I have been an eBay member for 23yrs almost since the beginning, I have to say that over the last few years eBay is certainly not what it used to be. I have sold a few items but gave that up due to fee's both for eBay & PayPal constantly increasing year after year it seems like.
My main issue is seller's not all sellers before I get jumped on lol, but there are more than a fair share of bad & dishonest sellers on eBay now days. Some with feedback as low as 60% with thousands of sales, why does eBay (apart from making money!) continue to allow sellers this poor to trade on eBay all it does is make buyers react the same way as myself, I must say that I don't buy anything unless I check two things firstly the obvious one their feedback, secondly who they use to ship their items with in the UK, I avoid Evri like the plague I would never purchase from a seller who uses this company & some other couriers the amount of items I have had left in my garden that have been stolen is crazy, I sometimes ask the seller who they use if they do not list the company or I move on to the next seller.
A couple of examples I brought a "New" battery for my Samsung phone or so the item was listed as, unfortunately after I paid for the battery to be fitted it does not hold a charge & is in worse condition than the five year old battery it was replacing?
Another example I purchased a eBay guaranteed refurbished hoover, nothing like the pictures or eBay's refurbished guarantee says it should be. The item was bashed up, scratched & not in the best condition it looked like someone had picked it up from the local rubbish tip. I was very shocked by this as it was the first refurbished item I had ever brought from eBay & definitely the last.
I could go on for at least a dozen items I have purchased over the last year but I won't bore you all with details, I used to spend more time at my local post office returning items than I do anywhere else, I hope you get what mean about poor & dishonest sellers on eBay in 2024. I hate to think how many thousands of pounds I have spend with eBay in 23yrs some worth the money others definitely not!
Thankfully I have now promised myself that I will not buy anything from eBay unless I cannot find it anywhere else, I don't even mind paying extra somewhere other then eBay after my horrible experience's that cause stress & problems, life is hard enough as it is without having all this extra grief.
Such a shame I used to love buying on eBay & it's safe to say I am not the only buyer who now feels the same way as I do I have read enough posts on here to realise that, I have made complaints to eBay but they take no notice, I am a bullion collector gold & silver bars, I see fakes all the time for sale on eBay same ones you can buy on Alibaba & the other knock-off websites all gold & silver plated etc but selling on eBay as solid gold & silver, I have reported these sellers many times & it even says in their feedback the bullion is fake from their buyers, yet they are still allowed to sell their fake gold & silver for thousands of pounds when it's worth £20?
eBay promises you the world when you can actually speak with someone now days, but it's all empty promises they tell you what you want to hear & do nothing, anyway that's the end of my post if you feel the same way I do or have had similar experience I would love to hear about them!
