BugOutGear_USA said:
Just a warning that Ebay will not refund you orig shipping costs even if item advertised was a knock-off, fake, etc...
Recently bought a NorthFace Denali jacket and found out it was a fake. I put a claim in with Ebay and demanded not only a full refund, but shipping as well. They didn't reimberse shipping fees regardless of intent to commit fraud on the sellers part. He only sells these jackets and was not a 1 time seller.
Buyer beware...
Flavio
I won some auctions from the same seller, paid using PayPal, and received nothing. And no answer to my emails.
This is a "power seller",in the US, and he have been discussed in these forums before!
The seller claims, after beeing reported to Ebay, that he has shipped the items, even provided a tracking number.
But the Tracking number never showed up when searching on the Internet.
Luckily the Post Office here gave me a signed statement that it did not show up in their systems either, meaning it never entered this country!
I filed a claim with PayPal, and got all my payment refunded, shipping included, the seller did not even reply to PayPal's requests when I filed for the refund.
So I should have been happy, but was stupid enough to give the seller a negative feedback.
And he retaliated with a negative feedback saying I did receive the items, and warned against me as buyer!
I tried the only available solution and reported the case to Ebay's mediation service, but it cost me 20 USD only to have the negative feedback mutually withdrawn, meaning I was back to base again, but with a withdrawn, negative, lying feedback.
They never wanted any documentation, so the sellers claim about having sent the items was never checked.
Bringing this to court is too expencive, and even that is not a sure way to make eBay set the feedback right!
So the moral is, pay with PayPal, and have a reasonable chance of saving your money.
But do not report negative feedback, as this will only cost you later!
Too bad really, as it makes eBay so much more unreliable as a market for all!
And I admit, I did not check his feedbacks well enough before bidding.
Later I did find several other occurencies , mainly with overseas transactions (wonder why?), and even after my experience other ones have been added.
And he is still a power seller!