[camle]

after 26 years on ebay, i am moving to other platforms (amazon, temu). ebay has gotten very sloppy with regards to bad sellers. had one list an item, but when i got it they informed me that it would have a 2 MONTH delay. when deadlines started lapsing, i had to demand a refund. another seller showed a photo of one item, and delivered a much different one. still another reported an item lost in the mail, and failed to resend, or refund. ebay took teh case then after doing nothing, announced that they had closed the case without refund nor item. had to spend two days going back and firth with ebay itself to get refunded. you’d figure that with all that AI
going on, they’d find a way to better police their sellers. they are a shadow of what they once were

[dynoman]

I bought a package of Hyperikon T8 tubes. When they arrived 6 were new and 9 were junk with the ends cut off. The seller listed them as “new”, had pictures of only the good tubes, and the price was 32 and 80 something shipping. He did refund the whole purchase price but with shipping it was a rip off. I never would have paid that amount of shipping for 6 tubes.

Then when I left negative feed back with screenshots of the listing, he started calling me names in messages. I reported him but as you say eBay really doesn’t care about bad sellers.

[daniel1212]

Ebay must be loosing sales due to Amazon (for best service relative to quality and price) and Temu (for many cheap items. Providing free (labor: parts at approx. cost) basic bike repair as a part of a evangelical ministry in a "low income" (a relative term) densely populated city, I pray and search for the best prices relative to quality. For 20'' and 26'' tubes, its Walmart (4 pack for $13) and Slime 1050 Rubber Cement (8oz. @ $7) as well as a gal of Fast orange hand cleaner ($11). And for cheap bikes as well.

But for Tires, it usually is Amazon, aside from certain sales in actual bike part retailers as Source BMX.

For the best patches, it is Ebay (48Pcs 30mm Round for under $3). Ebay can also be good for certain auto parts, and has the best search function, unlike Amazon. .

However, for almost all cheap items such as bike set covers, lights, grips etc. then it is Temu (though they recently made it harder to search by lowest price).

Thank God I can get such.