Community poll forum: 4/05/05 Do you use eBay? If so, how often?

Ok, as of today no more eBay for me, I was talking with one of their ex-employees at the zoo today, they live there now, you can find them in the ape exhibit, this employee said they are not to be trusted and to stay away and do you have a banana, it was really hard to keep their attention, but, I gladly report he is doing much better there. Hope this helps everyone.

yes i use ebay, daily. have since 2000, it used to be great - fun, nice honest people, now that ebay is so much for the buyers getting by with just about anything they can come up with, its definately time to move on, shame on ebay,shame on dis honest buyers ( and sellers) my gripe is bad buyers, and ebay letting them have the upper hand, you go to a local auction house, you bid, you buy, you dont return the item 20 days later , saying , well this doesnt look like it did on the table, i want a refund. GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE. one day i believe ebays going to last on the list, sonner the better, i think many of us unhappy sellers would just take the final leap & go, we'd be much better off. - would serve ebay right. let them & the buyers buy & sell from one another, sure there are good and bad in everything, but buyers are ripping off the sellers quite alot these days ...because they can. because ebay allows it to happen
fed up with ebay.

Yes, but not daily. I love ebay for buying and selling, I just wish sellers would realize we buyers are not dumb and quit trying to get us to pay $0.01 for an item while they charge $99.99 for shipping and handling! that irritates me to no end!!

A seller never sent me two items. I ended up being out over $50 and Ebay's "Buyer Protection" did not help at all. I had over 30 purchases prior to this. I've canceled my account since. It is too risky if you can randomly lose money because of a dishonest individual. Not to mention the stress of going back and forth to try to get the situation resolved. I looked back and the seller had a 99.2% positive rating but there were about 5 others who had similar experiences to mine. I now go to the stores myself or order from Amazon. It's too bad because there are some great things and great sellers on Ebay but I will not risk going through that experience again.