I’ve had problems selling and using PayPal and buying and using eBay. I sold something via Gumtree to a person in New York and had the item tracked. PayPal wouldn’t let me have the money for 30 days as it was my first transaction and I had to make a total, I think, of 20 sales before they would allow me to have the money right away. Anyway, the buyer received his vintage coat, as I could see and he didn’t let PayPal know he got the item even though he got it before the 30 day period. I just wanted him to let them now so they would release the money to me on day 30. It took him days to confirm to PayPal that he had received the item, well past the 30 period. I did eventually get the money from them on about day 40.
My first eBay experience involved me paying someone for a vintage coffee table and shipping. However, the seller neglected to tell me there was a big scratch on the table and the pictures did not show this. This made me think she was dishonest, which she was. So I did a review noting this. She became angry with me, and then left me a bad review which was nonsense as I’d paid her upfront. My first experience left me wary of buying anything else. However I did buy another coffee table from a localish person which I was able to pick up in person. i have bought from eBay since but only used companies that took cards so I could dispute through them if necessary. Never used PayPal again.
My first eBay experience involved me paying someone for a vintage coffee table and shipping. However, the seller neglected to tell me there was a big scratch on the table and the pictures did not show this. This made me think she was dishonest, which she was. So I did a review noting this. She became angry with me, and then left me a bad review which was nonsense as I’d paid her upfront. My first experience left me wary of buying anything else. However I did buy another coffee table from a localish person which I was able to pick up in person. i have bought from eBay since but only used companies that took cards so I could dispute through them if necessary. Never used PayPal again.