bad ebay buys / feedback?

I buy natural skincare products on ebay (saw the comment from softness) but I always check out the previous feedback. Like softness I make a reason to email the seller and see the promptness and tone of the response. I also always leave feedback – if the product is different from the description I make sure I reflect this in their ‘star’ rating which is out of 5 and only leave basic feedback to reflect that I have received the product. Agree with all the comments to contact the seller – I have had to do this a couple of times and only had one issue where the seller never responded. Took me ages to trust the whole ebay thing but when it works it’s ok. the other thing I just remembered – if I find a store on ebay I google the name and if they have a website I use that – figure it’s better to buy from a ‘legitimate’ business…

recently i bought one of those iphone clones called the i68+ sci phone.. somefin like that for around $80 AU.. i am also new to ebay .. and man do i regret buying that crap thing.. its one of those cheap mobile with the worst camera and songs dont even play properly they keep stopping and going back to the start…They said it only takes 2G sim from telestra optus and vodaphone.. i ve tried optus and telestra sim they didnt work so i am yet to try vodaphone..it only had like 800 kB space so i had to purchase extra 2GB for $20.. it was all a ripp off.. i learnt my lesson to not to go on ebay..

Yeah just pop into a salon or shop and check it out for yourself, it could just be that it is not a really great product that is not that effective, good luck with it all anyway darl 🙂

oh and thanks for letting me know bout your bad buys softness, ive been looking at lancome stuff too, i will have to b extra careful and read all the info. xx

yea i still havnt done it yet, im going to try get in contact with my friend who works with loreal products at her salon see if shes use it b4, i tryed to google reveiws on it last night didnt find much info on it, but read that it is light texture so mayb its ment to b like that, im glad i didnt go nuts and leave bad feedback lol i dont want bad history especially when im so new to ebay too, im just getting started lol, im waiting on perfume and stretchmark cream too so hopefully they r ok… and real lol, thanks for all your in put girls, i tryed talking to my friends about it but they are not so into beauty and ebay ect… thank god for beauty heaven 🙂

Yeah contact the seller before leaving bad feedback, usually they’ll do their best to accommodate you. If not you’ll leave a huge blemish on their ebay record 😀

All the above suggestions are spot on! Firstly i’d suggest going and checking what the product should be like (can you test one in store?) If you then feel that what you received isn’t the right (real) item i would contact the seller and see what they can do, they may offer you another one, refund etc. If the seller has a good feedback and ratings history then theres every chance if the product isn’t right that they didn’t know that when selling/posting it to you. From my experience i never leave negative feedback before trying to contact and resolve the matter with the seller first, it has meant that i’ve waited a week or two at times for contact to be returned but has always ended up resolving the matter in a mutually positive way. Good Luck Allyfox 🙂

Just one thing before you contact the seller, you should check out what the product should actually look and smell like so you have all the details spot on before you tell them you believe it is not what it is meant to be. It would save any embarressment and you can then fully justify your story 🙂

That’s horrible Allyfox – I know how it feels to be ripped off on ebay! I know most sellers are very good but unfortunately there are a bunch of baddies too. I don’t buy certain products now on ebay, as I’ve learned they can be faked. (I purchased some Lancome products a couple of years ago thinking they were a great bargain at $90 and nope, just fakies! I had to basically just call it a loss 🙁 I know it feels yucky – it took me a while to get over it! It’s not just the loss of money but also the fact that someone did something nasty and sent me fakes! But I have got ‘over it’, and I’m wiser now!!!

I very rarely purchase anything at all off ebay now but if I do, I check out the seller fully and contact them to see if they contact me back promptly & nicely etc etc before I purchase.. I certainly would never buy skincare any more off ebay because of the fact that I did get burnt once. Take care!

yea you can just screw the top off it and put anything you want in there, i havnt put any feed back on her yet and all her other feed back she has is ok, so mayb i should msg her, should i just say im not happy with the product?