In Reply to: It is incumbent on the seller to get the item to the buyer....... posted by viridian on July 7, 2016 at 11:39:15:
I was told I wouldn't be debited until tracking showed I got the item back. Well, yesterday I was debited, and I haven't received anything back from the "buyer" at all. I'll update if things change, but as of right now this transaction is looking like a total loss and I expect no help whatsoever from eBay. It was the most valuable item from the whole collection that I was working with.
I think my long and honorable track record proves I'm a reasonable seller. This incident, to me, represents an unacceptable loss of control over my own destiny as a seller and opens the door wide to bare-faced fraud that eBay will actually help facilitate. Even if I was to insure over a certain $ amount, cheaper records will be similarly vulnerable--nobody (including me) is going to pay to insure a $10 record. There simply are no sufficient safeguards for sellers here against unscrupulous individuals. It wasn't always like this. I have ended all my listings and will be pursuing other avenues for selling what I have left. It was a good run while it lasted. God forbid I have to try to make a living this way ever again. I don't think it can be considered viable anymore.
dh
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Follow Ups
- All listings deleted. - D Harvey 07:31:37 07/08/16 (6)
- Good points; I hope that it works out for you. Gemm is a good place to sell. nt - viridian 07:37:30 07/10/16 (5)
- RE: Good points; I hope that it works out for you. Gemm is a good place to sell. nt - volunteer 13:22:40 08/02/16 (4)
- Thanks Wendell! So it probably isn't a good place to sell. nt - viridian 16:15:03 08/03/16 (3)
- RE: No One Is Gonna Leave Ebay - X-2000R 08:41:18 09/05/16 (2)
- I'm pretty good about sticking with things like this. - D Harvey 09:33:05 10/16/16 (1)
- Discogs. That is a great marketplace for records....but - MannyE 20:07:48 02/01/17 (0)