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ast November Clive Rose* sold two handmade Japanese swords on eBay, worth a total of £1,940. The buyer, once he had received them, demanded that the cost of the more expensive sword be slashed. Rose refused to haggle and asked for the items to be returned and a refund issued.
Eventually a box arrived. “We couldn’t open it until we had signed for it,” says Rose. “On the label it said two items were inside. When we had signed and opened it up we found the cheaper £540 sword badly damaged because of poor packaging, and a brick. The other £1,400 sword, for which he had been trying to barter, was not there.” Link.
I actually had something similar happen when a buyer pretended something I sold him wasn't as described and even arrived damaged. I launched a complaint against him which Ebay luckily followed through and I got my money but this story shows others are not so lucky.
Anyone here sell on Ebay? Will you continue to sell on Ebay? Personally, I'm cutting back and looking for other platforms but am interested to know what others think.