Thread: !#$**! Ebay purchase

No problem!

I think the general feelings about the shipping charge being the culprit might be true, but shouldn't that effect all his auctions? Just food for thought...

I list stuff on there once in a while, and I know the last time (2 weeks ago) I saw something new. When you enter the price for shipping, a little warning comes up just before you complete the details of your sale. It said something like "Your shipping charges are higher than other people selling similar products and may scare away buyers. Consider lowering your shipping price"

OK, maybe not in those exact words, but the message was there. I'm guessing if you ignore that and leave the shipping price alone, a little red flag pops up at the e-bay command center. Dunno for sure, but it would make sense cus they lose out on the final sale value.

Originally Posted by ODYSSEY

I bet it has something to due with the fact that he is selling it on ebay for $5, but is charging more. So eBay is missing out on fees.

I'm pretty sure he will ship the panel

it definitely looks like the listing was cancelled because it clearly violates ebay's "excessive shipping" policy. overseas shipping is expensive, but for $50 you should get in a few days, not a few weeks. charging a very low price and then jacking up the shipping charge is unfortunately a common practice on eBay. it cheats eBay out of it's seller fees, and cheats buyers out of refunds. (they will only refund the $7 item cost, not the total cost including the jacked up shipping charge ). it is a dishonest practice, and I have no problem with eBay removing these types of listings.

Originally Posted by lxt_123

The fact that the listing was terminated doesn't necessarily means that the guy is dishonest, it is possible to be some rule that he didn't obeyed in the listing. I had a listing terminated because it had "like new" in the title, it was an item made in mid 1800's for 10 years

listing a 150 year old item as "like new" sounds pretty dishonest to me

Let us know how you make out.

I am going thru a mess with ebay right now for the auction I won here.

The guy sent me a console that arrived busted up because he put it in a freakin' box without any packaging. I paid the $3 insurance but the only thing that apparently did was put an extra $3 in his pocket. Then, he goes out and leaves me negative feedback and even stumped so low as to say I was threatening him at his home! Amazing. What can you do? Well, I make a little website about the entire transaction and put the url in his feedback (here) so everyone can read our emails back and forth and look at pictures of the transaction, etc. I also filed a complaint to SafeHarbor but in all reality, Ebay won't do a damn thing about it. I had another instance where I won tires and afterwards, the guy contacted me and said he wasn't going to give them to me because he wanted more money. Ebay told me they took care of it but when I asked them what, they refused to say and then I see that not only is the guys account still active but he's reselling the tires that I won!!!! They did nothing and won't do anything.

The best way to do a purchase is to go thru PayPal and to pay thru your credit card. At least if something goes wrong, you can dispute it with your credit card company. They WILL try to do something.

Let us know how you you make out, I'm interested in hearing about your results....

I'm going to wait and see if he ships it. I'll let you know.

Hey BugByte,

Did you ever get this touch panel? How is it?

I wanted to order one as well...

Crazy ebay, My friend at work bought a 46inch lcd screen on ebay and got the notice that this auction has been canceled. He already paid $1600 on it. That was one week ago. I'll post back here if he gets it. I don't think i would buy a big screen from ebay. To each is own i guess.

Happy ending to this story. Just received the touchscreen from Hong Kong today. Looks like the guy was on the level.