Have you ever had a problem purchasing anything on EBay?

Never had a problem buying. No experience selling, I prefer to do local to avoid shipping if I can.

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EBay.

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The yard sale of the internet

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I'm interested in selling stuff but don't really know how to get started.

As for buying items on Ebay i've never had an issue. Delivery is always on time and tracking info is provided quickly.

It may sound dumb but I'd only buy from highly rated sellers if that makes sense.

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It may sound dumb but I'd only buy from highly rated sellers if that makes sense.

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Yeah... I ordered something Monday. It's paid for. Hasn't shipped and the seller hasn't responded to any messages. I clicked on his profile & he had like an 82% rating with several complaints saying it took forever to ship, the seller didn't communicate, and 1 person claimed that he thinks the seller sold him something counterfeit.

Guess I should have checked all that before buying it. Only $35 purchase. He's supposed to send it by "Economy" mail which is apparently slow too. I'm just not that familiar with EBay but it's good to hear that they'll make him refund me if I don't get it.

I once bought some Ray-Bans and it said they would be shipped and in my hands within a week and a half. A month later nothing.

Filed a claim with Paypal, got my money back two weeks later.

About a week after that the sunglasses showed up in my mail

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I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I'm interested in selling stuff but don't really know how to get started.

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I've sold a lot of random shite on there.

I'll buy 3-4 pairs of the new Jordans that I know will sell out in like 10 minutes then I'll sell them on Ebay for $50-75 more than what I paid for them.

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but packing, shipping, etc. is a pain in the arse and will eat up any profits pretty quickly.

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Not really, you can post a fixed shipping price for the buyer to pay and that's what I do, then I add $5.

In not sure exactly what Pay Pal is. I tried to make an account for it today & it kept rejecting me so I gave up.

Done both sides of it a lot, never really had any major problems, couple of flaky people here or there but overall it functions surprisingly great

I think they've gotten much better with descriptions and photos than the old days. If you're unsure, just don't buy.

Had a couple slow shippers who eventually responded, but I think in those cases they were just old hoarders who needed to be reminded to find my book and included it in their weekly trip to the post office in town.