Comments on: Ebay Sucks! http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/ Internet Marketing Fri, 18 May 2012 08:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Leon http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-972 Leon Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:58:15 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-972 I totally agreed. Ebay sells too many fake stuff. I remember I bought a blue shirt on ebay and ended up with a red one. Now I use http://www.123exchanges.com to sell my used stuff. 123exchanges required people to use video to list their products. Video is a much better way to showcase your stuff online. Although 123exchanges.com is new but they're actually making a difference on how people buy and sell online. It's actually fun, cool, and it’s free, no listing or selling fees. I barely sell stuff on ebay and craigslist now because there are too many scams. I totally agreed. Ebay sells too many fake stuff. I remember I bought a blue shirt on ebay and ended up with a red one. Now I use http://www.123exchanges.com to sell my used stuff. 123exchanges required people to use video to list their products. Video is a much better way to showcase your stuff online. Although 123exchanges.com is new but they’re actually making a difference on how people buy and sell online. It’s actually fun, cool, and it’s free, no listing or selling fees. I barely sell stuff on ebay and craigslist now because there are too many scams.

]]> By: admin http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-946 admin Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:59:05 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-946 To be fair though I was just on ebay bidding on a used item that is a really good deal. Being that I run some online businesses I understand the difficulties that can arise. With something as big as ebay there are bound to be problems and unhappy consumers / suppliers. I actually sold my first Bonazle item a few days ago. Haven't had alot of activity going on there, but I really like how Bonazle operates - I don't pay till I sell an item. To be fair though I was just on ebay bidding on a used item that is a really good deal. Being that I run some online businesses I understand the difficulties that can arise. With something as big as ebay there are bound to be problems and unhappy consumers / suppliers.

I actually sold my first Bonazle item a few days ago. Haven’t had alot of activity going on there, but I really like how Bonazle operates - I don’t pay till I sell an item.

]]> By: kj http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-945 kj Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:22:58 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-945 ebay is apparently assisting companies in overcharging on shipping. i tried to buy an item from ebay.ca that said FREE SHIPPING. when i went to check out it added $6.99 to the bill. when i complained they pointed me to ebay.COM and showed me the same listing with $4.99 shipping! here are the two links for the SAME item number (look in the url): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290493782580&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT and in canada with free shipping: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290493782580&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT unbelievable... apparently since the US site is different it takes precedence!!! what the!!! how does that work! so if a canadian sees free shipping we are somehow supposed to check the US site first? our logins dont even work on the US site! ebay is apparently assisting companies in overcharging on shipping. i tried to buy an item from ebay.ca that said FREE SHIPPING. when i went to check out it added $6.99 to the bill. when i complained they pointed me to ebay.COM and showed me the same listing with $4.99 shipping! here are the two links for the SAME item number (look in the url):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290493782580&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

and in canada with free shipping:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290493782580&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

unbelievable… apparently since the US site is different it takes precedence!!! what the!!! how does that work! so if a canadian sees free shipping we are somehow supposed to check the US site first? our logins dont even work on the US site!

]]> By: Chuck http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-928 Chuck Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:10:52 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-928 You make some good points. However, if I were to switch all of my items to Bonanzle, I would sink. Truth be told, until a company comes up with the winning formula eBay has, we are stuck. Moreover, the "italics" in the search bar of Bonanzle are enough to make me go elsewhere...Just my 2 cents...Try to "research" any item on any site other than eBay...Doesn't work well. You make some good points. However, if I were to switch all of my items to Bonanzle, I would sink. Truth be told, until a company comes up with the winning formula eBay has, we are stuck. Moreover, the “italics” in the search bar of Bonanzle are enough to make me go elsewhere…Just my 2 cents…Try to “research” any item on any site other than eBay…Doesn’t work well.

]]> By: Fix iTunes http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-905 Fix iTunes Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:38:59 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-905 I think eBay is the worst company ever! What's up with a 1 hour wait to discuss customer service issues? Gosh! That company makes so much cash but to make their sellers wait that long is obnoxious. Why did that bitch Meg Whitman steal all their cash that they have a one hour wait. Even on a chat system? This is crazy! I was selling an item on ebay a iPhone. I listed it and it was immediately purchased with Buy It Now. Little did I know it was as scammer. I get an email the next day to be aware so I didn't ship it. Later I relisted it. Next day it was purchased again with Buy It Now. Next day I get another email that the purchaser was a scammer and to not ship the item. So I decided to list it again this time removing the Buy It Now feature and the item was running but I had two iPhones to sell so I needed to place the other right after. Well since my first iPhone was running I decided to list the second one too but I received an account limited notice says I couldn't list another item because I've already listed them three times. Hey this is crazy remember the scammers that tried to scam with the first two listings? So last Saturday I decided to chat with them. The wait was longer than an hour (today it's 1 hour) and finally got through and they mentioned that that's normal and that my account was limited. BTW their customer service agents are so damn clueless it's not funny. Where do they get these people? After a longer than an hour wait for the damn agent I had to wait another almost hour to a get a straight answer from this idiot who is trying to answer me. Not really getting anything resolved I hung up. Well today I got a notice that my item sold. Not the first one that's already sold last weekend but this is the second item. The one that I receive a warning that I couldn't list it on ebay that my account was limited. WTF? How could my item sell when I wasn't able to list it? This is crazy. So now I have the one hour wait to resolve this crazy situation! Never ever ever ever ever ever again will I deal with ebay. This is the worst experience ever and it sucks such a waste my time! I think eBay is the worst company ever! What’s up with a 1 hour wait to discuss customer service issues? Gosh! That company makes so much cash but to make their sellers wait that long is obnoxious. Why did that bitch Meg Whitman steal all their cash that they have a one hour wait. Even on a chat system? This is crazy!

