eBay's Embroidery buying guide - Page 4

> eBay is definitely a good thing and the way of the future but their
> management is terrible so far.
>

> I have found that the links they have emailed me do not work, mostly.
>
> You sound like an eBay employee or promoter.
>

> John J. Bengii wrote:
>> I have found that the links they have emailed me do not work,
>> mostly.
>> You sound like an eBay employee or promoter.
> If the links don't work for you, and they work for other people,
> perhaps the problem is with your computer?
> Yes, I do promote eBay. I've been a member for a very long time,
> I've been to several eBay Lives, and I have stock in the company.
> I'm retired, so I'm nobody's employee -- unless you count the old
> man and the cats and birds -- I feed all of them.
> For me, eBay was the greatest thing since pop-top cans. But it's
> not for everyone, I understand that.
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

> BEI Design wrote:
> > Pogonip wrote:
> > > John J. Bengii wrote:
> > > > eBay is for everybody until it goes wrong! Clearly
> > > > you have little experience with the rip-offs there.
> > > I've been a registered user since 1996, and didn't
> > > register until I began to sell. So I've had some
> > > experience with eBay. But my experience with
> > > "rip-offs" has been local, outside of eBay and outside
> > > of the
> > > Internet entirely.
> > Joanne, I have usually had very good experiences both
> > as a seller and a buyer, but one experience was similar
> > to
> > "John's".
> > I bought an electronic device from a seller with a good
> > record. Paid using a credit card with PayPal. Waited 10
> > days, no contact from the seller, so I e-mailed asking
> > for the shipping date and carrier. He wrote, "Oops, I'm
> > on
> > vacation in Florida, I won't be sending it until I
> > return." More e-mails back and forth. Waited a full 30
> > days
> > before seller shipped. The item arrived *extremely*
> > poorly
> > packaged, and the box had suffered severe damage, the
> > unit was unusable. I immediately wrote the seller
> > explaining
> > that the item was damaged. He wrote saying he would
> > contact the shipper for a refund. Another 10 days goes
> > by, I
> > wrote asking for a refund. Seller says, "I am a poor
> > student, I don't have the money to make a refund, I'll
> > send you
> > another unit." Waited another 10 days, still nothing,
> > then
> > "Sorry I don't have another unit".
> > So I initiated an eBay dispute and a PayPal dispute.
> > Their response was, "Sorry you have to initiate a claim
> > within 30 days, we can't help."
> > I asked my credit card company for a charge back, which
> > they allowed, but PayPal disputed because I had no proof
> > I
> > had returned the unit (I hadn't because the seller never
> > asked me to.) The upshot was, my CC company disallowed
> > half
> > the charge-back so I paid $150 for a non-working unit.
> > And
> > I did everything I could to resolve the issue, but by
> > the
> > time I gave up on resolving it with the seller, I was
> > too
> > late to file a dispute with PayPal/eBay. I agree with
> > John that
> > eBay's/PayPal's lack of support is inexcusable.
> > It is indeed buyer beware, I have not bought anything
> > fragile on eBay since.
> > Beverly
> I don't doubt that you had such an awful problem. But
> you did let it go on for too long, didn't you? Some
> unscrupulous people will play the delaying game, knowing
> that the clock will run out, the "statute of limitations"
> will kick in. You were being "nice" while the seller was
> being a horse's behind.

>John J. Bengii wrote:
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>> Don't buy it. You are on your own with eBay. Buyer beware! Nice
>> idea..just not worth the commissions you pay to use it.
>>
>Clearly, eBay is not for you.