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northerngames:
878 positive feedback 0 negative's and throwing the towel in on ebay

sad to see all the hard work I did over the years to keep good feedback go right out the window with ebay's newest policy.

They now want a credit card on file for reimbersment under the "buyer Protection" policy.

Well with this new policy enfoced we no longer have any seller protection at all and any scammer newbie etc. now has an option to destroy your credit card.

for instance last week I sold one of my controller service's with a new controller and the guy was new to ebay with no feedback at all.

he used buy it now and paid with paypal and my usuall turn around is withing 1 week.


I had left the money in my paypal to use for gas to get to work.

well 5 day's later he jumps the gun and files I have not recieved complaint.

without me even having any say so or a chance to reply I wake up to go to work get ready and figure I will check my email real quik before I go.

I have an email from ebay and paypal that the a complaint was made and they took the money right outta there wich I am glad I had enough to cover it otherwise they then go after your bank and if there was not enough in there then you get the $35.00 bank bouncing fee.

it only left me with $4.00 so I had to go to a neighbor and borrow the money to go to work but it could have cost me my job.

now say I go on a trip and have $300.00 spening money and I get home and so and so say's this and turn's out everytime I got gas or bought something on that trip I am bouncing my bank and credit card and getting hammered with thier crap and never have any knowledge of this happeneing until it is too late.

if you read the fine print they are also going to make sparadic charges to your card when they please.

this is not good for any card holder and it is scary.

I had a good run for years on there and dont think I can agree to this madness anymomre us seller's have no protection and they pretty much can just steal from you right on the spot anymore and I ain't having it.

DaveMMR:
Your story is another example of why I don't really bother with selling on eBay anymore. Used to be you can just be some person selling some little odds and ends around the house for a quick buck or two.  Now it has to be like a full-time business.

Sad thing is that as a result, it's harder for buyers to find the deals eBay was once known for since sellers have to cover so much more overhead.

I understand the need to make buyers comfortable, but they need to realize that the smaller, one-or-two-item sellers are just as important to eBay as full-time power sellers.

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: northerngames on May 06, 2012, 08:48:39 am ---878 positive feedback 0 negative's and throwing the towel in on ebay

sad to see all the hard work I did over the years to keep good feedback go right out the window with ebay's newest policy.

They now want a credit card on file for reimbersment under the "buyer Protection" policy.

Well with this new policy enfoced we no longer have any seller protection at all and any scammer newbie etc. now has an option to destroy your credit card.

for instance last week I sold one of my controller service's with a new controller and the guy was new to ebay with no feedback at all.

he used buy it now and paid with paypal and my usuall turn around is withing 1 week.


I had left the money in my paypal to use for gas to get to work.

well 5 day's later he jumps the gun and files I have not recieved complaint.

without me even having any say so or a chance to reply I wake up to go to work get ready and figure I will check my email real quik before I go.

I have an email from ebay and paypal that the a complaint was made and they took the money right outta there wich I am glad I had enough to cover it otherwise they then go after your bank and if there was not enough in there then you get the $35.00 bank bouncing fee.

it only left me with $4.00 so I had to go to a neighbor and borrow the money to go to work but it could have cost me my job.

now say I go on a trip and have $300.00 spening money and I get home and so and so say's this and turn's out everytime I got gas or bought something on that trip I am bouncing my bank and credit card and getting hammered with thier crap and never have any knowledge of this happeneing until it is too late.

if you read the fine print they are also going to make sparadic charges to your card when they please.

this is not good for any card holder and it is scary.

I had a good run for years on there and dont think I can agree to this madness anymomre us seller's have no protection and they pretty much can just steal from you right on the spot anymore and I ain't having it.

--- End quote ---

Sounds like you are living pretty close to the wall to risk gas money on flimsy incoming eBay funds.  Paypal is notorious for causing all kinds of grief with overdrawn bank charges.  I had the same problem, but paypal took double out of my account and never made a remark.  Luckily under Direct Debit rules I got this reversed without bank charges.

After that I just used a post office account for all my ebay transactions and kept it away from my home account.  

Looks like you made some bad choices there, and hopefully you have learned a lesson or two.

Really it is not eBay's fault, and I think you are over reacting to some bad financial planning on your part.  

Get your act together and start making eBay work for you instead of the other way around.  ::)

RandyT:

Just as an FYI, this is not unique to PayPal.  Anyone who accepts credit card payments is subject to a complaint mechanism, and when that is initiated, those funds are pulled immediately.  It is then up to the merchant to dispute the claim get to the action reversed. 

Had you at that point shipped the item?  If not, then using those funds is a very bad idea, as you will have no documentation to provide to PayPal that the item had been shipped, which leaves you very much at a disadvantage when dealing with this kind of situation.

northerngames:
he remove it and I got the money back and the positive for it still and am in the clear and ok on all of it already but I am at the point now where it will not happen again.

I also dont think some of you understand the fact they can take whatever whenever on a card and that's just wrong and a no no and you do get a say on a regular card but ebay's  has it now where there is no say and why I say no more.

PBJ I may just do that becuase other then that they will not get a chance to steal again and that is what they did the person made a simple newbie mistake and I had to pay for it screw that!!

nothing was done wrong on my end that was bad it was a new person that did not read the auction that did this and caused money to be taken from me for for no appernt reason.

for instance if paypal asked for the shipping numbers before stealing I would of been more then happy to provide but I never got that chance either one again screw that!!

not sure about you guy's but I gotta have full control of my money at all times and cannot leave it in the hands off some goofball company like they have turned out to be.

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