Have you ever gotten screwed on ebay?
816162
YEP !!\n\nThey have MORE ways of "getting out" of being responsible for anything that goes wrong than a "fly by night" operator.\n\nThey apparently operate on the "caveat emptor" principle, "buyer beware".\n\nSOFTWARE is especially bad, as most is either illegal CD-R "backups" or OEM, (Which has NO warranty from the manufacturer AND is ONLY supposed to be sold WITH a system!!)\n\nI SELDOM buy anything there anymore, unless I can tell FROM THE PICTURES that it is what I want AND the seller has a 90%+ positive rating.
99670
if all else fails   ---    try e-bay
270580
eBay you ever heard of it?
80654
Yes, well almost on e-bay.   I bought a printer, an expensive one for more than 800 dollars. Then the seller insisted on cash advance payment, \nHe would not accept C.O.D. , would not accept pay pal or credit card.\n\nI was afraid not to proceed with the purchase because of how it would effect my rating on e-bay\n\nThe next thing I knew the seller had been dropped from e-bay
506573
I buy and sell on ebay all the time.  Many times since 2000.  In that time I have had only 2 people not send the item and ebay and paypal investigated and resolved the issue.  One time I sold and had someone not pay and said they were in identity theft.  Didn't believe that....but filed a strike against them.  Mostly people are honest.  You have to check their feedback scores from other people and see if they are slow shippers, bad payers, etc.  I never buy anything from anyone with less that a 97% feedback score and do not sell to anyone with a no pay strike within 60 days.  I have bought things from cell phones, to bed linens, clothes, appliances, toys, electronics, shoes, tupperware, and I could go on and on.
814649
You can:\n\n1. File a complaint with ebay for non receipt of items. File your dispute for Non Performing Seller \n2. Leave a negative feedback\n\nHere are the rules for non-performing sellers\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/seller-non-performance.html\n\n------------------------------------------\nViolations of this policy by a Seller may result in a range of actions, including:\n\nListing cancellation\nLimits on account privileges\nAccount suspension\nForfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings \nLoss of PowerSeller status \nReferral to Law Enforcement \n------------------------------------------\n\nIf the buyer complains, they can lose money if their account gets suspended. Or they are no longer allowed to get refunds when they cancel a listing. And the biggest ouch is losing the powerseller status, if they are a powerseller. \n\nBut sellers are allowed to explain their side, so they better have a good explanation and the buyer has to prove the case. If it is not the fault of the seller -- e.g. buyer never received item because item was lost by the Post Office, the seller will not be slapped by ebay (though the buyer can leave negative feedback)\n\nBut if you mean ebay will get the money paid by the buyer from the seller, no, that does not happen.
229324
Did you tried ebay.com?
826511
I'm assuming you got 86'd for rules violations (?)\nIf so, the only way is to change your provider: ebay tracks you by your isp.
268219
Hast thou checked eBay?
874215
you would have more luck selling on ebay
520262
Lots and lots of people, and Ebay does have investigators actively pursuing people for all sorts of misconduct on there.  I tried to sell a fairly expensive item and nobody bid high enough to make my reserve price.   One of the bidders on my item was contacted by someone saying they were my husband and made her a "second chance" offer to purchase the item.  She goes ahead and sends this unknown guy over $800 cash via Western Union.  After she doesn't hear anything from this guy for a couple days she finally, for the first time, contacts me.  What a mess.  I felt so bad for her and tried to help all I could.  She made too many mistakes and didn't verify who she was dealing with and she didn't follow rules set down by Ebay, so you can't really blame this one on Ebay.
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I got swindled my FIRST time on eBay! I should have listened to my gut that the deal was just to good to be true $59 bucks for a $200 box set of dvd's and then they had my credit card #  But my bank ended up reembursing me & issued me a new cc#
194564
Are you about to be scammed?
198464
I do not know. Have you tried Ebay?
820407
If you are thinking of writing to then to complain, then save your stamp money.\nI have written to them on several occasions after I was unscrupulously ripped off by eBay themselves and have never received any response even after threatening them with legal action.
578087
yes it is safe to shop from Ebay. I do it all the time. i ALWAYS get my stuff! as long as you pay for it, you'll get it. and if not then email the seller of the item.
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I'm assuming the auction has already ended and you can no longer simply retract your bid and move on.\n\nWhat was the shipping, and was it explicitly stated in the auction?  If the charges were stated and the seller then accurately charged only what was stipulated in the auction, then you're at the mercy of the seller to release you from the contract.\n\nIf the seller is asking for money in addition to all the costs stated in the auction, then he is breaking the rules and you need to inform eBay of the situation.  Sellers may not jack up the price after the fact because they were hoping for more money.  On the other hand, you can't just not pay because you didn't read the auction.\n\nIn all likelihood, though, if it was an extremely low price for the item and there's an outrageous shipping charge, what the seller is doing is avoiding paying eBay's final value fees so he can maximize his profit, and the shipping is actually what he's selling the item for.  Unfortunately, while this is a type of fee avoidance which eBay says isn't allowed, they refuse to do anything about it, even when it's an egregious abuse... so you're boned on that front.  Even more unfortunately, as most sellers who engage in that tactic are ultimately only interested in their own bottom line and are perfectly willing to screw eBay to put more money in their pockets, it generally means they're willing to do the same thing to you, too, so you're probably either going to have to pay, or take the unpaid item strike and the negative feedback which goes with it.\n\nSorry.