@simplynightbird wrote:
This seller obviously do not ship items frequently. I know i'll have my refund. I just wonder if this is this a type of scam? And why ebay allow this. This seller still have 500 listings
If it's a scam, it's not a terribly good one. The seller would be relying on the buyer being unaware of their ability to get a refund, and I'd say for video game sales it's more likely that the buyers would be scamming than the seller.
A possible reason for this problem is that the seller could be selling the same items on other platforms, doing a poor job of keeping track of their inventory and not removing the eBay listing when the item sells on another platform. Instead of 'fessing up to the buyer they try to string the buyer along in an attempt to avoid a selling "defect" or black mark from eBay.
@simplynightbird wrote:
After 2 weeks of waiting knowing mail usually takes less than 1 week i came back on ebay to send a message to seller, that he ignored. I ended up checking his feedbacks and the surprise... The seller have over 2000 score, but he got a good amount of negatives feedbacks describing exactly my situation... A lot do not receive their items, and seller ignoring them
You've made a pretty good case for checking a seller's feedback record before purchasing. Numbers don't tell the whole story, as you've found. After many years of same old, same old, eBay's made some changes to the feedback system that change it quite a bit. I see you've taken advantage of having more characters available for feedback comments. Also, the feedback percentage now only reflects the last twelve months of activity, which is great for keeping the percentage "fresh" but perhaps not so good if the seller has only a few feedback comments for the period as one ding can really pull down their percentage.
Sorry this happened to you. Most eBay sellers aren't nearly this irresponsible.
