I'm coming to the same conclusion.

Posted by D Harvey (M) on July 5, 2016 at 09:20:15

In Reply to: RE: Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? posted by baileyler on July 5, 2016 at 05:57:46:

EBay is forcing me to take this record back. No explanation or rationale given, just "We've decided in favor of the buyer. When tracking shows you have your item back, you will be debited." We'll see what actually arrives in the mail. They're going to have to peel me off the ceiling if he sends me back a piece of garbage--I certainly don't expect eBay to compensate me if this turns out to be a total scam.

I got an email from another buyer yesterday who says his (formerly NM-) disc arrived totally trashed in Hong Kong. That disc was removed from the cover and shipped in a junk cover. I'm trying to get pics to figure out what went wrong there, but does it really matter? I'm going to be on the hook for that one too if the buyer decides I ought to be.

I don't have a problem with issuing returns to customers who have problems, but I expect a little dialogue from that person, not a couple of useless photos and sentence fragments demanding money. If I do something wrong, I want know what it was so I can learn and fix my problem. I tried to get some dialogue from the DSOTM buyer, but he refused to communicate anything at all other than that he wanted compensation for shipping damage. I would never go after a seller for something that's not their fault, but others seem to think the right thing to do is lay down and take it without any question.

IMO, eBay is setting themselves up for a wave of fraud by scam "buyers" with this policy. Of course, the risk to them (in the near term) is almost nil, so they probably don't care. I'm still mulling all this over, but I think it's probably time for me to walk away from eBay forever.

dh

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Topic - Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? - D Harvey 09:03:24 06/29/16 (29)

It's a Contract - Inmate51 09:13:11 09/29/16 (0)

Undone by my own errors, but still walking away from eBay. - D Harvey 21:03:24 07/09/16 (3)

RE: Undone by my own errors, but still walking away from eBay. - Rod M 18:08:22 08/21/16 (2)

Unfortunately.... - D Harvey 12:35:14 08/22/16 (1)

RE: Unfortunately.... - Rod M 12:59:23 08/22/16 (0)

Did he open the LP ??? - reelsmith. 13:18:21 07/08/16 (2)

RE: Did he open the LP ??? - MannyE 20:24:05 07/16/16 (0)

I have no idea. - D Harvey 16:25:06 07/08/16 (0)

It is incumbent on the seller to get the item to the buyer....... - viridian 11:39:15 07/07/16 (7)

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)

RE: Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? - baileyler 05:57:46 07/05/16 (1)

I'm coming to the same conclusion. - D Harvey 09:20:15 07/05/16 (0)

RE: Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? - Bill Way 12:54:11 07/03/16 (2)

I mostly agree. - D Harvey 18:33:58 07/03/16 (1)

pics (again) and "proof" - Bill Way 07:38:42 07/04/16 (0)

RE: Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? - The Dill 15:10:27 06/29/16 (7)

RE: Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? - D Harvey 15:31:41 06/29/16 (6)

RE: Bully eBay buyer--or am I crazy? - Lee of Omaha 12:25:52 06/30/16 (5)

Possibly. - D Harvey 13:56:47 06/30/16 (4)

RE: Possibly. - Lee of Omaha 14:25:04 06/30/16 (3)

RE: Possibly. - D Harvey 15:30:20 06/30/16 (2)

RE: Possibly. - The Dill 19:52:52 06/30/16 (1)

But.... - D Harvey 19:55:23 06/30/16 (0)

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