I have spent thousands of dollars on ebay using paypal as the payment source. I have a stellar record on ebay..I communicate well, and cordial and polite and pay quickly..as a buyer seems I have no rights. First, sellers get a point for every item they sell; when I request a combined receipt..I get one point for my efforts..LOL..no it isn't funny...tired of spending hours rating for ex. 200 items and getting one point. Secondly, I have approx. 275 positive points..whereas the sellers I paid over $20 thousand to have tens of thousands of points. Lopsided system. Most of the time I don't get a packing receipt or it is indecipherable...takes me hours to sort out if I received that which I won or purchased. Again, a lopsided system. Sellers have one name on ebay and another on paypal..now that is totally confusing-and is especially so when they have one company name on ebay as a company and another on paypal. To me this is totally wrong and again favors the sellers..what about buyers?? I should have the same rights. Buy from a company; terrible most of the time w/ a few exceptions. Also, when I get a "ot as described item..that is actually fraud, punishable by 5 years in the CA penal system..If a seller specializes in selling a certain type of item; they know what they are sending. For example, purchased what was pictured as a beautiful red star sapphire, natural..received a pink stone w/ no star and a large gouge..oops..then I have to make the long-distance call to settle the matter..my dime for the long-distance call; seller is at fault, but I bear the responsibility of having to place the call to settle what should have been "as described", and a seamless transaction. Very stressful. Lots of wasted time.. I have my own website, not on ebay..my clients never get a piece of high-end one-a-kind jpiece of jewelry that is fraud, or ebay likes to play it down and call it "not as described:..My clients get what they order and receive it in the time frame that has been agreed on and for which there is a legally-binding contract. Ebay; sellers don't adhere to that which they propmise in terms of what the item actually is, or combined shipping rates.. This is currently happening far too often lately..I have many other complaints which I will not waste my time placing here. If I ran my business like many I have recently dealt with-I would go bankrupt..I am not bankrupt..and have a growing buainess I expect ethical and legal business practices..won't hold my breath on that one.on this bulletin board. I have 99.9 % decided to stop buying on ebay..too time-consuming, too stressful.-I don't need anything that badly.. Some great deals; but then there ae many fraudulent store owners. I believe that a class-action suit is an excellent idea...
"
