Ups and Downs of EBay

[roblav]

It really seems to be a pig-in-a-poke crapshoot. I bought my early 1966 911 recently on EBay with very positive results. The seller did not know much about the car but was completely honest with what he knew, and I think I got it at a good price. However, I recently purchased a front 69-73 bumper that was advertised as being in good shape. When I received it, the lip that supports the bumper to body seal had been cut off. I don't call that good condition when a good chunk of an item is missing. The seller offered to take it back and refund the sale (but not the expensive shipping), which would have left me out two-way shipping and no product - not good nor satisfactory. So I decided to keep the bumper and gave him neutral feedback. He retaliated with negative feedback saying slow pay and poor communication, which is entirely BS. This is a serious flaw in the EBay feedback process. If someone has hundreds of ONLY positive feedback, I don't believe it, especially with what I know about statistics and moving away from "zero defect mentality".

I'd rather buy and sell here on this board, and even before trying on the Pelican site.

Just wondering about other people's experience I guess, and maybe some venting too.

[dhopkins]

If a seller deserves negative feedback it is your duty to future Ebayers to see the seller gets it. One tip, try to wait until the seller has entered feedback for the buyer before entering feedback for them.

don
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1963 356B (Webers)
1969 911S (MFI)
1981 911SC (Webers)

[LynnsABCs]

Don:

The seller still gets a chance to respond to a negative feedback--so he still gets the final last word.

[quattro]

There is a limit on the time when you can post feedback, I think it's exactly 90 days after end of auction. If you leave it exactly at the end of that time and the seller does not see it, he's snookered.

Hope this helps any people who are afraid to leave negative feedback on ebay.

Cheers

[RandyWebb]

- how much did the bumper cost?

- and how much would it cost to fix it up so it's nice?

[72targa]

You can also discuss behind the scenes to mutually remove feedback...

[DaveE]

I've been pretty lucky over the last few years with car parts and computers / computer equipment. I bought my SC on ebay for a decent price in April, my largest purchase, and have put 12,000 miles on it so far. I guess I'm due a bad deal............

[911pcars]

72Targa is correct.
My son used my ebay account and managed to upset someone with a misunderstanding; buyer left negative feedback and so did my son. Great.

Fortunately, buyer and seller (son) worked out a compromise which resulted in resecinding the neg. feedback. My son is now able to turn 16.

This ploy might help in your case. Give him a call and try to work it out.

Sherwood

[pgxif]

... if the seller has been untruthful about you being a late payer, and you can prove it (eg Paypal receipt and/or correspondence) then there's a good change Ebay will remove the negative if you ask them. They did for me.

[dvkk]

There is a limit on the time when you can post feedback, I think it's exactly 90 days after end of auction. If you leave it exactly at the end of that time and the seller does not see it, he's snookered.

It doesn't quite work that way. There is no time limit for the seller to respond. While checking out one user's feedback, I found a response by a guy who got a negative that was a full year and a half after the negative was given.