I was selling an item on ebay a iPhone. I listed it and it was immediately purchased with Buy It Now. Little did I know it was as scammer. I get an email the next day to be aware so I didn’t ship it. Later I relisted it. Next day it was purchased again with Buy It Now. Next day I get another email that the purchaser was a scammer and to not ship the item. So I decided to list it again this time removing the Buy It Now feature and the item was running but I had two iPhones to sell so I needed to place the other right after. Well since my first iPhone was running I decided to list the second one too but I received an account limited notice says I couldn’t list another item because I’ve already listed them three times. Hey this is crazy remember the scammers that tried to scam with the first two listings?

So last Saturday I decided to chat with them. The wait was longer than an hour (today it’s 1 hour) and finally got through and they mentioned that that’s normal and that my account was limited. BTW their customer service agents are so damn clueless it’s not funny. Where do they get these people? After a longer than an hour wait for the damn agent I had to wait another almost hour to a get a straight answer from this idiot who is trying to answer me. Not really getting anything resolved I hung up.

Well today I got a notice that my item sold. Not the first one that’s already sold last weekend but this is the second item. The one that I receive a warning that I couldn’t list it on ebay that my account was limited. WTF? How could my item sell when I wasn’t able to list it? This is crazy. So now I have the one hour wait to resolve this crazy situation!

Never ever ever ever ever ever again will I deal with ebay. This is the worst experience ever and it sucks such a waste my time!

]]> By: Greg Maltinimo http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-903 Greg Maltinimo Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:29:29 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-903 Check out www.keepio.com. I just started using it, and it is pretty amazing. I'm tired of ebay and craigslist, this is a nice alternative. Check out http://www.keepio.com. I just started using it, and it is pretty amazing. I’m tired of ebay and craigslist, this is a nice alternative.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/ebay-sucks/#comment-900 Anonymous Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:52:24 +0000 http://www.robertjfkennedy.com/blog/?p=399#comment-900 I purchased a micro SD card through the eBay site recently. When the item arrived, I installed it in my Android phone and was happy that my phone recognized it. A short time later, my phone crashed, and I did not understand it. After some research and checking, the micro SD card turned out to be fake. The seller in China reprogrammed it to say it was 32GB when it was only 4GB. The seller said, "Sorry about that. Return the card and we will replace it." They were only dragging the process out so that the time period would expire for a PayPal claim. I did not go for this trick and immediately filed a claim. The cost of the item was about $40USD, and the cost to return the item is around $18USD. All this PAIN IN THE BUTT was going on when I found out that counterfeit memory is an epidemic on eBay. The sellers often list fictitious addresses so that return items cannot be verified. eBay would hear nothing of this. The operators are very polite, but they did nothing for me. eBay is involved in MASSIVE risk management. They follow the Buyer Protection Policy to the rule. It is designed to protect THEM more than YOU! Some of these sellers are making 10,000 sales before they are discovered. eBay cannot afford to pay claims on 10,000 x $40 = $400,000,000, and there are hundreds of counterfeit sellers doing business. eBay shut the seller down after I complained, only to reinstate them after they successfully convinced eBay they were hacked. What? How can this be? IT IS TRUE! Expert criminals know how to work the eBay policy to ward off negative claims until they have achieved thousands of successful sales. When whey are finally shut down, they assume a new identity and start the process over again. It is easy! eBay can be good. WE ALL MUST FORCE THEM TO CLEAN IT UP! TELL EBAY HOW YOU FEEL!!! I purchased a micro SD card through the eBay site recently. When the item arrived, I installed it in my Android phone and was happy that my phone recognized it. A short time later, my phone crashed, and I did not understand it. After some research and checking, the micro SD card turned out to be fake. The seller in China reprogrammed it to say it was 32GB when it was only 4GB. The seller said, “Sorry about that. Return the card and we will replace it.” They were only dragging the process out so that the time period would expire for a PayPal claim. I did not go for this trick and immediately filed a claim. The cost of the item was about $40USD, and the cost to return the item is around $18USD. All this PAIN IN THE BUTT was going on when I found out that counterfeit memory is an epidemic on eBay. The sellers often list fictitious addresses so that return items cannot be verified. eBay would hear nothing of this. The operators are very polite, but they did nothing for me. eBay is involved in MASSIVE risk management. They follow the Buyer Protection Policy to the rule. It is designed to protect THEM more than YOU! Some of these sellers are making 10,000 sales before they are discovered. eBay cannot afford to pay claims on 10,000 x $40 = $400,000,000, and there are hundreds of counterfeit sellers doing business. eBay shut the seller down after I complained, only to reinstate them after they successfully convinced eBay they were hacked. What? How can this be? IT IS TRUE! Expert criminals know how to work the eBay policy to ward off negative claims until they have achieved thousands of successful sales. When whey are finally shut down, they assume a new identity and start the process over again. It is easy! eBay can be good. WE ALL MUST FORCE THEM TO CLEAN IT UP! TELL EBAY HOW YOU FEEL!!!

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