Ebay offers almost no protection for small sellers offering either new
or used merchandise. Case in point I sold a PC Motherboard I had bought
brand new (Intel) from Amazon originally. This board was used
flawlessly for over 4 months. When we shipped it to buyer in ORIGINAL
Motherboard box (designed for shipping) and even put this box in ANOTHER
box with packing to insure no damage. Buyer waited a week and filed a
complaint that 'AS IS' USED item we sold him was not as described and
dead on arrival. This buyer has a 66.0 % feedback rating, as opposed to
our 100 % for over TEN years of buying and selling on EBAY! Ebay sided
with this buyer even though it was 100 % working by our reputation.
After going through an agonizing amount of a 'Robot Operator' I was able
to get through to an Ebay Rep. The first one didn't speak English very
well and I suspect just hung up on me, even though I was calm and
explained I needed help with this issue. The 2nd Ebay rep spoke better
English but told me 'You don't know the situation'..I spoke to her
supervisor which offered no help and basically spoke in script like
terms telling me to refund the buyer's money or suffer the wrath of
Ebay! I'm crying at this point. Buyer said he took it and had it tested
by refused to provide proof. AT this point the 'Buyer' has had our
Merchandise for this time frame and possibly he has damaged it. We will
likely throw it in the garbage if it is damaged. All because EBAY does
not stand by the seller. This isn't fair.