I opened an ebay store in June of 2004 and a couple weeks later ebay closed my account because I complained about ebay practices on their web forums. Because my account was closed I could do nothing with the account.
After the first 30 days of having a store, which was free, they started charging me over $9.00 per month -- for a store I did not have!! I sent them many emails, all of which were ignored. I had to close my bank account to keep them from pulling the money out of my account every month!
They sent me repeated bills and have even had the nerve to turn it over to a collection agency. HA HA Like I would ever pay those crooks at ebay!!!
The policy I complained about was this:
Ebay plays favorites and lets certain people get away with breaking the rules. One of the rules is that NO home-burned CDs can be sold on eBay. Well, I have reported a guy several times and they have refused to do anything about it. I had a CD almost identical to his and they forced me to stop selling it but will not stop this guy. His CD is home burned. It is referred to as "recordable media."
No "recordable media" is allowed on ebay, unless you happen to be related to someone that works at ebay or perhaps willing to screw someone that works at ebay.
After I posted the above message on eBay forums, I was sent this messaage:
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Dear *****,
AMEN, AMEN. This is in response to your Ebay plays favorites post. I had just the same problem with sword canes. I had one on and it was up to $53.00 and got kicked-off. I have reported many since then but only a couple have been removed. I just watched 3 go off that a person in CA (which is the state with the concealed weapons law) and they made over $900.00!!!! My wife had a Corning Coffee Pot kicked-off also. She put it on only after seeing other on. She got removed but others did not. We certainly need to talk to someone at Ebay. A person and not thru emails. Keep up the good work and I will do the same. Collectorholic
Thank you,
collectorholc---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I repeatedly reported several people who were selling recorded CDs with freeware but 8 months later they are STILL THERE.