[likelylad73]

I am sick of hearing how wonderful Ebay is and i think it's time people knew the truth about this evil company. I successfully sold a few things on Ebay and decided to become a full time seller. I bought a job lot of DVD's from a reputable dealer and started advertising them on the site. As soon as i received payment i posted the DVD and nobody waited longer than two days. My feedback was excellent. After two weeks i had 26 positives and a 100% record. Then one day i logged in to find my account had been suspended. The reason Ebay gave me was that they had received a complaint that i was selling fake goods. This of course was utter nonsense, all my goods were genuine. So who complained? certainly none of my customers and Ebay were not letting on. I received an e-mail asking me to send a copy of my bank statement and my passport to prove my identity. Exactly how this proves my goods are genuine i have no idea but as i had invested a considerable amount of money in stock and had no other way of selling it i reluctantly sent the information and waited, and waited, and waited for my account to be reinstated. After three weeks i complained and received a standard reply e-mail (don't you just hate that?) with bills coming in and a nagging wife telling me to get rid of the DVD's that were taking up all our spare room i took the decision to register in a different name and start selling again. I opened a new bank account and used a friends address. For three weeks everything was going well. I had started from scratch and built up another 100% record this time with 51 positives. I was earning, Ebay were earning and my customers were happy, but Ebay couldn't leave well alone. They suspended my account again. This time because someone with the same name had been suspended and it might be me, ok it was me, but how the hell could they possibly know that? there are about 50 miles between my address and the friend i used and two different bank accounts. I told them i had no choice but to register as a new user because they had taken so long to reinstate me. They wouldn't listen and have now banned me for life. I now have £2000 worth of DVD's that i can't sell, QXL and ebid are a waste of time. Ebay are the only auction site people use. A few other things you should know about this evil company, they charge an insertion fee for each item, they then charge a fee if the item sells and they charge again when people pay through Paypal, yes Paypal is owned by Ebay. They are also very reluctant to disclose exactly what these fees are. Go to their help page and type in "how much are seller fees" and you will get a list of ways to pay, without any mention of how much. Ebay are evil and the sooner someone publicly shows the truth about them the better. I have just received a bill for £123 sellers fees. Now i know they are taking the p**s