[StingRay]

Ebay couldn't give a $hit when one of it's big sellers $crews lots of buyers around. I know the hard way more than once. Even the ones with quite good feedback can $crew you over. Lots of them don't get the bad feedback they deserve because the buyers are afraid of retaliatory feedback. If backing out of a deal because you found out from a source outside of Ebay saves you grief then lucky you. If Ebay actually cares email them this thread and if that doesn't work lets all email the chiseling ba$tards at Ebay and see what they think of a few thousand emails.

If the world worked the way it should there would only be good sellers and good buyers. Everything would be exactly what was described and in a condition that was accurately described by a knowledgable, caring, honest seller to a known standard (not necessarily the sellers or buyers). Items would be properly and thoroughly packaged so that they actually arrived in one piece and were shipped expediently. The shipping price charged would actually reasonably reflect what the cost was to package and ship the item. The seller wouldn't expect the buyer to deal with the consequences of his lousy packaging and say claim it on insurance (which in most cases only covers loss not damage anyway). All buyers would pay up quickly and all would comunicate politely and expeditiously.

My experience is that about half of the time I get about half of the above ideal or better and that's not just with Ebay. Not every deal I have made here has been perfect. Thankfully the odds of a good part for a good price are far better here and working out problems is far more polite and successful. There are real consequences if you screw somebody here.......sure aren't on Ebay.

If anybody here thinks Hooter should be paying to take it up the but after finding out elswhere that he was dealing with a less than scrupulous seller think again. Ya Hooter made a deal but it was based on the premise he was going to get what he paid for, he learned otherwise. Anybody that thinks he should follow through with a deal like that will never see a dime of mine.

My wife and I buy and sell on Ebay and anything sold is guaranteed. If the customer is not happy most of the time they just get a refund and are offered the item as a freebie. If it's a really spendy item we ask for it back and pay the refund including shipping both ways. The only bad feedback between us is on a set of NOS door panels I paid heavy for that were not even vaguely close to NOS and you guessed it it's retaliatory feedback.