I will NEVER sell on E-bay again. Forced return will cost me $400.00 just before x-mas.

[Boxerfan]

And the deal is there is nothing wrong or defective with the item. The description was accurate & the buyer even rejoiced about his purchase & claimed it was the best of his collection.

Then a near endless string of e-mails from the buyer. I tried resolving his issues but frankly none were due to anything but buyer remorse. He ended up asking for a $100. discount or a refund. Shipping it back will cost me $55.00 & then I'm supposed to give him a refund.

This is on a item I checked the boxes-AS IS NO RETURNS.

And E-bay is forcing me to take it back & ding me for every penny I have. Nothing for presents for my family and I also have to pay ot $175.00 in final value fee's. That may be adjusted after the return.

What the ever living F.

I called 4 times & this last time I was on so long my only phone's battery died. Even though I have everything well documented they say he gets to send it back at my expense. As far as I know he may have damaged it and I am disabled-Unable to use the item & I am certain not to use e-bay again so I'm screwed blued & have a nice new tatoo.

NEVER AGAIN.

They allow the buyer satisfaction clause & persistent whining to win every time. As a seller it seems you have no recourse.

I have a large collection I want to sell before I can not-and it will be a burden on my family to liquidate. I guess i'll just loose big to a re-seller who buys them as a lot.

[Beakybird]

1. It sounds like you really got screwed!

Before you write off Ebay, do a cost benefit analysis.
Perhaps there is additional fine print you can put in your item description.
Sorry that you got burned.

[defacto7]

2. I sympathize. I've limited all eBay use to really small ticket items.

Sounds like you don't want to share what the item was but I'm curious.

[Boxerfan]

4. Vintage airguns

Mostly competition 10m use. I used to compete locally but my age & arm being wrecked. And the fact the other people are well-you know. They are complicated & fragile also-not doing this again.

[Hav]

3. Yeah, it sucks

Amazon is the same as favoring the buyer while the seller is the idiot. Opened, incomplete or destroyed items that get returned happen too often and Amazon just accepts these kind of returns and sends it back to the seller.

But if the buy is voided, then I'm pretty sure you don't have to pay the fees for it.

[Boxerfan]

5. Class action lawsuit-count me in.....

They have a box to check as the seller-as is no returns. There is absolutely no warning that this is not true or the checking of those boxes can still allow a return.

It is based on the fine print user agreement.

I don't see how that is legal even nowadays in capitalist pig heaven.

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I got through briefly again before my phone died-and authorized the $100.0 discount if they were going to force the return.
I also told them to examine the facts & records carefully as if they force me to do this I will never generate another sellers fee again.

Maybe they will see the $ loss & the facts to correct this-but I will never sell again regardless.This hoop jump fest to get screwed was just so fun lets do it again-Not.

[Hoyt]

6. There are sites for selling air gunz. I occasionally use Ebay for selling/buying musical

instruments if I'm not sure of what the item is worth and want to see what an auction will yield. But, there are better sites if I'm going to ask a set price. I suspect those specialized sites are better for air gunz too.

I've been pretty lucky with Ebay and other sites. Only one time did I really feel ripped-off, it was only $100. The items was small enough that shipping was under $10.

Good luck.

[Boxerfan]

7. I used the yellow forum for years-it was bought out & poof.

Frankly there are no forums that generate enough traffic. It used to be wonderful-self monitored & moderated and zero fee's.

I was happy as I had some very rare pieces. E-bay has the most eyeballs.

But this forced return crap is so far out of reason I'm done. I'd melt them before selling on e-bay.

[mtngirl47]

8. I've been selling on ebay since 2002--

Never sell anything you can't afford to lose.

You haven't been able to sell "as is, no returns" for a long time...and Paypal will allow any returns.

[safeinOhio]

9. I'd suggest Toy Shows.

Find a few near you and throw a few in your trunk and take a few pictures. Check out the dealers that carry those items and ask if interested. If you can find 2 or 3 or more, you might get them to bid against each other. Just take the photos in and inquire. If interested you can tell them they are in the car.

I had a friend that dealt in coins and that's how he would sell them.

Sounds like gun shows might be good too.

[Vinca]

10. I hardly ever sell on ebay anymore and I was in at the beginning when you could sell a box

of pine cones from the back yard and make a pile of money. I had one similar experience to yours that soured me, but I only lost about $50 total and the item was returned in good condition from Great Britain. What's nudged me away is the sheer volume of items available and how, if you wait long enough, you can buy just about anything for nothing. I have no interest in selling items for 99 cents - it's not worth my time. Most recently I noticed a Royal Doulton figurine for sale at the thrift shop for $85. I checked ebay and, sure enough, one had just sold for $17. The figurine is now marked down at the thrift shop to $45 and still no takers. To make a decent amount of money you have to put something on that is really wanted and really rare. I haven't got the patience. I've gone back to brick and mortar.