To add some balance, i recently sold a broken-screen smartphone on there

Put a cheeky over-the-odds Buy It Now price on it, and someone stumped up the cash within a few hours of the auction starting. Paid immediately, plus the actual cost of Proof Of Delivery postage.

Ching.

I do understand that it often doesn't go that well though.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on June 21st 2013 at 15:05:39

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Ever bought anything off eBay that didn't work (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 21, 13:59:40
- Guy at work bought an Iphone 4 last month (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Jun 21, 15:02:36
  - Tell to go direct to PayPal, eBay are useless (n/m) (General Chat) - oh huckerby, Jun 21, 15:41:35
- ^^ just purchased a penis enlarger ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 21, 14:57:51
- No Backsies (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 21, 14:56:20
- "No returns" not applicable if the item is not as described in the listing. (n/m) (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, Jun 21, 14:48:43
- I'd have thought you're covered by Sale of Goods Act (General Chat) - duke of york, Jun 21, 14:09:38
  - easier to use against a company than an individual online (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 21, 14:12:30
- As a seller Chaz, go to ebay, they side with the buyer no matter what (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:04:36
  - checked my purchases out lately? cunt! (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Jun 21, 14:28:56
    - FUCK OFF SELWYN (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 21, 15:00:54
    - blimey, blast from the past. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 21, 14:40:13
    - Match-worn James Scowcroft shirt? (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Jun 21, 14:31:10
      - vmt^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Jun 21, 14:32:15
  - Very much this, I don't bother selling on there now it's a joke (n/m) (General Chat) - mrleelee, Jun 21, 14:13:58
    - To add some balance, i recently sold a broken-screen smartphone on there (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 21, 15:05:39
      - Yeah, when it's like that it's fine. I just seem to have had a really bad run (General Chat) - mrleelee, Jun 21, 15:17:48
    - It's possible I won't sell something over ?50 again now (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:20:39
      - Did they stop sellers leaving bad feedback against buyers? (General Chat) - duke of york, Jun 21, 14:23:10
        
        yep, not allowed to say anything bad about a buyer (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:40:25
        
        That irritates me greatly (General Chat) - mrleelee, Jun 21, 14:49:26
        
        That's the other thing, ebay quite often set the postage charges. Which is fine (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 15:00:56
        
        Yeah, agree with everything you say.. It's unbelievably stacked against the (General Chat) - mrleelee, Jun 21, 15:13:27
  - I think it's too well known that this is the case too. I sold something recently (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:09:28
    - that's a disgrace (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 21, 14:13:14
      - ebay is riddled with scammers (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:14:14
    - That happened to me once (General Chat) - duke of york, Jun 21, 14:11:40
      - If their line is literally that the seller is in the wrong (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:13:11
        
        Like you say, just as long as people are bidding and buying (General Chat) - mrleelee, Jun 21, 15:20:19
  - really? (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 21, 14:06:43
    - Open a dispute, you'll win it (n/m) (General Chat) - mrleelee, Jun 21, 14:15:46
      - vmt (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:16:31
    - It probably means no returns if working (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 14:11:38
    - they can say no returns all they like... (General Chat) - jAC, Jun 21, 14:10:38

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