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<blockquote data-quote="Capm_Spaulding" data-source="post: 3275117" data-attributes="member: 17977"><p>eBay has been garbage for a while now.</p><p>I joined in 2003 and did a lot of business when it was catered to sellers.</p><p>A few years back they made a BIG push for buyer advocacy, which effectively gave all sellers the shaft. If you’re a bigger business that can afford shrink, BS returns, occasional fraud, and PayPal not refunding any fees for returns then it’s still a decent selling platform. But for your occasional user and private seller, you’re best off just having a garage sale or using FB Marketplace.</p><p>The last 5 sells I’ve had have ended in 3 disputes that took WAY too much of my time to finally have them overturned in my favor. If you read online “they” say it can’t happen, that once a ruling has happened you’re screwed, but I’m here to tell you that isn’t true if you have enough time and patience. This is after having to constantly repost my item due to fraudulent bidders. I am not exaggerating when I say the iPhone I finally sold had to be reposted 7 times. It took over 2 weeks since it was a 3 days auction each time. Unfortunately that was enough for me to end my selling on there. I still buy occasionally, but that’s about it.</p><p></p><p>I think a lot of this is because of the expectations that Amazon initially set too. People think they can “buy and try” and then return it whenever for whatever reason in whatever condition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capm_Spaulding, post: 3275117, member: 17977"] eBay has been garbage for a while now. I joined in 2003 and did a lot of business when it was catered to sellers. A few years back they made a BIG push for buyer advocacy, which effectively gave all sellers the shaft. If you’re a bigger business that can afford shrink, BS returns, occasional fraud, and PayPal not refunding any fees for returns then it’s still a decent selling platform. But for your occasional user and private seller, you’re best off just having a garage sale or using FB Marketplace. The last 5 sells I’ve had have ended in 3 disputes that took WAY too much of my time to finally have them overturned in my favor. If you read online “they” say it can’t happen, that once a ruling has happened you’re screwed, but I’m here to tell you that isn’t true if you have enough time and patience. This is after having to constantly repost my item due to fraudulent bidders. I am not exaggerating when I say the iPhone I finally sold had to be reposted 7 times. It took over 2 weeks since it was a 3 days auction each time. Unfortunately that was enough for me to end my selling on there. I still buy occasionally, but that’s about it. I think a lot of this is because of the expectations that Amazon initially set too. People think they can “buy and try” and then return it whenever for whatever reason in whatever condition. [/QUOTE]
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