Anyone ever get ripped off on ebay?

Out out about 40 buys I've made off ebay only 1 has given me trouble. I'm sorry you had to lose money but i guess it happens. I bought a game. It didn't work. So I emailed the guy who sold it to me many times. I waited a couple of days before I left my negative comment and then the guy acted like I had never tried to contact him. It pissed me off big time but now I'm more careful with who I buy from.

Yes, Yes, Yes...I was a ebay user for many years and I eventually opened my own store and wanted to upload my items form my store to my ebay store, I decided to go with it when it was a 10 cent listing day. I used turbo lister to handle this becuase it allows you to upload multiple items at once. I did so... When I got my final billing for the month, all my items were charged regular listing fees.(OCH) I listed over 900 items and the total owing was close to 800.00. When I notified ebay they simply said I listed all my items on the U.S site instead of Canada Site, which was wrong, turbo lister ask you what will be your default uploader Canada or the U.S mine was set for Canada. This were there mistake but the continuly blame me. I closed my account and I was going to forget about it until the creditors contacted me. With a past feedback of over 900 I recently had to start up another one with a new feedback of 9....(Yep all the hard work went down the drain) I love Ebay but I advise everyone to STAY AWAY FROM TURBO LISTER!

I am sorry this happened to you. For the most part sellers on eBay are trustworthy, but there are those who are just out to scam you. It is the same with buyers, most are good, some are not. eBay does have a process for filing an item not received claim. It is pretty simple. You open the claim, they contact the seller, the seller and you come to an agreement or the seller is reported to trust and Safety department. If you paid with PayPal you can go through Paypal to get a refund even if the seller refuses to communicate with you. But as you say, once burnt twice shy, and lesson learned. It does take some due dilligence to buy on eBay. I always check a sellers feedback rating and even read the feedback they received and left for others. IF I don't like their attitude then I don't buy from them. I do sell on ebay and I try to make sure my customers and perspective customers feel safe doing business with me. I have my About me page set up, my My World page set up, I have policies clearly stated in every auction, but most of all I communicate. That is where I think many seller and buyers go wrong. I wish you luck.

i bought a video game and i also paid for it and never received it. i also emailed the company, left negative response and made a complaint through ebay. i didn't get my money back either. if you paid through paypal then you are insured and should get your money back. check with them. good luck

I bought a hair straightener off ebay that I never received, but it only took a email and a refund form to get my money returned to me from Paypal. I would never buy on ebay without using Paypal.

No i haven't. Although i know people who have and for this reason i won't buy things from the site as they don't help you and just refer you to your local police station who can't really do anything to someone from another country. Personally i think ebay should cover hustlers and repay those who lose. (only those with prove) as they make alot of earnings from adverts alone ~Joey Kudos.