Being harassed on eBay! Yet another update.....ugh!!!

[HawaiianRain]

what in the world!?   how is ebay sitting and doing nothing about this!   

Probably because she's a 'top seller' which is laughable.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Because Ebay keeps making money off her in fees and she "looks" to be a high-performing seller, which makes Ebay even MORE money.  They won't ban her until they realize she is a liability to their reputation or she's not making them enough money for the "ignoring her bad behavior".

[HawaiianRain]

Anywhere else she would be banned. This girl just gives eBay a bad image for their customer service. If it was me, her rear would be long gone.

[Stormness_1]

Start a topic on the ebay community forums. That'll make some noise and then they'll have to do something about her if the whole of ebay can see it!

[Rhubarbpie]

Man I wish I had bucksnut's luck. Can you imagine her sea pony army???

[bluerose9978]

I just can't believe after everything eBay still hasn't locked up lieubug's account or at least bucksnut's account. That woman is despicable and it's just incredible that eBay refuses to play by their own rules.

[NinaMarie]

Start a topic on the ebay community forums. That'll make some noise and then they'll have to do something about her if the whole of ebay can see it!

I second this idea. Get your story out there to more people.

[bluerose9978]

Ugh....She's still doing it too!

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[rybett]

And, reported.  This is getting old.

[HawaiianRain]

I also strongly recommend you take it to the ebay forum and tell your story. Make others aware that a problem is not being solved.

[bluerose9978]

I went to the forums and planned to about a week ago and then didn't know where to begin explaining the situation.

[HawaiianRain]

I would start from the beginning where you were overcharged, to the positive neg feedback, to the harassment from bucknut and then making the connection.

[RockinPrettyBeats]

Whadda, who, what, WHAT?! Ok, this here might be the very reason i will go and close my newly made ebay account! i mean, this whole situation, but to get this answer from their representative?!?! YOU who got ripped off, they admitted it and did nothing, with not even a "sorry"?! You who have been spending time figuring out people who are breaking THEIR rules?! YOU who have been tirelessly reporting this blatant fraud for them to do nothing! I am speechless, wow!
Seriously, the fact that they have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING this whole time, is disgusting. bye, bye ebay!

Actually, Ebay is very good at protecting buyers. The fact that this seller is flaky and has multiple IDs is a separate issue from the overcharging on shipping.

Ebay will never partially refund a buyer for overcharging on shipping. No one is getting trapped into buying anything. If you see an auction and the shipping is $20 for standard domestic shipping you should really just avoid it. Buying it and then asking for the difference is not fair for anyone.

Although I don't agree with large handling fees, I do agree with normal ones. And what is normal is all relative. But it's important to remember to just avoid any prices you don't like. The prices are all clearly listed so it's not like you will get tricked into buying anything.

It is breaking Ebay's rules to buy the item and then open a case for overcharging on shipping. That is not what cases are for on Ebay and Paypal. Also, you can report buyers who demand any kind of partial payment back.

So to put it in perspective, Ebay probably saw the buyer doing just this and it tainted anything else she had to complain about. That is most likely why they took off the negative feedback and didn't initially listen to what she had to say.

But in any case, the shill bidding usually gets caught eventually. There was a person shill bidding on Furbies not too long ago to try and make them look more valuable than they are (they are worth a little but not as much as they were trying to make it seem). So with everyone reporting this person and her obvious shill bidding she will most likely get banned very soon. Just because it hasn't happened overnight doesn't mean that it won't happen.

As much as I don't like Ebay, they actually are very good to buyers.

[bluerose9978]

I would start from the beginning where you were overcharged, to the positive neg feedback, to the harassment from bucknut and then making the connection.

I wasn't sure if it was good to go through the entire scenario. Because really the main point I want to make is there is an obvious shill bidder who is scamming people and that it's being pointed out to eBay by several people and that it's being reported on almost a daily basis and eBay is doing NOTHING about it.

This whole post may have started because she overcharged me shipping and she harassed me through her other eBay ID, but what this post really is about is eBay's lack of customer service, the fact they don't follow their own rules and that shill bidding is occurring, it's being pointed out to them and they're doing NOTHING.

[banditpony]

Did she do the shill bidding on the auction that you won?

You could mention that you had a conflict with the seller (don't need to say what it was), and then you looked more closely and noticed the shill bidding.