Ebay - has anyone experienced this?

[Bellasmummy]

Originally Posted by pepsicube

Sell it on music magpie, it’s as good as anything, very reliable.
Don’t forget when you sell on eBay, they take their cut and so do pay pal, so you never get as much as it seems.

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We used music magpie a while back, great service and really quick payment.

I haven’t used eBay to sell for years now as it’s too risky with hardly any protection for the seller.

[RickT]

Its all automated too - really easy to set up.

Just create 2 accounts, sniper bid and sniper retract... that way the buyer wins an item for the second highest bid.

[macadoo]

Originally Posted by pinkstargirl

The retracter and the winner both have little history - the person who retracted their bid joined eBay 10 days ago, the person who won joined today, that was enough for me to cancel the sale, it just felt fishy. The winner also messaged me quite quickly saying "when will you send?" Despite not having paid yet, and it clearly stating in my listing that I will post within 2 working days.

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When I’m selling our old phones I change my settings to only allow bids from buyers with 3+ feedback etc.

[PoohBears#1fan]

I won't use Ebay as a seller anymore, when selling my parents things, I encountered so many time wasters, winning auctions then not being able to collect / not making contact etc. add that into the cost when you can sell on local sites for free and there's just no incentive.

Sorry this happened to you.

[snowbelle]

We use CeX , they check all phones are legit.
You can’t even sell your own without proof ie utility bills etc , we keep churning ours for new phones with them as they give a warrenty as well .
Selling sites are a nightmare now , so many people trying to con you .