Maybe I screwed up? eBay sale...

[1Alpha1]

%100 rating as a buyer on E-Bay is totally meaningless, no seller can give anything but positive feedback, which makes the feedback system totally worthless.

Maybe things have changed, but I've given buyers less than positive feedback.

 

[HarleyT]

EBay is really hard on sellers. I use to be one. I was doing a few thousand in sales a week for about a year and a half. They kicked me off because 4 negative reviews out of a few thousand. 1 was legit. I screwed up 2 orders and my customers got the wrong parts. The other 3 were BS. one was because on the back of my business card I had a bible verse and the other 2 were because of late shipping. I'm talking like 2 days late. That all happened in a 6 month period. And I was axed. I feel like they had it out for me. They honestly did me a favor in the end though. You really need to be careful selling used stuff on there. Buyers can really screw you.

I do not believe you on this post...Bible verse???? Late shipping? You have to be a serious offender to get "kicked off". "4 neg reviews out of a few thousand"???? Don't think so....

 

[HarleyT]

Maybe things have changed, but I've given buyers less than positive feedback.

Yeah, they changed 7 or so years ago!!!!

 

[sunfish]

If I were to sell saws on ebay my listing would read;

Saw Sold as is. Absolutely No Refunds.

I find it better to buy & sell right here in the tradin post...

 

[Spin Drift]

Could it be possible that the spark plug was replaced with one that is too long (screws in too far) by mistake? Maybe ask him to take the plug out and re check. He may have changed it as matter of course; some people love fixing things they buy that aren't broken :/

Piston hits it when Rotating crank either way, half way and it stops?

 

[jughead500]

EBay is the devil.

Used to not be many many years ago in a galaxy only few can remember.

 

[ZeroJunk]

If I were to sell saws on ebay my listing would read;

Saw Sold as is. Absolutely No Refunds.

I find it better to buy & sell right here in the tradin post...

The point is that it does not matter what you say unless you describe it has not running for parts or repair.

If you say the saw is running and it quits eBay will side with the buyer, regardless of what you say about no returns.

BTW, it is six months now for a buyer to make a claim.

Personally, I think you are nuts to sell a saw on eBay unless you do enough volume to eat one every now and then.

 

[jughead500]

Would have had to argue that one 10 years ago.i done everything imaginable to keep 100%.only had 1 BS negative and just couldn't win with that customer.things have changed though.
This one was meant for Harleyt

 

[calereeves]

Could it be possible that the spark plug was replaced with one that is too long (screws in too far) by mistake? Maybe ask him to take the plug out and re check. He may have changed it as matter of course; some people love fixing things they buy that aren't broken :/

Piston hits it when Rotating crank either way, half way and it stops?

Already had him pull the plug and rotate it. Says it hits both ways. He said he ran a couple of tanks of fuel through it and it was running when it 'seized.'

 

[jughead500]

Have him provide pictures of what gas is in the tank and ask him his elevation.no oil? Its on him.didn't adjust the carb the right way? Its on him.

 

[Spin Drift]

Already had him pull the plug and rotate it. Says it hits both ways. He said he ran a couple of tanks of fuel through it and it was running when it 'seized.'

Given that it rotates to a stop point, does sound like an obstruction. Snapped Con-Rod comes to mind but it would feel like it was able to 'free spin' when he rotates it either way; no compression.

Only way to know would be to have it in hand and work it out. Id take his offer to buy it back cheap Since its not running Haggle him down lol

 

[kz1000]

I'm sorry that this is happening to you, I don't understand why it is your problem if he admits running the saw for x tank fulls of fuel? You sent him a working saw (ran x tanks of fuel in it) and then it quits due to miss use or other reasons, the saw was received in working order and he admits that. I wonder what he was cutting and if the problem is on the clutch side, cedar bark wrapped up in the clutch bearing or or---

 

[calereeves]

I'm sorry that this is happening to you, I don't understand why it is your problem if he admits running the saw for x tank fulls of fuel? You sent him a working saw (ran x tanks of fuel in it) and then it quits due to miss use or other reasons, the saw was received in working order and he admits that. I wonder what he was cutting and if the problem is on the clutch side, cedar bark wrapped up in the clutch bearing or or---

That's why I'm torn... if it got there and didn't start, done deal--my fault. But he used it and it ran fine. Hard to think anything I could have done that would give it a time delay fuse like that. But there's always the chance that it's something I did wrong so I'm hesitant to tell him to kick rocks...

 

[HarleyT]

Like I said, no matter right or wrong, they will side with the buyer, and refund the money if he sends a package of equal weight back.

 

[1Alpha1]

Never understood the need for some to put a bible verse on the back of a business card.

 

[HarleyT]

He offered to let me buy it back for less than what he bought it for--$300, he paid $402+s/h. I'm tempted to take it, just to keep the guy happy and preserve my eBay feedback...

This is one possible hope, as I said before. If you contend that you bought a "bum" chainsaw, then why would you settle to take a $150 loss???

 

[hseII]

Already had him pull the plug and rotate it. Says it hits both ways. He said he ran a couple of tanks of fuel through it and it was running when it 'seized.'

Did you ask him what type of oil he uses?

If he stutters,
Tell him to pour his straight gas out, and decide how he wants to proceed now that you know he pored straight gas in it.

 

[1Alpha1]

To me, it sounds as if the buyer ran it, screwed it up, and is now hoping to get back some of his money.

If I truly felt it was the sellers fault, I wouldn't be so quick to take a loss on my end.

 

[nick060200]

I do not believe you on this post...Bible verse???? Late shipping? You have to be a serious offender to get "kicked off". "4 neg reviews out of a few thousand"???? Don't think so....

You can believe what you want. But those were what I got a negative reviews for. I was selling used auto parts and at the time they kicked me off I know of 4 others who got booted too. The guy who was handling our accounts changed jobs and a New guy took over. They cleaned house and changed some of the rules And because of the 4 negative reviews in 6 months time I didn't meet the requirements on the seller dash board. If your a serious seller your evaluated monthly. They can kick you off for anything. And there is nothing you can Do about it.
Search for a used auto part on eBay. When you see listings that have a template that say "Hollander" that's what I listed under. These are all auto salvage yards. There was One guy who handled all those Hollander accounts. When he left eBay sent a bunch of sellers with him. Its the honest truth.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Hi!

I'm just north of Anchorage--Eagle River.