I agree, there can be some time waster buyers and sellers on there.

I have been on ebay nearly 3 years, I have sold 11 things in that time and not had a single problem (probably because I am a genuine seller). I make sure is absolutely everything is typed up in the auction text for no future problems, like how I accept payment to be made (usually by PayPal), when I want payment to be made (within 48 hours of auction ending), that I only post to the UK, if they have any questions they can ask etc that sort of thing. That way, I do find people pay up quickly and correctly if you state your rules in your auction.

I have also bought about at least 100 things on ebay too, and had 2 problems out of those 100+ things, so in my opinion Ebay isn't that bad... you just get the odd idiot on their ruining it for other people. 1 of the problems I had was, it took a while for me to receive my item, I had to chase the seller up for them to post it (long story). The 2nd problem was I got offered a 2nd chance offer and took it up, but there was a mistake at their end somehow so they refunded my money (all done within a week, so not too bad).

You really should be checking sellers feedback score, comments etc first before buying their stuff... that way you will have an idea of whether they are genuine or not!

As for the buyers winning something and not paying. How long since they won your sons item? If it's longer than you feel is correct then mark is as an unpaid item... then the person should respond. If they decide not to want the item anymore you should get your final value fee back. You will also be able to relist it and if it sells the next time you will get a refund on the listing fee

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hi if was about 4 week my son sold his wee fit game the money is with ebay because the Bayer said she had not got the game then she said she has got it but it did not work we said send it back and still waiting for the game this is all been don throw ebay. then i fund the bayers emall address and ake her whot was the problem she said there is no problem she was happy with the game and the money had been paid from her pay pall so we then emailed ebay to tell them whot we have fund out and still whating whot do you think is going on?

The weirdest thing I saw on ebay was someone selling a fart in a bottle

Ok, it sounds to me as if you son sold a wii fit game. The person paid and you sent it off. The money they paid you was put on "hold" in your paypal account (you cannot withdraw it while there is a hold on it)... because of the kind of item you were selling. Ebay/PayPal now put a hold on funds when selling certain items like electrical items for example. The hold on your money will be released if the buyer leaves you positive feedback or if there is no dispute, claim or chargeback made within 21 days.

But by the sounds of it, your buyer wasn't happy with their purchase. So that's why your money hasn't had it's "hold" released. Do you know if the buyer left you bad feedback? Did open up an item dispute? If they did, then the money you are waiting for wont be released to you until the problem between you and the buyer is resolved.

The person who bought your item sounds like a time waster/trouble maker to me. One minute they are saying they didn't receive the item, then they did but it doesn't work... then you email them and ask what the problem is and they say everything's fine. So if they have opened a dispute when there is now no problem they need to go into their PayPal account and close the dispute they opened.

Maybe email this person and explain that if there is no longer a problem with the item, could they close the dispute they opened and let PayPal/Ebay know the problem has been resolved... then you should then get access to your money.

I hope this has made sense and is of help to you.

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That was lady wiccano

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lol Did she ever get it sold?

She did but it exploded in transit

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WTF..........PMSL at least it wouldnt smell of bloody eggs pmsl what ya like mrs d lol

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