ebay.co.uk

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Ebay.co.uk

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3 May 20th, 2006 

17 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
An easy way to sell your unwanted goods from the comfort of your own home and to bag a bargain

Disadvantages:
Timewasters who win your auctions and dont pay, scammers and high fees

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Hello i am a 32 year old married mother of 3. I have a daughter aged 16 and 2 sons aged 13 and 7 ye...

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I have been using ebay.co.uk for buying and selling for 4 years now.
On the whole its a great place to bag a bargain and to sell your unwanted items from the comfort of your own home.
On the other hand the fees are very high and there are a lot of timewasters who win your auctions with no intentions of paying.
When you report them as non paying bidders you get your final value fee back from ebay but not your listing fee.
This can work out very expensive as depending on the value of the item you are selling and which features you have selected it can be in excess of £20.
You also have the scammers who will win your auction and pay you via paypal then ask you to ship to their son in Nigeria.
The scam is you send the item then they file a chargeback with paypal and because you have sent to Nigeria and not their registered address you will lose your money.
Then of course you have the chancers that but 100 ebooks for a penny each just to gain some positive feedback then they list lots of expensive items, take your money and are never heard of again.
Be sure to always check out your trading partners feedback, not just how many positives they have but what thy bought to get them.
Please also be aware that ebays customer support is near non existant, if you do have cause to contact them for any reason you will just get an automated email back.
 

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meggymoos 26.05.2006 18:05

Thankyou for the warning

motherjoanb 21.05.2006 10:46

I had thought about using ebay to sell some stuff but your review has made me think again. Thanks for the warnings Joan

josparkle 21.05.2006 10:45

Hi - good review. Just started using ebay to sell and am proceeding with caution. Thanks Josparkle



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