Ebay Ebay apparently supports sellers who engage in fraud & *extortion* of it's customers Internet

Ebay Item number: 125414007252  Order number: 04-09251-04116  Date: 10-22-2022

Price: $160.00 without shipping/tax/etc >> (total paid $208.22)

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I've shopped Ebay for a long time.  They have many good/honest sellers, and unfortunately, an abundance of bad actors as well - which "somehow" are allowed to stay on the site. (why?)  I've never had an issue with Ebay "proper" per se, but having the Ebay "team" stab me in the back as it were October 2022, I'm now substantially less trusting of the company.  In capsulized form, here's what happened: I was looking for a specific size retractable cargo cover when I found "sealboy04" and subsequently had multiple communications with him. 

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Based on his input, I purchased his cover and later found it was not as he told me - it didn't fit my yukon because it is too long.  The seller apparently feigned length information to "fit" my needs and therewith sold me a product that when I received it was not as described.  His description/single picture didn't fit the actual item length, it's actually several inches longer.  In fact, measuring across the item as I shared should be done early on (across the bosses when the shade is collapsed)(as it would be installing it), it is physically *impossible* to get the measurement he shared with me via his 1 picture - (when reviewed in depth later it remains incomplete with regard to end-to-end-point measurement evidence, and upon which I initially relied upon as being correct to purchase the item.  I assumed the seller measured as I several times shared, but he didn't - - AND, he never once asked for more instructions or said he didn't understand or give ANY iota of a notion he didn't know how to make the measurement.  I sort of feel it was a situation of purposeful manipulation in the favor of the seller. After I advised him of the issue when I got the cover he made various excuses, over several communiques.  He did however allow a return pathway via Ebay (10-30-2022, the day I got the cover, to which I immediately notified the seller) but then the seller soon got greedy I guess. 

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He tried to **extort** extra money out of me... holding the return of the cover essentially hostage to my paying more money (for a "claimed" shipping mistake by himself).  !!Totally illegal!!  {{ In Nevada it's criminal (NRS 200.5091) to take advantage of, or extort, etc, a person over 60 (I'm 70) }}    Even as I had previously offered to give him 50% of his "claimed shipping loss", and after several unnecessary insults to me, he cancelled my ability to return the item for a refund (11-2-2022) when I rejected his demands.

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PLEASE NOTE: I would be interested if anyone wants to consider a class-action lawsuit against Ebay... for (in my case) turning a blind eye and KNOWINGLY allowing a seller to get away with an attempted act of extortion against a long time buyer - via ignoring my filing of a complaint directly with Ebay (their site: 11-2-2022) based on product description falsification and a follow-on extortion attempt by sealboy04, and, post-event telephone communications with Ebay agents.

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If interested as a legal advocate for people hurt by EBAY and/or Sellers thereon, please contact me for a fuller report with *all* ebay communications as well as pictures.  Please let me know what you need.

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In closing, the lack of consideration/care/concern/contact by Ebay has forced me into the position having to try to protect other people now.  Yes, I would like my money returned... However, I also feel EBAY should have it's licenses revoked until they enact **far better consumer protection** measures.  Thanks for listening.