Buyer claimed that working item was broken in order to force return
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I recently sold a guitar amplifer for around $400. It was pretty much like new and I had no issues with it. The buyer had it for a couple of days and claimed that it was broken because it wasn't getting loud enough. I agreed to issue a refund because I thought that it could have possibly been broken during shipping, even though I packaged it well. When I got the amplifier back, it was working 100% without any issues. The buyer didn't have the gain turned up properly, which would explain why it was so quiet for him. Now I have to pay over $100 in shipping fees/selling fees because of this. I don't offer returns on any of my items and I'm out quite a bit of money and time because of this. I contacted ebay and they instantly issued a refund to the buyer... Almost as if they didn't even bother to look the case over. Is there anything I can do?
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Ebay issued the refund because the buyer returned the guitar amplifier in good order,
Ebay also has refunded your Ebay Final Value fee,check your Ebay account -fee/refund.
As for shipping,Ebay always refunded the original shipping along with the item,if the buyer opens a case.
It is too late to do anything,just relist the item and specify return in x number of days,buyer pays return shipping and restocking fee of x% applies.
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Did you actively respond to the dispute? Did you provide information and explanations to the eBay Resolution team?
Just seems like something wasn't handled properly or in a timely fashion.
Id be curious to see the dispute history from the Resolution Center to see why eBay handled it the way they did... (if you black out names and personal information you could screenshot it to us)
You can always reach out to eBay directly and find out why/how they ruled on a dispute.
Would need to see the eBay side of this dispute to lend any more insight 😕
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Ebay did what it is supposed to do,buyer returned the item in good order,so it releases the fund to the buyer.
For item not as described,buyer get full payment back (item plus original shipping) and seller pays return shipping.
It sounds like all you lost is original shipping .
This is the risk of selling on Ebay,especially items which are meant to work -electronics,musical instrument etc /

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