Share your eBay disappointments, the more disgusting the better

[BoccaBaciata]

...to make me feel better about mine.

I've just received a bag which came with some lovely free gifts - lots of dirt and hair inside (as if the pen marks and dubious stains weren't enough!). But that's not all! The seller had thoughtfully also included a used interdental brush, complete with bits of 'stuff' in the bristles! My cup does indeed runneth over!

I once bought some shoes which had a perfect sweat-etched imprint of the previous owner's feet inside, right down to the whorls of the toeprints. But alas, no free extras

I've stopped buying clothes.... everything lately has been a disaster. One top was listed as a size 18 and arrived a 12 ; a silk Monsoon top that was dry clean only but had been machine washed and ruined; another had a hole in; and the ones from smokers are the worst. I've thrown 3 straight in the bin as they stank. I used to get lots from Ebay but the decent sellers all seem to be long gone...........

I've had so many things that reek of smoke. I suppose I should've learned my lesson by now but the lure of a bargain is just too much! I have to say I've had some brilliant things too - last year I bought a genuine Mulberry bag for £8 - but there have definitely been more duds lately than anything else.

Mailed over a £6 item to the buyer. She didn’t collect it from the post office for 18 days and it was eventually returned to me. She’s asking me to resend it again and pay for the postage myself...

Someone once bought an immaculate Disney animation doll from me then complained it had Marks on the face (it didn't) so I refunded her but asked her to send it back and she did so with the head severed, still creeps me out and she obviously kept the immaculate one for herself, silly bint

Some years ago I bought a 'brand new' leotard for my daughter.
It had period stains on the gusset...eeeewwww.

The duvet cover that a dead spider decided to use for a home....that also had splashes of red paint and other stains on 🤮To be fair though it definitely was paint!

Bought a skirt off Depop that came with a fabric belt, when i detached the belt to put the skirt in the wash I realised there was a GIANT chunk of hardened gum stuck a few inches along from the buckle end. So embedded in that I couldnt even freeze it off. And it was that disgusting yellow/green snotty spitty colour.
Well... i THINK it was gum anyway. gags

Majority of purchases have been fine, although clothes seem to be too small/shrunk/not accurate sizing lately (and I've lost weight, not put any on )

I bought a pair of childrens tap shoes and they arrived without the actual taps on them- they'd been removed. When I queried the seller, he said that he'd never said they came with the actual taps, despite being described as tap shoes!!! Lesson learnt to clarify beforehand!

I’ve just received a knee length maxi dress. No idea what went on there

Used interdental brush and extras of hair - maybe its a voodoo thing???

I ordered a pair of size 8 jeans, same brand and design as a pair I already owned and I couldn't even get my foot in the leg - the seller had obviously washed them too hot, shrunk them and decided to sell them on.

I also brought a pair of BNWT Oasis jeans in yellow. They came with a black marker pen spot on the back pocket.

I don't buy jeans off eBay anymore.

The lesson learned I guess is to cover your own back as a purchaser.

Ask the seller for details of stains, marks, smells, damage, if zips are fully functioning or broken, waist and inside leg measurements and so on.

My listings as a seller always state these so the facts are there and everyone knows where they stand.

If it’s a higher-end item if clothing I even go as far as sayings that the buttons are genuine.

Shouldn’t have to be like that but because of these scenarios we’ve experienced, that’s how it has to be for some of us now.

Children's coat. Described as white, which is why I bought it. Was beige.

Came with busted zip, and missing buttons and the seller must have known, because they'd resorted to sewing the coat together at the bottom. This meant you had to put the coat over your head, like a jumper.

On the plus side, all subsequent coats I've bought have been as described.

I definitely ask the seller to outline any issues with the item. I specify ‘snags, moth holes, stains and smells’. Doesn’t matter what the auction page says- I check anyway.

If it arrives with issues not mentioned, I ask for and (usually) get a healthy part refund. If not, I raise it through eBay or PayPal. I never suffer in silence.

I buy everything online, but I do it really carefully. Read carefully, study the pics and ask all the questions. Never assume. Just now I asked an eBay seller to better explain the colour of some kids boots (her pics show 3 different shades) and to confirm the size was ‘3 Youth’ rather than ‘3 Toddler’. Only way to be sure is to ask.

If the seller can’t be bothered answering simple questions, the transaction is unlikely to go well anyway, right?

The only purchase (of 1000’s) that stands out as a complete write-off was a ‘kids woollen jumper’. It was actually acrylic, adult women’s size that had shrunk in a tumble dryer, and reeked of CIGAR smoke. The stripes seemed to have been drawn on in sharpie, and it came wrapped in pages from a soft porn mag. Delightful to open, really delightful!