Selling on ebay vs Audigon

I gave up in eBay for that precise reason a couple of years back. They've been bending backwards for these larcenous dogs for a few years now.

If you even had a half chance to make your case to a human phone representative, I might still be selling there. They want to do everything by Ai and they want more money for nonexistent customer service. As the seller, you're the one who's paying for the entire enterprise- on top of the losses, but they go to bat for the buyer every time. Not for me.

I am pretty sure that there are plenty of people who have lived in four and five story walk ups, Who have heard someone tell that joke. It’s pretty common to see a workmen sweating as they’re lumping up the stairs. It’s priceless when they believe that there is possibly an elevator lol. 😝 

I can only say through experiences had and those experienced by others that are well understood to myself. That if parting with sale item goods is off high importance and the 'closed won' of the sale is not done Vendor / Buyer as a face to face.

When sale item goods are sent to buyers who remain strangers , there is much increased odds that the unwanted experiences to be met, are going to be met.

The most deceitful stranger, with their knowing how to abuse their buyer privileges and Vendor as a concealed customer. When met in the flesh as the buyer, is with little option as the buyer, to be part of a fair sale or decline the purchase. 

I sold a McIntosh power amp on eBay a few months ago. It was the first time in over a decade that I’ve sold anything on there. I sold it in 4 days at a price very close to my asking price. And it was to a local buyer who picked up the unit with cash. So that all worked out great. But I felt the selling fees were outrageous.  I’m not sure if I would use them again. 

It would be difficult for any venue to be, in my opinion, as unfair and truly dishonest as the other site has been. It takes two people, working together, to solve most problems. I have always been 50%  The other side demonstrates that they have little or no respect for a Seller.  In my most recent battle with them it took a combination of THIRTY TWO chats and phone calls before I reached a person that took the time to research the facts and come to the clearcut conclusion that I, as Seller was being cheated by a dishonest buyer. I had refused their demands that I refund the buyer 100% infull. Finally the bay decided in their infinite wisdom to refund the buyer themselves. I found this to be totally unbelievable. To top off that action they told the buyer to KEEP the item! In the 32 times I interacted with the bay I was lied to multiple times. I also found it interesting that ebay refused to accept anything I had to say to them in writing. They would ONLY discuss a situation on the phone with one of their phone reps. I am so ready to distance myself from them.