Either the reviewer is presumably a Skil employee giving it 5 stars, or a disgruntled purchaser tired of watching the blade fly from the center like Rush Limbaugh. In fact, if only Obama were equally determined to move away from "the center", those of us would not so easily fly off the wheel, which brings me back to this god-awful example of why US manufacturing is suffering (Or is this Korean?).
I'll sell this POS for $40. OK, $25, so long as you're convinced you can do better and will be too embarrassed to complain to me if you can't.
Please help me move on with my life.
415 250 xxxx
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