That is fully in the right of the seller on eBay.
Hmmmmm.... Seems rather draconian if it's a one time issue... to me like it should be circumstance dependent... OTOH,
Draconian? Maybe, but how many times have you had someone cancel an auction a day or two before it ends? They usually give a BS reason, but it is obviously because they do not have enough bids.
If it were me (I've NOT tried to sell anything on e-bay in my life!) it'd depend on the circumstances... but the rules are the rules as they say.
Having sold on Ebay a bit, I'd say it's very much slanted in favor of the buyer. Any bad feedback is death to a small account, Ebay always sides with the buyer on any complaint, etc. I stopped selling there.
That is true when you talk about feedback. But you can cancel an auction prior to the sale with little reasoning to the buyer. It happens to me about 1-2 times a year when I find a "great deal". The seller realizes they are not getting the bids they want and cancels the auction. They often say that the item was "damaged" or "they did not describe it correctly".
Agreed, that's BS on the part of the seller, but at least no money changed hands. Some buyers on the other hand seem to see Ebay sellers as pockets they are free to pick, and Ebay lets them get away with it. The only ways to make money on Ebay are to sell niche items to a small community with standards of decorum (e.g., oddball hobbies off the beaten path) or else to set margins so high you can deal with 10-20% theft by buyers via false claims. I was selling used commodity electronics so had neither of those hedges.
Not really. You sure cannot believe everything somebody reports on TRF. It is frequently inaccurate and distorted. What the OP reported in post #1 is garbled and does not make any sense. He may have deserved exactly what he got.
Granted... However I prefer to give folks the benefit of the doubt because if it were me and I have done something off color shall we say, I certainly wouldn't be posting about it. I certainly wouldn't be complaining if I wasn't able to pull off some scam. My purchases from bad boy rocketry have been parts that would be surprising if there was any need to return them.... Thus my dealings with this vendor have been very positive.
I purchased a kit that had a 4 inch by 4 inch cut BT. I asked to please make sure that tube is good. When I got the kit the tube was cut by hand crooked in different places and the ends were ruffed up with some of the tube thickness/paper outer layer missing. I had taken pictures and sent them to BBR. I contacted BBR about the tube defect. He responded back within 45 minutes. He asked do you have the original box and all its contents? I replied YES. I don’t know why he was asking me that? I had the feeling he wanted it back. I didn’t hear back from him. I wasn’t sure if my reply got back to BBR so I replied again Yes why are you asking? Nothing! I was waiting for BBR to say I will get back to you and make it right! Nothing. I wound up sending around 4 replies to him. The rest of the day went by and half the night so another reply went out. Nothing!
I am that person. Now what did you say?
Like I said I have been dealing with them about 4 years with no problems. I don’t know what their problem was that day. They have some nice stuff but I didn’t deserve that. They could have made a couple hundred off me this week bet I guess they don’t need it.
If you want to go fiberglass... However, it behooves you to go through the discussion threads with CW as the subject... I wouldn't say all transactions with them are "drama free". You'll have to make the call if you want to do business with them... I STRONGLY suggest you read those threads first!
I posted many times in another part of the forum. My cat her name was Mia. She was my best friend and companion for 18 years. We had such a tight bond like none other. She had a stroke June 15 and June 16 she died. It’s bad enough I can’t live without her and I’m diagnosed very depressed now. I didn’t need a vender to treat me the way I was treated at this time. Over cardboard, plastic and wood.
Or "my sons crushed it while throwing a football in the house". Actually happened to me when I "won" an unpainted Estes Bandit back in 2001-02.
