ebay is a scam and the sellers scamers

some off the sellers on ebay are a pain in the bum i got a pinpoint prob and it was broken the second time i got a torch that was broken to then i got a metal detector from some one that was broken to so whats going on with ebay im not happy i would like to here  you storys about ebay

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definitely can not write off all of e-bay because of a few bad sellers.   In most cases, the purchases I was disappointed in were my own fault for not reading  the description carefully.  (There were a couple of exceptions, but only a couple).

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I don't know Chris. I have been buying and selling on ebay since the beginning and have had few problems. You have to remember that if you are buying junk its not going to work for long. I sold a good working BH detector last year to a guy who first claimed he never received it so I showed where he had signed for it. Then he claimed it did not work and filed a claimed with ebay and pay pal for a refund I refunded his money plus the cost to ship it back, I never got it. Six months later he list it for sale using my pictures and listing word for word I reported it and ebay closed his account and kick him off but I am still out 100 plus bucks and a detector. There are dishonest people everywhere both buying and selling BEWARE.
Like Paul said ask lots of questions and make sure the seller has a return policy lot of the don't.

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the metal detector was a torso walftrak and i sold it for scrap in the end as could not get refund sham rely as it was ment to be the best metal detector out at the time your right not all ebay sellers are bad just some of them maybe one in every 100 
i have good feed back of 70 there was this one time were i had been given bad feed back for no resan i was not happy i no its only one bad feed back but i did not do any thing wrong o well life must go on i gess   

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There are scammers everywhere in this world, including ebay. Its up to you to protect yourself. If knowledge is power than, you should educate yourself on the people who you deal with. If the seller is new or has very few transactions do not deal with them, if the seller has a lot of transactions with a lot of negative feedback, do not deal with them, if they have a lot of transactions and they have a lot of GOOD feedback, and very little negative feedback, you should take the risk and hope for the best. i think 9 times out of 10 you will get a good deal. I guess point of the story is if you deal with scammers, you're going to get scammed. better luck next time.

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