Also, it won’t let me double-check my order to make sure, in this case, that they really did claim that the book was in good condition when there are pages falling out. No matter what I click on, it won’t let me.
I rarely buy anything from eBay, but I really didn’t think someone would be that dishonest about the condition of a book. And I guess eBay facilitated it.
The worst part is that I used to be an eBay seller about 10 years ago and eBay would not have been this courteous to me back then. Serious enshittification.
IIRC in recent years eBay made it so that if you are one of their “top rated” sellers, buyers can’t leave the neutral or negative feedback for a week. Which is nice and all for sellers that are trying to resolve any issues a buyer may have, but not nice for situations like this one.
Contact the seller via ebay messages with pics and they will either send you a replacement, give a refund, or ignore you. A lot of high volume sellers don’t even bother to check and just mark everything as good used condition. If they ignore you just request a refund after a few days.
I’m pretty sure this is illegal now.
No, thanks to the repeal of the Chevron Doctrine, federal agencies aren’t allowed to regulate things they’re in charge of.
I’m pretty sure they are, until a court capriciously decides otherwise.
Who wants to pay to find out?
Still better than sellers only being able to leave positive feedback
People still use eBay?
It has 132 million yearly active buyers worldwide and handled $73 billion in transactions in 2023, 48% of which was in the United States.
I seriously haven’t heard anything from them in a while. Nor does it come up in searchers for things anymore like it used to.
You’re getting downvoted, but eBay enshittified pretty early, around 2003 iirc.
And I was genuinely asking. I haven’t seen them like I used to all the time. Thought it quietly vanished.
Did you reach out to the seller to confirm? In my experience, if the listing has expired which happens when only one 1 item is being sold, eBay doesn’t show all the info after the sale. I try to look up old orders and this happens a lot. The sellers are usually responsive and care about their ratings so they will provide any listing clarification or even a refund before you can leave a negative review. eBay is also good with buyer protection if the sellers refuses a refund. I suspect eBay cannot change their reviews so they are giving time for the sellers to resolve any issues.
