In my experience there is no more risk buying from an eBay seller
"outside the auction" than inside it. eBay in reality does little or
nothing to protect the buyer's interests. Oh, they give you a "dispute
form" so you and the seller can communicate (which you could do
anyway). And--if you're willing to pay $25 for the privilege--after
going through this "dispute process" eBay will try and get the seller to
cough up. How hard eBay tries, and how well they succeed, I don't know.
In any case I think you get only three of the "dispute resolutions"--not
the form, but the process where eBay tries to claim from the seller--in
a lifetime. Meaning, you probably don't want to bother unless a lot of
money is involved.
So all you get, if you buy at auction rather than from an eBay seller
"outside" one, is the dispute form and the privilege of paying
$25--three times only--to let eBay try and collect for you.
What you really want is seller reliability. That is good inside and
outside the auction. A few negative feedbacks over a selling lifetime
probably don't matter. Some people are really irrational and will slap
hysterical revenge feedback if the buyer complained even mildly about
them. I've had a seller give me revenge feedback in return for a
positive feedback they thought wasn't glowing enough, and use
obscenities in it too.
You don't have to pay attention to this kind of stuff. But anyone, even
a "Power Seller," with thousands of feedbacks, who's getting several
negatives a month, is worth worrying about. Especially if these are all
of the same type, and show a pattern of merchandise never arriving, or
bad quality, or some such thing. Or they're all about the type of thing
you're buying--all the negatives are about the embroidery thread this
seller sells, even though buyers all love the fabric or whatever else
they sell.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
As i want to buy quite a large amount of this thread in many colours,
i have asked the dealer if i can buy outside ebay, to save the money
this way.
He only can receive a money order or check.
Would you consider this to be much two risky to buy outside ebay, or
would you recomend me to use ebay?
It would be very slow if i should bit on all those bundles i want.
Bjarne
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