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Dildo stuck in your ass again?

So your telling me that if you sell hundreds of items per year while people are falsely claiming that they didn't receive their items or claiming defective items, etc, eBay will side with the seller?

That is the exact opposite of my experience, especially with international buyers.

I will never, ever sell to an international buyer, ever again.

It's supposed to be "significantly not as described, and you're going to have to prove it. Anyway, it is a bitch and yes, I would avoid as a seller.

I've never had a problem at all with Stubhub though, although their buyer fees make Ticketmaster's look cheap. It's basically 20% of the ticket price.

Mine? You're the butt**** that's talking out of his ass.

No, i'm not telling you that. Where are you getting this?

I am saying if the OP CANCELS AND TRANSACTION REFUNDS IT AND DOESNT SHIP IT the buyer can't screw him. If he ships it then he can get screwed by the buyer saying they received an empty package. The buyer cannot just say they didnt get it anything under $250 and the seller is protected from that. Anything over that amount the seller has to use signature confirmation. If the buyer says they received package but it was empty then your just screwed.

I started selling international again but only with the global shipping program. That way international buyers can claim they didnt get something but as long as Ebay received it from you your covered.

I've sold items that were perfect when I shipped, only to be negged as "not as described". Not only were they not returned but I lost the money.

There was only one time in which a bad transaction turned out in my favor. I shipped a keyboard module to NoCal and it arrived destroyed. The buyer was cool, sent it back via Fed Ex and sure enough, it was trashed. A Fed Ex rep came to my house after a several conversations and fortunately, I took pictures of the packing.

Fed Ex refunded me and I had it repaired. I re-listed and lo and behold, the same guy purchased it. It arrived safely.

Good for you but man, I am done forever with international.

I know that people that run businesses rely on it but as an occasional seller (and with software, far less than ever), it's just not worth the hassle.

FYI, for anyone reading this that needs or wants to sell pro audio, guitars, basses, amps, drums, etc., Reverb.com is awesome.

Can't recommend it enough.

Reverb.com.

I think that policy just changed. I receive a lot of items not as described and recently I noticed you have to request a return. It used to automatically open a case which would lead to a refund regardless of if you returned the item or not. I hated the way it was set up before as they basically made me open a case even if I just wanted to return it

Just FYI the "ticket" is a wristband with an RF tag in it. Or else I would have just sold on stubhub. The ticket has to be physically sent, from South Carolina to California, unfortunately.

Just a little side story on ebay buyers...I used to be more involved in buying/selling old coins. As you might assume, price is highly dependent on condition and its condition grading. Often the condition is certified by a professional service, sometimes not.

So, savvy buyers scour ebay for stuff that they think are under-graded. And they look for ungraded coins that aren't presented well, like because of a bad pic.

So, they buy the coin.
Then they immediately re-list it with the improved presentation and a description saying it will likely grade higher if certified. Sometimes they sell. But if they don't sell...they just file for a return and say it "wasn't as described" because of an imperfection they didn't see on the listing.
Its a great method...you're basically borrowing someone's inventory and seeing if you can sell at a higher price. If you can't, just return it.
It's BS. eBay has made selling really shitty.