I need to vent…
I had an account on eBay. I used it mostly for buying but I did some selling as well. At the community college I was going to I knew a guy in a business program that to pass the class had to run a business on campus for extra credit.
He decided to do a gofer business. If you needed something picked up he would do it. I had some items I needed to ship and he agreed to do it for me so he could use the business towards his class.
Instead of shipping them he threw them out after having a “nervous breakdown”. I found this out after people told me they didn’t get my packages and I asked him when did he drop them off.
At this point I am removed from eBay for being a non-performing seller.
I contacted the buyers per eBay’s demand and made them whole by refunding their money. For the few items I had extras of I refunded the money and sent one out. These were small dollar items.
After eBay received proof of the refunds from the buyers they reinstated me in the middle of March.
Fast-forward to October. I want to go back on eBay as a seller but I have forgotten my password. I try to do the password reset and it never sends me the mail. Live Support says to create a new account which I do.
I post some auctions, again and complete most of them successfully. One I was still waiting to go to the post office to ship because I did not have the customs forms to send to Canada.
On Saturday I post some more auctions. About an hour after posting the last auction eBay carceles them because they say I created a new account while I have an account that’s suspended.
That pissed me off so much I wanted to scream. I do not have any accounts that are suspend on eBay and because there is no phone number to speak to a live person I am screwed until who knows when. I purchased stock of some items to sell for holiday gifts and I may not be able to sell them at all this year.
Also I have to live in fear of it happening again once they correct the error.
So to myself I pit myself for trusting someone I don’t know to do something they say they will when nothing but a grade is at stake
To eBay I say a big hearty fuck you with a rusty andiron for suspending and not having a phone number to call. If I was a power seller I could violate rules with no complaints and have phone support. I am willing to pay to speak to someone who can help me.