Scratchbuilder1-48 posted:Also as a seller , if you put a lot of pictures , and this disclaimer , look at pictures , if you see something email your question before you bid , and make full description and state NO RETURNS , if you do not accept these terms DON'T BID . I have never lost out from eBay , never had to give money back , and if they left negative feedback it was removed .
This won't save you at all as a seller, if the buyer claims it's not as described. Got burned selling a Locomotive Cyclopedia once like that. The listing says AS-IS and plenty of photos. the buyer said it was more messed up than that. Ebay denied his claim and he appealed and got it overturned.
EBay actually refunded his money directly out of their pocket, something I'm told happens from time to time when I called eBay about it. But I got to keep the purchase money, but he got the money and the book. The eBay guy on the phone says you only can have that happen once and only under special circumstances, so it's not a tactic anyone can use to get free stuff.
But the buyer can claim something broke or was messed up along the way and you WILL have to accept the return in such a case, no matter what you said in the listing. I've confirmed that with eBay, too.
That's why I rarely sell on eBay, but rarely have issues buying from it.
