bravergrace
Champion

‎30-11-2022 2:45 PM

And, along with the wheelnut listings, come the 99p Stairlift listings.

These are occasionally removed, but soon replaced by identical listings from a new ID.  

There cannot be any actual VALUE to eBay in allowing companies to advertise their "contact details" for 99p, when the product they are selling costs tens of thousands of pounds.  And the poor person who thinks they are buying safely on eBay, is actually buying something with no guarantee and virtually no consumer rights.

 

Here is an example (anonymised, but otherwise copy-and-paste from a live eBay listing):

******** *******lifts.


Hi,

My names ***** I’m the Director of a lift company based in ********. Even though we are based in ****we cover the whole of the UK & Europe. I have over 20 years experience in the mobility industry. My back ground is Mechanical & Electrical Engineering as well as general building & electrical works. I was an Engineer at ******** in the early development stage of the company training installation teams & builders. I later left to set up my own company & still have a great relationship with ********* today.

 

This advert is just to advertise our company our experience & what we can provide for you.

1. We sell brand new ******* lifts & products to our clients.

2. We can sell reconditioned ******* lifts. We typically have half a dozen in stock at anyone time.

3. We can provide a call out service (UK & EU)

4. We can provide servicing (UK & EU)

5. We remove unwanted ********* lifts

6. We can remove a lift & repair the ceiling & floor

7. We also have a lift buy back scheme.


We do not sell lifts on eBay just our contact details.

If you require anymore information please message us through eBay messenger. We charge 0.99p for our contact details which is refundable. This way we don’t break any eBay rules.


Kind regards

*****

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Cesario, the Count's gentleman