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Anyone here with an "in" with eBay?

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Re: Anyone here with an "in" with eBay?

#11

Stories like this worry me- I've got a fair amount of stuff connected to Google and I'm afraid one day I'll sneeze in the wrong direction and end up disabled and no way to talk to anyone about it (I used to live in the SFBA and know a Googler but he's gone now).

Just sneeze in the right direction, bro.

Re: Anyone here with an "in" with eBay?

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post #8

You will probably need to just use another account. But that might not be possible. I had my Amazon seller account banned for 15 years. I couldn't sign up for another one without it getting banned too. It was all because a scammer decided they wanted to give me negative feedback and keep the item I sold them (in addition to my refund). No amount of talking or emailing ever got me to a person I could talk to. These co…

> These companies should be fined/prosecuted for this.

What exactly should they be fined or prosecuted for?

Re: Anyone here with an "in" with eBay?

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post #8

You will probably need to just use another account. But that might not be possible. I had my Amazon seller account banned for 15 years. I couldn't sign up for another one without it getting banned too. It was all because a scammer decided they wanted to give me negative feedback and keep the item I sold them (in addition to my refund). No amount of talking or emailing ever got me to a person I could talk to. These co…

I mean... is it not obvious that in a he said she said scenario like this they have to simply side with the buyer? I struggle to understand your mentality, assuming that you have no way to prove (to Amazon or to a court or whatever) that their negative feedback was fraudulent.
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