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outbid - NO! But still lost out

So ebay is now rubbish for buyers as well as sellers. Stopped selling back when so called Simple Delivery was introduced. Probably time to stop buying also?Left a maximum bid and when I check a lower bid has won the item. Curiously the winning bid is...

Stopping sellers using Evri

I am sure there will be many like me who are bemused how Evri are still in business. I have had delivery after delivery fail or arrive late and nothing gets done because sellers keep using them.I just did a Trust pilot search on Evri UK their one sta...

I’ve been scammed

Purchased an iphone on Ebay the end of last month and the seller posted and sent tracking details. The “item” days later ended up with a signature, which when queried with my local depot was delivered directly to a local business which is around 2 mi...

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Resolved! Is Evri killing Ebay?

There are plenty threads with people complaining about Evri, many have replys from happy customers saying " I havn't had a problem with Evri" but if you did then you would find out just what a joke they are.The measure of a company is how they deal w...

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Purchase history change

I recently bought an item and checked the delivery dates quoted in the listing. Because this was coming by Evri I opted for click and collect. First of all I noticed that I was not sent a message by Evri about the delivery, but all messages regarding...

No money, no item

Hi, I bought some modules from seller .They sent me the goods, but when I took them to my car mechanic, they turned out to be incorrect parts, as they had 4 fixing points instead of 3 fixing points. Seller confirmed that they made a mistake and asked...

Resolved! Amazon "Dropshipper"

A common situation: someone buys item; eBay seller goes to Amazon and buys the item from a third party seller; Amazon seller sends item to eBay buyer as a gift. What is the procedure for reporting the eBay seller? I realise that I will most likely be...

why does ebay allow clearly counterfeit goods?

I buy a t-shirt sold as a brand but they send out a cheap t-shirt with the brand poorly printed on it, ebay considers that genuine??? ebay refuse my appeal and I dont see how to take it any further. I am sure trading standards would seize these sort ...

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Where is my parcek

I try to contact the seller because the item have been delivered but I haven’t received it, parcel with item number 14-13615-49691 I try to track the order number and when I contact EVRi they told me the postcode of that parcel el doesn’t match with ...

1-2 day delivery Scam! by some Ebay Sellers-Beware!

Some sellers are advertising 1-2 Day deliveries to entice customers to buy from them. Just like, you may have noticed How the price changes when you select certain option, you realise price has changed, the original price which was cheaper is no more...

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Order

I bought 2 lots of items form this seller and only one order has come and there giving same tracking number for both but only one order come I bought them separately

EVRI shipping woes!

Note to sellers - I will never be buying anything from anyone anymore who uses Evri for delivery, simple as that. I will also never be using them for delivering anything I occasionally sell. They are beyond incompetent, pure and simple. I bought an i...

Resolved! No Click & Collect option when offers are accepted then autopaid

Hi all, when making an offer on an item that has the Click & Collect option, you get the warning window that if the offer is accepted, your default payment method is used to autopay for the said item, however, it will only show you your primary addre...

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Proof of age?

I tried to buy a little chainsaw; considered, apparently, a "bladed article". Couldn't complete the purchase due to failure of Ebay s'ware reading card, despite using picture. Why is Ebay asking for proof of age when, by its own records, I have been ...

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