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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 2256144, member: 28199&quot;]I&#039;m too lazy to look, but I think there are quite a few threads complaining about eBay.&nbsp; And with the exception of those buyers complaining about sellers selling counterfeits, or &quot;unsearched rolls&quot;, or the rip-off scheme of the week, most are directed towards eBay&#039;s policies and fees by sellers.&nbsp; While it may not be reasonable or practical, the only real way to change the fees and policies is to simply stop using the venue.&nbsp; eBay generates no fees if nothing sells.&nbsp; Yet we continue to use the site.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because it offers the widest audience for whatever market you serve, is a reasonable cost compared to any other venture, including brick and mortar, mail order, or street corner stands.&nbsp; And there are enough sellers making big money that it will continue.&nbsp; It&#039;s the little fish in the big pond that squeak the most.&nbsp; But you need a whole lot of these little fish to vote with their wallets before eBay considers a change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the OP original topic, it&#039;d be interesting to see more details on what, exactly, the buyer said.&nbsp; Did he claim to spend large sums on eBay in general, or is he a frequent customer of the OP&#039;s?&nbsp; In the first case, too bad.&nbsp; In the second, is he a frequent enough buyer that he&#039;d not be out of line <i>asking</i>?&nbsp; Or is this more along the lines of the guy in the soup kitchen line, who hasn&#039;t worked in years, telling the police officer he&#039;s a &quot;taxpayer, you work for me&quot; deal?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody who does any selling outside of eBay can tell similar stories of customers who act like this.&nbsp; The difference, the internet is anonymous, so any fears of public embarrassment are nil, compared to a face-to-face confrontation over the same topic.&nbsp; And, there are way more people on eBay, as opposed to face-to-face meetings, that the chances of having to deal with a buyer like this goes up exponentially.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like you have some recourse.&nbsp; You can cancel the sale, block him as a bidder, and turn the emails over to eBay.&nbsp; That&#039;s probably the one advantage to using this venue.&nbsp; Most correspondence is in writing, so there is a record of what&#039;s been said.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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