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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fishwhacker, post: 1461830, member: 36529&quot;]My first ebay lesson cost me $875</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller sold me a pocket watch as solid 18k gold. Got the watch, took it apart to clean the movement and test the inside of the case for gold content,&nbsp; it turned out to be a plated case- and not a quality one at that, similar watches selling for about $100. Ebay sided with the seller because I was at fault for &quot;Not allowing the item to be returned in the condition it was sold&quot; because I took it apart temporarily before putting it right back together (watch was sold in terrible half broken condition anyway)... watches are designed to be taken apart. I offered to submit documentation from numerous professionals stating the false authenticity of the watch and even offered to buy the seller a replacement in better condition than the one they sold me. I spent tens of hours on the phone with ebay trying to explain to them their policies are morally and legally flawed (in my opinion) while being told over and over again I was at fault because somehow I altered their item and despite the fact it was a fake and blatantly lied about, nothing we can do. I lost my trust for people very quickly from this experience and learned there is no real justice on ebay a lot of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>This person has a retail antique store in upstate NY, and still pathetically calls themself an honest merchant. They even went on to tell others how I was a scam artist and fraud when they were the one that robbed me of all that money while laughing in my face to the bank (1/4 of my life savings at the time).</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t trust ebay for ever making things right, they won&#039;t. I would love to sue this person but frankly the plane ticket to upstate NY from the west coast and the stress that literally made me physically sick made me just move on, I literally felt like a rape victim. I still think about up and filing a small claims case... if anyone here is a lawyer I would love to hear your thoughts. This was within the past 18 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily, since then I have never made the same mistakes and have gone on recover much more than enough money to cover my losses. A VERY hard lesson learned as a young entrepreneur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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