ebay and my tp2

Ebay has screwed me over a couple of times (not in regards to phones)... primarily where I sell something, can provide tracking info, yet the person I sold it to claimed to never have received it. Despite providing the correct tracking number and all information I could, paypal sided with the other person so I was out of both my stuff and my money.

It's happened a couple of times. I don't sell stuff on ebay any more. I'm tired of getting ripped off by people who just file to get their money back even after they have what they bought. It's like a total coin flip whether you'll win a paypal dispute or not, no matter how much info you can provide. I bet you could send them a notarized signature saying that the buyer got the item and still lose a dispute.

[stevenlinks]

how much do you think i could get for selling a brand new tp2. only used once?

[Oditius]

Originally Posted by ShadowDrake

It's happened a couple of times. I don't sell stuff on ebay any more. I'm tired of getting ripped off by people who just file to get their money back even after they have what they bought. It's like a total coin flip whether you'll win a paypal dispute or not, no matter how much info you can provide. I bet you could send them a notarized signature saying that the buyer got the item and still lose a dispute.

I have never lost a dispute, but that isn't saying it won't happen. But what makes matters even worse now is that sellers can't even leave negative feedback, only buyers can. So now you can:

1) Loose your money
2) Loose your item
3) Get a neg!!!

I no longer sell on ebay a lot anymore. Craigslist is even worse, I will never ship anything on Craigslist. Pick up only and at a public place to boot!!!

[MrGoodCat]

Originally Posted by Oditius

I have never lost a dispute, but that isn't saying it won't happen. But what makes matters even worse now is that sellers can't even leave negative feedback, only buyers can. So now you can:

1) Loose your money
2) Loose your item
3) Get a neg!!!

I no longer sell on ebay a lot anymore. Craigslist is even worse, I will never ship anything on Craigslist. Pick up only and at a public place to boot!!!

wow, so yeah def not gonna sell on ebay now, really don't need a headache over selling a phone.

so has any tried that gazelle.com site? that seems pretty promising, you don't get quite what you would selling it outright but you don't have to worry about "stuff goin south"

[rkiechle]

I sell on EBay all the time... I sold my TP1 a couple of months ago... and pretty much every other tech device i have ever owned... I have only had 1 problem in 10+ years and that was a guy not paying, so did not ship the device... I think most of it is only sell to people with 100% + ..

The seller does take a risk, but it gets a much higher selling population than i could ever see locally...


So maybe i have just been lucky all these years....

[davidetkin511]

Originally Posted by MrGoodCat

wow, so yeah def not gonna sell on ebay now, really don't need a headache over selling a phone.

so has any tried that gazelle.com site? that seems pretty promising, you don't get quite what you would selling it outright but you don't have to worry about "stuff goin south"

I sold my tp1 on gazelle and there were no problems. they gave me more than what the said on their online quote!! For a tp2 there giving $221 as of 2 minutes ago when i checked. I think i might be moving to the n1 soon (like you ) when it comes to vzw and i will be selling on gazelle.com.

my only problem when getting the n1 is trying to convince vzw to give me an early upgrade

[nrfitchett4]

i would try local craigslist first and see if you can sell it for more than gazelle. if not you can always go the gazelle route.
sold about 4 phones on craigslist. usually within 3 days. (even got 100.00 on my moto q9c last fall)

[MrGoodCat]

Originally Posted by davidetkin511

I sold my tp1 on gazelle and there were no problems. they gave me more than what the said on their online quote!! For a tp2 there giving $221 as of 2 minutes ago when i checked. I think i might be moving to the n1 soon (like you ) when it comes to vzw and i will be selling on gazelle.com.

my only problem when getting the n1 is trying to convince vzw to give me an early upgrade

thank you so much. i ended up doing it. my tp2 is near perfect condition with the original box and everything that came with it. i can't believe how easy it was to set up and they just emailed me a label, gonna send it off tomorrow. such a relief knowing i won't get screwed on ebay or some other site. truly appreciate your help. i've got other gadgets too i may throw on there, such a cool site! found a promo code online 'tweet10" gives you +5% cash back too, just worked for me

hopefully see you in the n1 forums soon. my buddy just got one for t-mobile and absolutely loves it. ever since i played with android on my tp2 i kinda got hooked.

and thanks to everyone else who gave their input, i appreciate it

[jayweezie21]

i love ebay but i did get screwed for my mogul on it..even from a reputable buyer with 1200 feedback heres what happened.

did the whole auction, he bought it now. looked totally legit and he had great feedback so i wasnt even concerned. Shipped the phone out to a verified address using paypal shipping. A few days later the guy emails me that "i didnt sell him the phone in the pictures, there was a residue under the back battery case, and it was all scuffed up and looked 5 years old". well my mogul was in perfect shape just like i keep all of my phones. phones are like sneakers they always have to be clean lol.

so all in all i was irate. even though i was paid already the buyer opened a paypal claim. buyer sent me the phone back and when i received it....IT WASNT THE SAME MOGUL I SENT HIM! totally pulled a switch on me and got away with it.

only bad experience on ebay and im at about (300)

[u8myfoood]

Can't you prove to paypal it's the wrong phone since the ESN obviously changed, always take pics before sending the device out, especially of the ESN and such... That way you have proof the guy screws you over