eBay Reviews

I think it's a scam and I'm going to report them to the Better Business Bureau. Those of us who are erroneously being kicked off for no reason should start our own auction website. I will never buy anything from them again, and also encourage others to do the same.

We have lost the opportunity to sell off multiple objects that were handed down to us. We desperately need the money and basically are living hand to mouth right now. I have health issues and was looking for something like an Ebay way to make money, to help bring money in. We are not making it off one salary and Ebay was an opportunity for us to finally be able to at least break even.

It's easy for these millionaires to just cut people off when they are not suffering. If I could go after them legally, I would. These people, for all their fancy commercials (and not really good ones at that), don't really know the first thing about customer service. Bad form!

I would have left at this stage if it wasn't for the fact that I had told my son that I had managed to find a game he had wanted, so I sent them what they wanted. They then wanted proof of address, I explained that they had already confirmed that I had a valid card and bank account, what did they want my address for?

Furthermore,who the hell were they?Not a bank.just a service. They refused to unfreeze my account until I produce my proof of address. I informed them that I live in Beijing, they know, and everything here is written in Chinese (surprise!) They insisted that my proof of address must be legible,to which I aske dthem if they could read Chinese! All i get is automated mail replies.Meanwhile ebay is sebding me PAY NOW emails for the items I won, HOW CAN I YOU MORONS??

My son was devastated. This was his first summer job work experience and he was very proud that he did not spend his paychecks and diligently saved for this first big purchase. The seller had great ratings and credibility according to Ebay. My son was going to use this for his college classes. $700.00 is a lot of money to lose; especially for a teenager. I would like to show him the consumer does have some rights and recourse and that we should fight for what is right and punish those that are corrupt and do wrong!

Have been through 3 different "support" personnel. Each has said they would help. None offered any help. Each only offered a lot of doubletalk as to why their system bid myself against myself. One admitted my $30 bid took precedence but did not offer to fix the problem. The last response provided their legal department contact info. I know it is only a dollar BUT I have checked around. Others have had the same experience and just paid the extra dollar to get the merchandise.

This is a common practice by ebay according to their explanation to me and others I have checked with. A dollar here and there through millions of transactions surely brings in countless dollars. They are aware of the problem and refuse to fix it.

The seller admitted as much in an email to me. Yet, Paypal refuses to refund the money. I can only conclude from Paypal's response that Buyer Protection is a fraud and therefore they should not offer such bogus protection plans to customers when they are unwilling to honour it. Ebay idea of resolving this was to direct me to Square Trade, where I would have to pay $20.00 to get back $15.00.

Damages: Husband has no wedding ring. The one I purchased was sent two sizes too big plus a piece fell off of it. Ebay did little to resolve issue and cut me off. I am out over $400. Also, someone took my money order, claimed they couldn't cash a US money order in Canada, although the specifics stated US money order, the seller waited until months passed and told me to go to the post office and get issued a new one. I did. Then the post office sends me a due notice stating I cashed both of them. The seller went ahead and cashed the money order and did not send the product. I am out $26 and no product and eBay won't help because this swindler knew to wait past the eBay timelines to report complaints.

The processor was supposed to be a christmas gift for me, financed by my grandmother. I feel like an idiot because my family is asking if I have recieved the processor and I keep telling them it hasn't arrived. I really don't want to tell them because I want to avoid the "I told you so" attitude from them, I'm sorry that I ever trusted Ebay.

I won an aution on ebay on May 5, 2001 for an "authentic 32 cm ostrich skin Hermes Kelly bag." The amount of the winning bid was $3650. I contacted the seller via e-mail to set up payment. I requested a guarantee of authenticity of the bag and was assured it would be enclosed at shipment.

