Definitely much cheaper than a courier. I try to avoid anyone outside of Canada that says they are shipping bu Fedex or UPS or DHL etc. I know that they have no idea how much we have to pay once it reaches our door☹️
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Ebay pays for courtesy refunds. However, I'm sure they place a bad mark on the seller's account, and if he continues to cause problems they will NARU him.Silly question here, but when ebay steps in after a return is initiated and the seller doesn't respond, what is a "courtesy refund" and does it come out of the seller's account?
I'd purchased something and the seller it turns out was a total scumbag. It was some stupid little trinkets from overseas, so not worth much. Anyway, the seller replaced the items with other items. I found out only after delivered, and he said he didn't have the ones I ordered, so made his own decision on replacements. He offered a refund, so I said yes. He then never gave one after two weeks. So I negged him on feedback. Then he said he wouldn't give the refund until I changed my feedback to positive. I reported him for feedback extortion, and eBay told me to start a return. His reply was that he had given me a refund plus more money. He hadn't. I even checked my Paypal to make sure. It finally could be escalated today. I did, and 10 minutes later had my refund. eBay called it a "courtesy refund" which makes me wonder if it is being paid by the seller or eBay.
The petty side of me just wants to have him being the one who pays.
Also, the even pettier side of me says I only left feedback on part of the order. I'm wondering if all this lying and deceit means I should use the other feedback I can leave for another neg.
I disagree. Ebay doesn't pay for courtesy refunds; WE DO!! Those of us who buy and sell pay for ebay's "goodwill gestures" in the form of higher fees (for sellers) and higher prices (for buyers) because those sellers pass the fees to buyers.Ebay pays for courtesy refunds. However, I'm sure they place a bad mark on the seller's account, and if he continues to cause problems they will NARU him.
YES!! Absolutely!Also, the even pettier side of me says I only left feedback on part of the order. I'm wondering if all this lying and deceit means I should use the other feedback I can leave for another neg.
I got started with my eBay hobby selling purses that I inherited from my mom. I had no idea how to price them, so I started searching eBay for the same brands and styles, studying what they were selling for.Hi all - I have a question which may be difficult to answer but here goes. My grandmother recently passed and she had a few really neat purses. Because I'm one of the more tech-savvy of the grand-kids I volunteered to find new homes for the purses. I don't think that any are of any special maker like gucci or whatnot but they're all in fairly good condition. I just don't know where to set my pricing. I'm only planning on selling these few purses. Thanks for any help you can provide.
I disagree. Ebay doesn't pay for courtesy refunds; WE DO!! Those of us who buy and sell pay for ebay's "goodwill gestures" in the form of higher fees (for sellers) and higher prices (for buyers) because those sellers pass the fees to buyers.
Why ebay is willing to foot the bill for a bad seller who knowingly sent the wrong item because he didn't have the correct one, did so without contacting you, lied about issuing a refund, lied about giving you more of a refund than you'd paid and tried to use feedback extortion to blackmail you into revising the feedback isn't a seller who should be on ebay. Yet ebay rewards his behavior?!?!?!? SMH!
When items are cheap, ebay usually gives courtesy refunds. It is cheaper than the cost of paying the people to handle the problem.I agree. I started by calling eBay, and fortunately, everything initially happened over eBay messages between the seller and I ... so there was a record. They forwarded me to deal with the feedback extortion, then I got forwarded to deal with the false items/fraud component. Then got told to open a refund. It should be the case that this one transaction of mine should generate several marks against the seller -- the stupid thing is, it was a few $2 items we're putting together for going-away baskets. It shouldn't have been a big deal.
But the fact he just baldly announced I had to change my feedback in order to get a refund tells me that either there are a lot of people on eBay he's dealt with that think it's OK for a seller to tell you that, or that he's so oblivious to the rules. But it's a volume seller. Which I usually stay away from.
It's a new listing.One of my listings on eBay had the no fee promotion activated, my question is if I relist the item due to non payment will I still benefit from it or would eBay consider it a different and new entry? TIA