The only way you would be able to sympathize with me and be able to say 'I know that feel bro' is if you actually sold a few items on eBay. Most people are buyers, and rarely anyone sells. Yes, buying on eBay is probably a godsend because it's so cheap and so easy to do so. However, it's a different story for sellers, for sellers, eBay is a frustrating nightmare.
eBay and PayPal are so sad. They are scammers. I hate them both to death. I would not use their services if there was an alternative choice, but there isn't. They are the main auctioning company website, therefore they can charge anything they want and we have no other option other than to comply.
So I'm not sure if you have sold items on eBay or not, but I have sold some miscellaneous items over the years, and selling on eBay and PayPal has always sucked. I sold some graphics cards and other computer parts recently and all the fees associated with them was a b1tch.... Let's just say if you sell $60 worth of something heavy like a PSU or a graphics card, expect to spend at least $10 on shipment cost, don't forget the eBay 'invisible' listing fees that they add after the item sells, the other 12% eBay fees, and PayPal 2.9% + $.30 fees, and just like that you're probably down $25 or more. So from a $60 heavy item like PSU or graphics card you'll probably get $35 at the
most.
What's worse is I've had three item returns already, two of them had no issues but just wanted to return it, and I had to give them back full refunds!!! Sure they get their money back, but I don't get any of the fees I've paid back, that's $30+ in shipment costs alone that vanished into thin air. At the same time, both eBay and PayPal keep the fees you paid, so if it's a $60 item that sold, they keep around $10 from the eBay and Paypal fees!! That's $60 I've lost for the 3 item returns I gave a full refund back to, for NO REASON!!!
Here's something I found out recently, there
is a way to get back the eBay and PayPal fees from a refund, but NO you do not get the shipment costs back. You have to literally file a request to get those fee payments back after you do a refund, if you don't they keep all the money!!! Most people don't know about that and honestly I just figured that out too late!!!! So eBay just magically kept the $30 from me for no reason despite paying a full refund to the customers, don't forget the lost shipment cost either!!! BS!!!
Okay, I just went to the resolution center the way they wanted me to so I could receive my eBay and Paypal payments back. What I did was go to the resolution center and hit 'Buyer wants to return item' This makes sense right? I should be able to wait and be able to
confirm that I received the item before giving them a refund, right? That's how this works right? WRONG!!! Now they give the power to the buyer. It's BS, it said NOTHING in the description that it works out this way. I sent the buyer the 'return item resolution request' BUT If the buyer hits 'accept' on the resolution request, he automatically gets the full refund, and no he hasn't sent the item back yet. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terrible company. I really hate how they earn MONEY from MY products. They didn't spend time making the listing, they didn't buy the item themselves or spend the time packing and shipping it out, yet they charge these completely
ridiculous fees.
I don't know how other sellers are able to cope with this, but it's such a terrible company, I damn them to death, fuck eBay, fuck PayPal, fuck you fucking pieces of shit!
