It's very difficult to get burned on eBay unless you simply don't read the ad. Now if you're a seller, that's another story. They get burned all the time.
For example, I've sold brand new radios that were returned because the buyer tried to do a mod and smoked the radio. Happens all the time. Guess what, eBay doesn't do SQUAT for the seller. They just simply refund the buyer and when you dispute it, they tell you to file a report with the police for fraud against the buyer. It's happened more times than I care to remember. Furthermore . A seller is NOT allowed to leave negative feedback for a buyer. There are actually good reasons for that.
If you're getting burned buy a seller, then you're not doing something right. If I send something out that is not like it was described, the seller gets a full refund regardless of if I want to refund them or not. It doesn't matter if the ad states "No Returns come hell or high water". If it's not as described, the buyer gets a full refund of the purchase price including shipping. As far as return shipping goes, that's up to the return policy and what it states, but having to pay shipping is hardly getting "burned". And in somebody those cases, the seller will even pay for return shipping to maintain positive feedback. As a seller, though, if I make a mistake, I'll provide them with a free return label.
It is very difficult to get burned in eBay unless you don't read the ad. If it's significantly not as described, you get your money back even if the seller states "no return" in the ad.
Yes, many sellers are idiots. They're normally just the normal joes that aren't business owners that don't realize they can't get away with misinforming people.
Read the listings. Don't buy unless you read them completely.
I mean really? Seriously?
