05-26-2022, 08:25 PM
mikebw wrote:
Sorry dude. This is why I always sell AS-IS, no guarantees of any kind. Provide photos of the condition so there can be no questions. Can't really do that with a RAID though.
This only works if you actually list the item as "For parts or not working" for the Condition. If you simply list it as "Used" but write "as-is, no returns" in the description, eBay won't care. I just returned a lens to a seller that did that. Listed it as used but said no returns because they got it at an estate sale and couldn't test it. Return went through just fine (after waiting the appropriate time to escalate to eBay, and then eBay educating the seller) and the seller paid for the return shipping.
jonny wrote:
If you check the “no returns” box, buyer has to pay for return shipping.
That is incorrect. Since in most cases where a return is forced on the seller, it will be because there is something wrong with the item.
Apparently, the way to get the buyer to pay for "return shipping" is to actually accept returns (and to charge for original shipping, not "free shipping"). I bought an item that died within seconds of being used. Went through the automated return process and said it was defective, got a label and shipped it back. Later when I was reconciling my credit card bill, I realized the return was for less than the purchase, because the original shipping hadn't been refunded. It was too small of an amount and quite a while after the fact so I didn't bother to take it up with eBay.