Anybody ever have to open an eBay dispute?

Post by **ImportBoy** » Fri May 09, 2008 11:35 am

I think I've only opened up two disputes that I recall - one as a buyer and other as a seller.

As the seller I had sold a very old IBM Thinkpad laptop. Some guy bought it, never recieved payment, no communication or anything. Filed a dispute with e-bay and eventually got my fees back. Re-listed it and sold it again later (at a higher price to) without issue. This was a guy with high feedback and had been on e-bay a long time - but apparently around the same time he bought from me he also bought from a few others and never paid. Seemed rather strange.

As a buyer I had purchased a 32x system complete in the box along with like 12 32x games back in October of 2007. Guy sold tons of toys and games and had excellent feedback. After I paid I got an e-mail from him saying his father is in hospital on a breathing machine and he might be a little late in sending the package. I said that was fine, I didn't need it for awhile anyhow. Waited about 3 weeks - nothing else from him so I sent an e-mail asking when I should be expecting the package. Wait another week - no reply. Another e-mail, no reply. So I file a dispute with e-bay - he finally wakes up and gets it sent out very quickly. Apparently I wasn't the only one he was ignoring cause apparently PayPal had locked his account. As much as I can appreciate situations like that, if your running a buisness you really need to stay on top of things - surely its not that hard to go to a post office!

Post by **Ack** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:00 pm

Well, after 17 days of the PayPal dispute went by without any communication from the seller, I decided to escalate it to a claim. At this point, it's been nearly two months since I ordered the product, and there's been no communication from the seller whatsoever. I really just want my forty bucks back.

Post by **lost_within** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:07 pm

just wanna share the pain...i sold a ps3 and i believe 10 games? 2 controllers? somethin like that

total was just under 700$...dude gets the ps3...leaves me positive feedback. I forget all about it i got my money hes happy...on our way.

Well sense i think hes happy...we dont check any emails...a month later we check into paypal..balance of....yep -680 some odd bones.

We both flipped off the handle. Apparently sense paypal never got a "sent" notification from ebay...EVEN THOUGH!!! he left great feedback....they gave the f**ker the money back!!!

Well luckly we were able to find the tracking number...havnt heard anything yet. But the fact that they just GAVE HIM THE MONEY BACK!...never called us or ANYTHING...just gave back almost 700$...has pissed me off. Ebay...you blow donkey chunks. Oh yeah...what makes it even more odd though...is that its happend to SEVERAL people that have sold him stuff...is this just odd...or is he playing a sick ass game? Make it better....he got the money back right?...paypal told us the credit card he had used...was STOLEN!....now...not ONLY!!! did they give him the money back and want US to pay for the shit....HE USED A STOLEN CREDIT CARD...they didnt care about that part...they told us and i quote "We figured our customers were smart enough to know who to sell to and not to sell to" *ahem* KIDS LEAVE THE ROOM

F**K paypal F**K ebay

Post by **Bev** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:41 am

I've never had to open a dispute, but once I bought a game and a couple of weeks passed with nothing. I sent the seller messages but no response. Finally, I requested the seller's information and rang the guys number. A woman answered the phone and I asked to speak to the contact name in the details, she sounded totally confused and called her son down. Whilst talking to the guy I heard his mam yelling stuff in the background like, "You'd better not have used my credit card!".

I felt quite bad for the kid getting him in trouble, especially since he probably just forgot about it as the item arrived the next morning. I don't think he realised that people that buy from you can request a phone number.

Post by **black flag nc** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:39 pm

Had to file my first dispute back in Feburary. Bought a SNES game and got stiffed. Wasn't but like $8 and I'm still waiting to see if they refund my money.

Otherwise, I've had great experiences on ebay.

Post by **Ack** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:46 pm

Well, just found out that the power that be at Paypal decided I deserved my money back, so here come back my 40 bucks! Woohoo!