Interesting Ebay Experience

[Bucknaked]

Latley I've been buying SD cards from Ebay, and in price they have been ranging from $5 to $20. P&H extra. Anyway, before i went to bed the other night, I noticed several 1gb cards finishing late at night. So I figured I stick $10 on each of them and see whether I get outbid. When I woke next day and checked my email, I had won a 1 gb card for $2.99. Bargain.

So I log on to Paypal, and make my payment. Shortly after I get an email from paypal to say my payment has been refunded. No explanation why. Now in my account, the item reappears requesting payment. So I repay, this time under special instructions requesting notification if there was a problem with my payment. Next day, same thing happened. Except this time it came with a reason

Originally Posted by Ebay Tool

dear friend, sorry for the inconvenince, the price is lower than cost, so we can't sale it at this price, thanks for your understanding. Eva

This is not on. So I gave them negative feedback which then attracted negative for me (Care Factor 0), I also emailed Ebay Fraud Section and I've been contacted twice by Ebay and other Ebay members who have had the same dealings with this Power Seller. Ebay advise they are investigating.

I don't know if Ebay will do anything, but I would think that Sellers and Buyers are bound by the same terms and conditions. If you bid and you win, you pay. Otherwise don't bid at all. Sellers should not list an item, if they don't intend to go through with the sale.

I don't really care about the card, as I picked up another couple of 1gb cards for less than $10. But It's a matter of principle, and I'm doing my best to make a lot of noise. It hasn't put me off Ebay, just adding a little spice to the experience. :hihi:

Anyone else have a similar experience.