Purchasing something just to leave negative feedback is against the ebay rules. Contact ebay support and let them know that.

I have completely closed my ebay store due to hate mail and harrassment from a customer. I reported him to Ebay 5 times and no action taken. I have had it with a corrupt and one-sided system that works only for the buyer and leaves the seller out to hang. Check my feedback and you will see the last negative (several pages in) and the negativity from it. I have a brick and mortar store, so the 1500 items I pulled off of mt ebay store will just be integrated into my store inventory. So luckily I don't need to deal with the hassle anymore. Ebay and its corrupt customers can eat each other.

I have not left feedback for over 2 years. I do not participate in a corrupt system. Don't ever expect feedback from me.

yeah, glad I found this group - I have had three high bids this week and no pay, no contact on any. Found out that a question I asked earlier on a bid item irritated the seller and he got two of his friends to bid my items high and then not pay...can't eBay to do a damn thing about it so far.

I understand the frustration with the necklace and the buyer giving you a hard time - been there. But, as I understand it mentioning an ebay "name" can get this group shut down by ebay. I've had the feeling we have to be very careful about what we say and how we say it. Like thinking of a positive way of leaving negative feedback. Perhaps I misunderstood. If I did I could leave a list of "bad" buyers. Can anyone clarify this for me. Thanks.

Yes, the group can be shut down if ebay names are mentioned. I've seen it happen to 2 other groups recently.

To see who left negatives we can just click on your feedback number and it will take us right to your feedback. So mentioning ebay names is not necessary.

The reply to the buyer of the necklace was excellent.

She/he could just be a newbie and not understand the process. Probably no advantage. Just one of those things that happen with selling!

If I am selling a large item that I really can't combine shipping on then I will use the 'immediate payment required'. The reason I don't use it more is because a lot of my buyers will buy more than one item and if immediate payment is required then you can't easily combine everything on one invoice. So that means everything would have to be paid for separately.

A while back I was having quite a few non-payers but none at the present. By all means, we need to file a claim and give them strikes when they don't pay.

Hi Guys/Gals!
Being new to this group I realize how many other sellers are in the same boat as me! I've been selling on eBay for about 12 years, I'm a power seller & a top rated seller. I've got an eBay store as well. I have spoke to eBay reps a few times over the last weeks and tried to make them aware of the feedback issue (no neg for buyers) and the resulting 'blackmail' situation we sellers are put into. I don't see any chance that eBay will change this back, not now, not in the future. It's all about the buyers, the sellers are left in the dust. The constantly rising cost of selling on eBay combined with the 'PayPal only' policy have cutmy profits by at least 25-30%. Not to mention that there is hardly any bidding anymore. I have run a few collectible cars & parts thru eBay and got offered less than half of what they later sold at 'live' auctions. The 'sniping' is a real problem, everybody tries to get the stuff in the last seconds but there's only one or two bids that can be placed in that time. The result: no sale! And it would be so easy to fix that!
Furthermore, the specific rating for shipping time, shipping cost and comunication is unrealistic and/or unfair! I ship usually within 24 hours. That the carrier takes 7 days isn't my fault! I usually charge a flat rate and so I sometimes make a $ while I loose one at other times. It just pans out to (barely) cover the cost!
And comunications? Hey, I really don't have the time to spend 2 hours on the phone with a potential buyer of a $2.00 item! Lets be realistic!
So, I think eBay made a lot of mistakes in the recent past. It's time to make changes! They need to listen a little more to their sellers because when we leave, they'll have no business.....
Thanks for letting me go on this rant!
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Yes, ranting and venting are good. Shipping costs are another place we get a bad rap - best word/s I could come up with that wouldn't offend anyone. We have to "inflate" our shipping costs so that we do make a little money. Then buyers complain because the shipping cost on the envelope label isn't what was charged. And, if we "inflate" the cost of the item up for auction then no one bids because they can get it for less from another seller. Buyers just don't understand that there are as many fees as there are.

Wow, what a great group!!!
Just thought I would say hello and say how happy I was to have 3 NWT identical items returned by a buyer and Paypal refunded thier money...Nothing new, but: 2 of them were worn!!!!! I contacted them and I said: "what happened" and the Paypal person said: "it was not enough for us to appeal the claim for you, I take tags off the clothes all the time". I know certain stores do accept used clothing back, but it just makes me mad. It's like the buyer knew what they were doing, and gave me no indication there was a problem: no phone call, no email, nothing, went right to Paypal claim

Thanks for reading nice to vent!

PS: I was told if there was a whole in the item where the tags were removed it would be different.

Buyer to be avoided in previous message is: wezo00