ebay blows, used to be a good thing, but like all good things there is a greedy @#$$% behind the bushes wanting more fee's, dont buy or sell anything on ebay and if enough people did that they would be gone, forums like this are much better !!!

No matter what seller site is used there are always these clowns. You can do a second chance offer on the next highest bidder.

Back in the day, its was great... all kinds of rare parts. Now you do a search and it's 50 pages of floor mats, seat covers and hid lights.

I did just sell my Cutlass on there so I guess I can't complain too much.

I've used Ebay extensively for nearly 10 years now and totally agree. Their policies are a joke with no legs to stand on and the customer service is even worse. They basically allow scumbags to do whatever they want. At the same time, they continue to raise their fees. A competitor could crush Ebay if they truly wanted too, given how many people now dislike the site. I've honestly felt like starting an auction website call FreeBay and the site would just make money off advertising. A site where:

1. Bidder's name and history information is no longer hidden from other bidders during an auction(so you can see if another bidder is a seller's 'buddy' and collusion is taking place)

2. If you bid and win the auction and don't pay without good reason(item not as described), your sorry ass is off the site forever.

3. If you can't properly describe your item and it's obvious there were fraudulent intentions on your part, your sorry ass is off the site forever.

4. A seller can actually control who's allowed to bid on their auctions(minimum purchase history or membership term). Ebay claims it can partially do this, but I haven't gotten it to work yet.

That would be a good start. If I had better Web site engineering skills and more free time, I'd be working on it right now.

I am surprised there isn't a good site to compete with ebay really. I suppose that was craigslist but...

I think you're onto something! I like the name too.

I know the other kicker with Ebay is they charge the 10% and then PayPal, which is also eBay charges 3%. So 13% of your profit is down the drain. Crazy.

I sold some Snap On tools on eBay to a fella in Ohio, he cancelled payment AFTER receiving them and claimed they were never delivered. eBay sided with him and I lost about $600 in the deal... Never again...
As stated before, used to be a great place to find great stuff but now just riddled with cheap crap, Chinese knock-offs, and shady people.

Bought a motor years back ($2400 plus shipping) sent the money, seller never delivered...ebay was no help...money gone. But I can't just blame ebay as it happens everywhere, few years ago on this site I bought a set of ridetech shockwave airbags...paid...seller, he never delivered...money gone. I loan money to family and realatives the same way, I can't really call it a loan because the majority of the time I don't ever see the money again..life goes on:G-Dub: :action-smiley-027:

I wonder how many thousands of times that has happened...

I know it happened to my brother and a car he sold. He recovered it but that couldn't have been cheap to do either.