Something's fishy. Getting a strike for whatever reason is not grounds for unregistering (or dis-membering!) you! Recently I had a strike from Vixenwigs - I bought something twice, Carol caught it and reported it to ebay so she wouldn't have to pay the ebay fee, but for some reason it didn't register and I was listed as non-paying and thus the strike. I wasn't kicked off as a member,tho, so that part I don't get. Granted, it will take some time to straighten it out with you, ebay, the sellers involved...and once it IS resolved, there's no guarantee that ebay's computers will list it as resolved. This is really a mess, Jenny, but unfortunately not surprising. When things go smoothly, ebay is great. When something goes awry, it's the biggest nightmare - no one to call, no one to talk to, communication only thru email and they never reply...but it can be done! Sorry to bum you out more, but I'm just sympathizing cuz I've been on the receiving end of an ebay glitch and it ain't pretty.
Good luck and yes, it does sound totally unreasonable.
Also, the feedback thing: if a person has 99% good feedback, it's certain that the bad feedback comes from some unreasonable psycho who wants to mess up someone's feedback on purpose. If someone is 99% pos, I never take the negs into account. Dealt with way too many freaks to fall for that. It's a large number of neutrals that make me suspicious.
Ugghhh. If anyone here is an eBay expert and could advise me on this, I'd really appreciate it....
I've bought hundreds of items off eBay over the past five years or so.
I have overwhelmingly positive feedback, 99%, and the only two problems
I ever had were with two sellers who received payment a little late
(it's all money order with me--I don't do Paypal--so it's all through
the mail), and those two negative feedbacks were retracted after the
fact. Again, there have been hundreds of positive feedbacks.
About 10 days ago (not business days, regular days), I purchased an
item, and I sent out payment a little late. The seller contacted me
after 7 days, and I explained that the money order was in the mail and
she would receive it soon. Today, she still hadn't received it (I guess
the mail is a little slow, but it hasn't been all that long), and the
next thing I know, I've been banned from the site. I tried to log in,
and I'm being told that a strike was given to my account, and as such,
I'm no longer considered a registered eBay user.
Again, I realize that payment is a little late, and I have apologized
for that. But banned from the site? With 99% positive feedback? For
payment arriving 3 days late? I think it's a little excessive.
Now, I'm really pissed because I purchased an item this afternoon, and
was planning to do the checkout tonight, but I've now received a
"strike" for that one too, because I'm no longer a registered user. I
have no way of contacting this new seller to get her name and address
so I can send payment, although I think I may have found a roundabout
way, I hope. Also, I have about 20 items pending right now (I buy a lot
of stuff), and I've sent payment for all of them. But if any of these
people try to contact me for any reason, they'll see that I'm no longer
registered, and who knows? I have no protection (feedback, or
dispute-wise) when it comes to those items now.
Anyway, I've appealed the dispute, and hopefully this will all be
settled *crosses fingers*, but does this seem ridiculous to anyone
else? I don't understand how anyone who doesn't do Paypal has any
protection under this policy. I mean, what if you send payment and it
gets delayed in the mail? I've sent payment and had it returned to me
because the seller gave me the wrong address even! I just don't get
it.....
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