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whats wrong with ebay?

Ebay seems to be having major problems - they "lost" a dispute I opened on a guy (which I had to redo)He had 4 negative(out of 5) feedbacks - he bid high a pair of speakers that he had no intention of buying - He sent me a profanity laced e-mail when I sent him a invoice and he also sent me another one when he left the neg. feedback taunting me about it -ebay let the guy leave negative feedback on my perfect account and said they cant do anything about it - I've sent a couple of emails to ebay(after finding the buried email link) with no response from them except that they cant do anything about the feedback. anyone else have a problem like this?
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sugarbrie
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You can also "Require" a Paypal account in order for people to bid on your items.

Most people on eBay have a Paypal account, so you only lose a few potential bidders.

It is very hard to get a bogus Paypal account because of what they make you go through to sign up.

I had a guy contact me who did not have a Paypal account who wanted to bid on something. He gave me his phone number, etc. I checked him and his feedback out. He was fine. You can put people like that on a safe list, which overrides the preferences.
sugarbrie
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PS: The Paypal account also protects you on the buyer side. You sometimes get recourse through Paypal and secondly as a backup if you use a credit card.

So I usually require Paypal for the stuff I sell, and mostly only bid on things I can pay with Paypal. There is so much stuff on eBay all the time, an item you want will usually be there again if you pass on one that seems fishy.
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