| "body"> | | | | telephone number to contact Ebay in the |
| Ebay - You either love it or hate it. Count me in | | | | meantime. Finally, success! I will be able to speak |
| the latter group. Ebay is the devil! My experience | | | | to a real live person and explain the dilemma and |
| with Ebay was most unfortunate. I'm assuming it | | | | get extricated from this whole mess. |
| isn't the norm or else Ebay would not be as | | | | So I called the phone number for Ebay that my |
| popular as it is world-wide. | | | | credit card company gave me. Tremulously, I |
| How did I become an Ebay hater? Simple. I tried | | | | waited on the line as the phone rang. At last a |
| to sell a diamond ring on their site. I signed up for | | | | human voice! Actually a human voice recording!! |
| a one time deal. I believe it was for a month and | | | | The voice gave me a lot of options on who to |
| I was led to believe that if the ring didn't sell after | | | | contact to resolve my problem. Unfortunately, |
| a month, that was it, no more obligation to me. | | | | every option involved logging on to the worldwide |
| Somehow I also got duped into listing the ring in | | | | web and...you guessed it...contacting them by email! |
| two categories, not just for a diamond. I believe it | | | | They say the definition of insanity is doing the |
| was their suggestion that I could sell it more easily | | | | same thing over and over and expecting a |
| and quickly if I listed it in another category. So I | | | | different result. I may be a lot of things but one |
| did. I also paid the extra money for the extra | | | | thing I am not, is insane so I wasn't going to try |
| listing. | | | | to contact them by email again. |
| Imagine my surprise when a month later they | | | | Right now I'm waiting to hear from my credit |
| started billing me for $16.00 per month. For what? | | | | card company, to see if they had any better |
| The ring didn't sell. I had already paid them their | | | | success than me. Somehow I doubt they will. It |
| upfront fees. | | | | seems once Ebay gets its teeth into you, there's |
| Have you ever tried contacting Ebay to complain | | | | no letting go. I always thought they had so many |
| about their service? I found this to be impossible. | | | | members because of their great service. Ha! Now |
| Each time I tried to close my Ebay account I | | | | I know. It's because they won't let you out of |
| would receive an email on how to delete my | | | | their clutches. |
| PayPal account. Say what? I want my PayPal | | | | But what did I expect of a business where you |
| account, I need my PayPal account. What I don't | | | | can put one silicone breast implant up for sale? Or |
| want is an Ebay account. | | | | a UFO detector and a vampire killing kit. How |
| I emailed Ebay many times during the course of | | | | about a serial killer's fingernails? And my personal |
| about six weeks. I would never get a personal | | | | favorite...The Meaning of Life. I'm not talking about |
| response to my problem, just the usual how to | | | | the Monty Python movie either. |
| delete my PayPal account. | | | | Perhaps one day I'll find Noah's Ark or Al Capone's |
| I finally contacted my credit card company, | | | | treasure. But you can be sure of one thing. I |
| explained the problem to them and they put the | | | | won't put it for sale on Ebay. I can't afford the |
| gears in motion to get me divorced from them! | | | | $16.00 monthly fee! |
| The credit card company did give me the | | | | |