Why I will Never Shop On Ebay Again

If you're asking yourself "Should I buy a computer off ebay?", you might want to read this first.

For my husbands Birthday we were incredibly excited to buy him a desktop computer. We had some problems with his laptop, and he was out a computer. Since I am glued to my laptop we really needed to get him something to spend some time on as well. We found a really good deal on a desktop on ebay for around $250, the shipping was around $40 dollars. I've been shopping on ebay for years, and didn't have a doubt in my mind that we'd be satisfied with our purchase. Oh boy, was I wrong! This entire situation was a head ache from hell, and I can honestly say its resulted in me never wanting to purchase anything from ebay ever again.

There has seemed to be some sort of downfall in ebays tactics lately. I noticed it first when I ordered a 5x8 rug which I never received. However, I did get a refund on this purchase. When we received the computer we waited the allotted amount of time before turning it on. I had heard that when things come through the mail you should give them some time to sit before turning them on. As soon as we turned on the computer, the power supply blew. My husband was very, very angry by this. I reported to the seller that the power supply had blown right after it did. He went on to tell me that he didn't understand why it would have happened and that we must have done something to the computer in order for it to act this way. We decided to go best buy and bought a new power supply. In return, this blew as well. Because we still had the receipt, we decided to go buy another one. Finally! It worked. However, the previous power being blown caused the motherboard to malfunction. I don't know enough about computers to explain in full what happened, but I do know that it wouldn't boot or work. After talking with the seller on ebay for days about how I wanted a refund I finally decided to take the matter to ebay. I decided to appeal the case.

This is when Ebay did something that I never expected. They issued the case in the sellers favor, and we were completely out $250 dollars. I am choosing to write about this on my blog, because I honestly don't want anyone else to have to go through this. It would have been different it the item had cost $20 or so, like most of my ebay purchases-- but this was $250! I couldn't believe that ebay ruled the case in his favor! We had done nothing but turn the computer on, and never even had a chance to enjoy the computer or even use it for that matter. The entire time the seller kept telling me that I had done something to the computer, not taking responsibility what so ever.

Be careful if you're contemplating a purchase on ebay. I am sure they're good for small things, but definitely not electronics. I am beyond angry about this purchase, and honestly I am just in shock about the whole thing. I honestly will be deleting my ebay account. I liked amazon much better anyways! Just a word of warning to those contemplating buying from ebay, hopefully I'll save someone else the money, time, and stress. If you insist on shopping, at least read these tips ahead of time.