[78-L] Ebay buyer being held as hostage by sellers!!

[Erwin Kluwer]

Post his storename here and lets quickly help him out of buisness...!

Erwin

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:13 AM, don ward <dward7 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Im in middle of a dispute with a seller where i won 3 different bids for
> much less than the next set of similar items sold for.
> Cut to chase>>>>  the seller substituted 3 packages of "junk" records in
> place of what i won.  Seller refuses to talk to me  directly and through
> ebay only offers to refund my money if i send the junk substitute  back at
> my expense.
> Ebay hasent resolved the issue of assuring that the contract  with the
> seller is  observed...
> Small claims court here in  calif is the next step i guess...
> Any one else have similar experience ??
>  dnward
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Chris Zwarg <doctordisc at truesoundtransfers.de>
> >Sent: Jan 23, 2009 12:30 PM
> >To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >Subject: Re: [78-L] Ebay feed back being held as hostage by sellers!!
> >
> >On Ebay, a seller receives his payment usually before the buyer receives
> the item, so logically the seller should give feedback before the buyer
> gives his, namely at time of receiving payment (not least as a confirmation
> that he did so and agrees that the sum paid is correct), while the buyer
> replies likewise after receiving, checking, and accepting the item (also
> confirming to the seller that the shipment arrived OK). That's the way I
> usually experience it as a buyer, and habitually do it in the rare cases I
> sell things.
> >
> >Problems used to arise from *sellers* holding back positive feedback
> despite prompt payment and waiting for (potentially negative) buyer feedback
> for (potentially inferior) goods, only to reply with a "revenge" negative
> afterwards. This has been corrected by the recent change that made negative
> seller-to-buyer feedback impossible, which rarely had been of real use
> except for the kind of "tit-for-tat" petty revenge described. After all,
> under the usual system of advance payment there's just two possible outcomes
> for the seller:
> >
> >- buyer pays, item is shipped (thus deserves positive feedback)
> >- buyer does not pay, item is held back (item can be relisted at no cost
> and minimal effort, seller blocks unreliable buyer this time, no real damage
> done).
> >
> >while the buyer (in any online purchase BTW) takes a much higher risk as
> there are many ways an item can be misrepresented by the seller or
> lost/damaged in transit.
> >
> >Chris Zwarg
> >
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