Has eBay fixed their "and then they ship you a box of rocks" problem?
replyI feel like there was a five year span where everyone I talked to said buying or selling electronics on eBay was a nightmare, so I'm a little curious if I need to re-evaluate my priors.
Yes, it’s extremely rare to be stuck with a broken/wrong/missing item as a buyer on eBay. Selling is quite risky in some ways because eBay will nearly always side with a buyer. Every missing or broken thing I have purchased has been refunded or replaced. On the other hand, 3 things I have sold were claimed to not arrive. The only case where eBay decided in my favor was when the buyer had signed for the package in a literal USPS office :)
replyMy understanding is that eBay sides with the buyer on all disputes, to the point of ridiculousness. So you should be fine.
replyThe real issue is being a seller and solving the "and then the customer claims I shipped them a box of rocks" problem.
Yep selling is way more risky. Ebay might be the most safe (refund wise) marketplace for buyers… I have more trouble with amazon.
replyYou don't get that with used old stuff, you get it with unrealistic low prices for new stuff.
replyA 7532 CPU is now ewaste for all the datacenters out there 1/10 of original price is reasonable, but the latest Nvidia GPU for 200 bucks is obviously a scam.
> Has eBay fixed their "and then they ship you a box of rocks" problem?
replyI've personally never had that problem after over a decade and hundreds of purchases on eBay. I've had some defective parts, but never outright fraud. IME eBay favors buyers.