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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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Has anyone requested a paper check from PayPal before? If so, can anyone tell me how long it took for you to receive it? I know I can link my bank account but I had to request it for personal reasons. Thanks.
 
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.
 
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.
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.
 
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.
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!
 
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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.
 
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 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.

You can either list them in auction format (trust the market to determine the price) or Buy it Now (if you have a pretty good idea, based on your research, what they should sell for).

Pay attention to shipping costs. Use eBay's shipping calculator and make sure you weigh and measure your packages accurately ahead of time so you don't lose money, or overcharge, on shipping.

If they're brand name purses, make sure they're authentic. It's illegal to sell fakes.

Good luck!
 
The weirdest thing happened about an hour ago. I was looking at a listing I was considering making an offer on. In the part just below "Returns" is the "Guarantee" section. On this listing, I can't remember the wording, but it said there was no guarantee. I was going to post it here but I went and did something else. I just looked at the listing now and the "EBay Money back guarantee" is there. I can't prove what I saw because I didn't think to take a screen shot. It was just a normal seller with a feedback of 2.
 
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!

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.
 
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.
When items are cheap, ebay usually gives courtesy refunds. It is cheaper than the cost of paying the people to handle the problem.
 
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
 
I did a quick search and didn't see anything very recent pertaining to my question.

Has anyone done an in person pickup and if so any suggestions. Normally, I wouldn't consider it but the item is just a water bottle for $60 but I'm just not sure how it works. Like do I hand over the item and then risk them filing a claim for non receipt?
 
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