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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1985943, member: 27832&quot;]Yeah, that&#039;s kind of the objection I&#039;ve had to eBay&#039;s Buyer Protection policy. Makes for a <i>great</i> place to <i>buy</i>, but who&#039;d want to sell?</p><p><br /></p><p>The flip side, apparently, is that they <i>do</i> keep track of what buyers are doing, and pull the plug on abusive buyers. It&#039;s just too bad, though, if you&#039;re the first or second of five people that the buyer abuses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I came across a discussion somewhere where an eBay buyer was complaining that he got penalized for filing two Buyer Protection claims. He posted a message from eBay stating that they&#039;d found that he was abusing the process, and that <b>he was no longer eligible to file Buyer Protection claims, EVER, with no appeal available</b>. Now, clearly, we&#039;re only hearing one side of the story -- I&#039;ve filed a lot more claims than that, and the most I ever got was a follow-up verification call after a couple of four-figure claims in a short period, so this guy <i>must</i> have done more than he described. But it&#039;s interesting to know that that kind of penalty exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, since there are so many people still selling on eBay, this kind of abuse must not be that common. But the <i>possibility</i> of it has been enough to keep me on the sidelines for many years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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