I sent payment via FED EX in the form of a personal check. The buyer agreed to confirm receipt of the check. He also promised to notify me when the check cleared his account. He said he would then ship the item immediately. When I received no response for a week I grew suspicious. I knew through my bank records that the check had been paid. I tried contacting the seller but got no response. I employed "Squaretrade," ebay's negotiation service. After approx. 2 weeks the seller emailed me and apologized for not answering my e-mails. He claimed to have been very busy. He stated that he had not been monitoring his bank account for receipt of the money as his bank had informed him that it would take at least 2 weeks for a USA check to clear his Canadian account. He informed me that there might be an additonal delay in clearing the check due to an upcoming bank holiday. But he assured me that he would confirm payment with me and notify me when the bag was shipped.

This was on or about May 18. Again, he did not confirm payment until I emailed him several times. He finally informed me that the check had cleared on or about May 24. He promised to send the bag on the following business day. When he did not contact me, I assumed the bag was in the mail and attributed the delay to Customs as the bag was coming from Canada to Japan. I e-mailed him when it had not arrived by the end of May. The seller never answered my e-mail.

The bag arrived on June 1. The shipping date was listed as May 28. When I compared it other Hermes bags I own I could see it was inauthentic, and I wanted to return it immediately. The guarantee that was enclosed with the bag made no mention of authenticity. It did make many other stipulations, however. The guarantee listed the purchase date as May 8, 2001 and stated that the item was returnable within 21 days of the purchase date only. Therefore, the guarantee had expired before the goods had even reached me for inspection. Furthermore, it stated that a request for return must be filed in writing with the seller before the expiry date. It also said the seller was not responsible for bank or mail delays in the shipment of the merchanise. In spite of this I sent a return request immediately to the seller via FED EX.

I asked V. Tucci to to be as fair and patient has I had been and please honor my request. I also e-mailed him promptly with a similar request and to notify him to expect the handwritten request the following business day. A woman named Janice who claimed to be from "customer service" responded to my email. She said despite the fact that my request would be received after the expiration date, she would process my request and give it to her superiors. She assured me they would assess the case and respond to me in two business days. I heard nothing after that.

Again, I employed Squaretrade to negotiate on my behalf since it had been effective initally when I could not reach the seller. Those efforts were futile. So I am stuck with a very expensive imitation Hermes handbag. I know of another person who was similarly defrauded.

I have paid $3650. for an imitation ostrich leather handbag I would estimate to cost $300. at most. I have been a nervous wreck about this since it happened. This is not an insubstantial amount of money for me. I do not make such purchases often and I saved a long time to amass that sum for a purchase like this. I am relatively new to ebay. But the experiences I have had have been very good. So I suppose my guard was down. On the auction sight the bag photgraphed well. The seller left out any telltale signs of a fake Hermes bag. I feel ashamed and humiliated to say nothing of the rage I am experiencing. I hope you can give me some constructive advice on how to cope with this situation. It is so unlike the traditional buying experience where one sees a seller face to face. This is a faceless, bodiless perpetrator who can slip and slide anywhere on the web bilking people out of their hard earned money. I could go on and on, but I am sure you understand the gist of my angst. Any advice or information you can supply will be most welcome.

I borrowed the money to pay for this auction by using a check from my credit card company which I now have to pay interest on. I am totally devastated by this turn of events. My husband and son know there is something wrong with me but I cannot tell them what happened. I am so sick about it I went to my doctor and she told me my blood pressure is extremely high and also wanted to know why. I am not sleeping and am almost non-functioning. If anyone must contact me by phone, please be discreet. My husband must not find out about this.

Did Chase write a certified check for $1,551 to a total stranger? No, Antonio did, so how does he think Chase is at fault? Antonio is basically out of luck through his own negligence.

I went through the process of filing a fraud claim via ebay and was informed that I had to wait 30 days before filing an insurance claim. On the 29 day ebay informed me that since I hadn't filed the insurance claim within 30 days I was not intitled to any insurance and they were closing the case. It stated in a few places on ebay that I had up to 90 days to file for an insurance claim. It seems that I not only got ripped off by Mr. Shekmer but also Ebay. I might also add that Mr.Shekmer has gotten three more negative feedbacks on ebay making it a total of 5.