I had a car listed for 7 days. So I waited the length of time, had a buyer that met the price. I turned away local people who had cash in hand to honor my auction. Then, the buyer flakes out, won't answer messages, so I have to wait 8 more days to get ebay to refund the $125 listing fee, and to top it off, this a****** doesn't even get negative feedback. He's still buying with 100% positive feedback. I contact ebay again and they make it out to be my fault for not having buyer requirements. Well, damn it says 100% positive feedback obviously he's a good ebayer...... not the case. They gave him a "strike" meaning it's hidden, not shown to the public, but they noted it???? wtf? Ebay is crap, I paid a $125 for this headache. NEVER AGAIN. Here is the conversation:
Is this with regard to the AUDI?
ME: yes and the non paying bidder that never wrote me back
that caused me a lot of grief that may prevent me from ever using ebay as a seller again
Robert J.
I checked and the dispute has been closed with the FVF credited in your account and with a strike given to the buyer.
ME:
how does he have 100% positive feedback??
when he doesn't even complete transactions?
where does it say on his feedback he has a strike? or is that something ebay keeps hidden?
so I can buy something and not pay for it and have nothing happen?
Robert J.
Strike is different from a feedback. You can't see a strike in a members account. If the member has a strike, he can't bid in listings that have a buyer requirement (to block bidders with unpaid item strikes) Also, a strike can cause account suspension.
ME:
yes, but why can't I leave him negative feedback?
Robert J.
Since last year, sellers are no longer allowed to leave a negative feedback to the buyers because you can put an unpaid item strike in his account if you will file a dispute.
ME:
well, if that's all that happens then I just won't sell on ebay again
I was very unsatisfied with this whole experience
and I've been with ebay since 2003 I believe
So basically I wasted my time for the auction length when I had potential buyers outside of ebay, but I did the right thing and let the ad run and kept it in ebay, and then the guy doesn't pay, wastes another 8 days of transaction time, only for him to have 100% positive feedback overall
it's a bad system
Robert J.
I checked your listing and you have not set a buyer requirement.
ME:
I don't care about my listing before, I'm saying the guy needs something showing he's not a good ebayer, I guarantee nobody even knows about buyer requirement
Robert J.
I checked his account and there is a restriction for an unpaid item.
ME
so he has multiple strikes?
and still wonders around ebay showing a face of 100% positive feedback
Robert J.
Strike does not affect the feedback of the member.
ME:
well, the system sucks and I'll be sure to tell everyone I know how it works, and I doubt they will be selling a car on ebay again.
That's all I could take because he started saying some stuff about how I should have set requirments for buyers again.......
Is this with regard to the AUDI?
ME: yes and the non paying bidder that never wrote me back
that caused me a lot of grief that may prevent me from ever using ebay as a seller again
Robert J.
I checked and the dispute has been closed with the FVF credited in your account and with a strike given to the buyer.
ME:
how does he have 100% positive feedback??
when he doesn't even complete transactions?
where does it say on his feedback he has a strike? or is that something ebay keeps hidden?
so I can buy something and not pay for it and have nothing happen?
Robert J.
Strike is different from a feedback. You can't see a strike in a members account. If the member has a strike, he can't bid in listings that have a buyer requirement (to block bidders with unpaid item strikes) Also, a strike can cause account suspension.
ME:
yes, but why can't I leave him negative feedback?
Robert J.
Since last year, sellers are no longer allowed to leave a negative feedback to the buyers because you can put an unpaid item strike in his account if you will file a dispute.
ME:
well, if that's all that happens then I just won't sell on ebay again
I was very unsatisfied with this whole experience
and I've been with ebay since 2003 I believe
So basically I wasted my time for the auction length when I had potential buyers outside of ebay, but I did the right thing and let the ad run and kept it in ebay, and then the guy doesn't pay, wastes another 8 days of transaction time, only for him to have 100% positive feedback overall
it's a bad system
Robert J.
I checked your listing and you have not set a buyer requirement.
ME:
I don't care about my listing before, I'm saying the guy needs something showing he's not a good ebayer, I guarantee nobody even knows about buyer requirement
Robert J.
I checked his account and there is a restriction for an unpaid item.
ME
so he has multiple strikes?
and still wonders around ebay showing a face of 100% positive feedback
Robert J.
Strike does not affect the feedback of the member.
ME:
well, the system sucks and I'll be sure to tell everyone I know how it works, and I doubt they will be selling a car on ebay again.
That's all I could take because he started saying some stuff about how I should have set requirments for buyers again.......
Before I can leave negative feedback, the seller disappears from e-bay. I got my money back, but what a waste of 3 weeks until the whole deal was over. I'll deal on CL before e-bay any day. Prices really aren't that good on there anymore either, at least not enough to put up with the bs.
