Poor eBay seller support!!! AGAIN!!

[phc_refurbs]

Hi all. I sold a Dell ALL In One computer and once the seller recieved the item he left feedback and sent me a personal message thanking me of the item and enclosed a image of the actual machine working on his desk. Several weeks later he sends me a message saying the screen has had to be replaced as he damaged it and the replacement screen has a line down it. At this point i was somwehat concered because clearly the machine has been tampered with. Anyway, I responded with "send the item back and i'll take a look, if I cant sort it out i'll refund you" - not happy with that but i thought i'd try, Anyway another week passed and nothing then the seller informs me he's sold parts from the machine and he's got his money back that way so all is good. Then opens a returns case and sends me back literally the plastic casing of the machine and ebay has now refunded him £279.99. I contacted ebay and they are saying, because they have no idea what I sent him the first place, they had no choice to issue a refund on valid tracking return details? is this correct? So to sum it up, the seller sold the machine off in parts, then sends me back a plastic shell (no screen, no motherboard, no processor, no ram, no ssd, nothing except a shell and ebay refund him in full? Surely this can't be right? Ive presented all the evidence to ebay but apparently there decision is final!! Ive contacted trading standards in my area and am waiting for them to get back to me. Can anyone please shed some light on this as i feel now that anyone can buy anything on ebay, simply return a pile of **bleep** and ebay refund it!!

[pixiesen2012]

trading on a private account and therefore not paying the correct fees or giving your buyers their legal rights

yet you expect ebay to give you the protection that correctly registered businesses get?

you should get your own account in order before going to trading standards about ebay!