I've been lucky myself to be fair - I've only had one muppet who bought a used ipod classic from me then got in touch 18 months later to tell me it was faulty and wanted to know what I could do to help.......statto wrote:In the last three years I've managed to sell 55 watches on ebay, and have only encountered 2 problem buyers; one was (falsely) claiming all sorts of issues with the watch but was really only after a post-sale discount. I didn't get caught up in that game, just offered a full refund on return of the watch; as expected I didn't hear any more from him. The other problem was where the watch for some reason didn't meet the buyer's expectations, in spite of the description and photos being 100% accurate. Fortunately there was no discussion re discounts or returns as the buyer admitted he'd gone at the watch with a cape cod cloth and the watch was now scratched (!).
As for the PayPal retention of funds, I have heard of this but it has yet to happen to me - perhaps I've just been lucky.
What puts me off eBay lately is I know a fair few people (mostly in the vintage BMX collecting scene) who have had their fingers burned with spurious claims regarding damage and reversed payments without the goods being returned. There have been some fairly hefty sums involved and a few scammers have been outed, but police / eBay / Paypal don't seem bothered and I could do without the mither.