I was the original Tampa Bay Area eBay Car Dealer starting in 1999.

eBay was the best thing to come along back then.. I studied the site and worked the principal the site was founded on “everyone has something good to contribute” I made sure every vehicle I put on eBay was 100% Green Light perfect and would be sure to please its purchaser.

After this first car was sold I soon became the local “eBay Man” and listed cars for several dealers I knew. Check out this Video Clip of a Rolls Royce I was auctioning on eBay in late 1999.

As I sit here working on this website it brings back memories of arguments I got into with some of my consignors when I turned down a car I didn’t feel was good enough for eBay! I felt that my eBay reputation was worth more than just trying to make a quick buck!

 

It was really rewarding to know a complete stranger would buy “a car” sight unseen on my good word that it was “just as described” and either have it shipped home, or fly into our local airport where I was waiting to pick them up. We would drive back to my office where I did the paperwork and issued them a legal temp tag to drive home on. I met so many nice people from all across the country. And I am proud to say none of them had as much as a flat tire on the drive home. It was a truly rewarding experience!

 

The site worked well until around 2003 when everything started going down hill. Between the Scams and Deadbeat Bidders it became tough to get one sold. But I still plugged away trying to make the best of it..

 

Meanwhile eBay Support just kept getting worse with canned responses that usually didn’t even address the question being asked, and you couldn’t call them on the phone
either. They were the largest site on the net, and were rude and arrogant with the “we don’t care what you think attitude” If you don’t like it go elsewhere!

I was unfairly suspended by eBay.. after they killed this old town car listing claiming someone hijacked my sellers account!


I listed old cars under this ID because I got tired of being extorted by scamming buyers demanding $$ after the sale, or receive negative feedback! And eBay is absolutely no help if you are being extorted! I also have a static IP that would have tracked me listing the car as well as 2 others on another ID!

Wouldn’t it be simple to just pick up the phone and call to verify that it was my listing? No.. they just killed it and sent their generic canned email!

I lost my temper over this situation and sent a pretty nasty email to Bill Cobb and a select few others in high up eBay management! I wished I still had that email but deleted a bunch of mail in my sent items folder to free up disk space before deciding to put this website up.

 

This was Cobb’s response. One I feel was poorly thought out, especially coming from the President of eBay North America!

They just suspended all my accounts the next day!

Any good company would have worked with me to settle this problem and act in good faith to keep a good member happy, especially since it was their error, but not eBay.. They just tossed me out like a sack of garbage!

As I said in my email to Bill Cobb the site could be so much better!

Check out the eBay Motors Message Board and see for yourself all the complaints and postings of scam listings! It’s just the same old whining about getting ripped off!

If you are just a Buyer on eBay you will never understand the frustration of dealing with them! They just don’t care about anything or anyone, Just Money! And as long as they remain the biggest on the net, they will never change their attitude toward their
members!

They just push you to your mental limit with their stupid mistakes and canned responses! And you can’t even talk with a support rep on the phone! It is a wonder some psycho hasn’t gone into eBay headquarters and started shooting everyone in sight!

eBay does not value their Quality Sellers that helped build eBay into the huge market place it is now! All that matters to them is the $$$!!

The old saying is often true, Without Customers their would be no Business! And Business goes where it is Earned and Respected! Where eBay is heading from here is anyone’s best guess.. But the Trust and Principals eBay was founded on are
fading fast!

Here is the Town Car’s Buyer from West Virginia, with DOC on the right..

I was able to make a sale on the Lincoln after the listing was killed. A potential bidder called soon after and made a reasonable offer and I sold it to him. He loved the car and it was a rewarding experience for both of us.

Your comment’s on this blog are appreciated. And please visit our forums to discuss the problems eBay members have to deal with!

Thank You, Ed “DOC” Koon.

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