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Why you should never buy anything on iOffer

1) iOoffer allows sellers to import feedback, but they can select the feedback they import. They can import the positive feed back from eBay with out importing any of the negatives and start out with a 1,000 feedback rating at 100% satisfaction before selling a single item on iOffer, even though they neglected to import the 100 negative feed back ratings they got on eBay.
2) eBay banned the worst 1% of sellers recently and are looking at banning more sellers that fall below the minimum requirements for customer satisfaction.
3) When you make a negative feedback to a seller for not sending an item you paid for, iOffer buries your feedback and the comment in the back of the list, so buyers do not sees feedback that points out sellers who do not deliver.
4) iOffer refuses to have a Buyers club category. iOffer Clubs are like discussion Boards on eBay.

I started a club on iOffer for buyers who have been cheated by sellers. Even though my Club was the newest club it was still pushed to the back of the "newest clubs listing" and fell to the last page (behind 177 older clubs) My listing as the newest of the new should have been placed on the first page. In order to access all of the newest clubs, you must manually manipulate the URL. If you click to be taken to the last page or 3rd page or what ever of the "newest club" listings, you will be redirected to the most popular clubs. iOffer actively are redirecting members from joining clubs that might be critical of their operations or wish to discuss the cheaters. The most popular clubs are run by sellers who left eBay and are now selling on iOffer. Of course it is impossible to guess how many of these are sellers who were recently banned from selling on eBay, but it doesn't take a diploma to figure out it is quite a few, especially since the most popular topic at these clubs is critical of the new DSR ratings on eBay which are used to oust these sellers.

Ok ok, I understand your point of view, but I have to defend iOffer on this one, because I'm having a wonderful experience there right now.

iOffer's Mr. Grabber tool grabs a user's rating over, whether it's positive or negative. You may do it as many times as you want to keep it updated on iOffer. Once it's on iOffer, you can't read each individual comment, it will just show how many feedback ratings were transferred, to retain a seller's or buyer's online reputation.

No matter what, individual buyers and sellers should be cautious about who they transact with. I personally would go through a seller's history and past transactions to make sure I'm buying from a legitimate seller, especially if it's something that's more prone to fraud.

iOffer is growing everyday. Many of ebay's sellers are leaving and trying out new sites, iOffer included. So, of course there are many in the community clubs. If they liked eBay, they wouldn't have gone some place else. If iOffer wasn't growing, none of those sellers would trust iOffer and sell on iOffer.

Therefore, I just think everyone should be careful whenever they buy or sell anything, on any site. I just don't believe that a couple things here and there should be considered in judging an entire site. If it does, then the last post is a negative, and this will be a positive for iOffer.

So iOffer is on even grounds again. Everyone uses alternative sites for different reasons. Only those individuals can try it out themselves and judge it themselves.

Sorry for the long post.

I paid $350.00 (very stupid of me) for a supposedly NEW AUTHENTIC Chanel Patent Flap bag on ioffer from buyer toussangs1988 (aka Wang ZhiJun
="mailto:mylove9ku9ku@hotmail.com">mylove9ku9ku@hotmail.com) and paid through PayPal to email address ="mailto:bunniegrl1976@hotmail.com">bunniegrl1976@hotmail.com. I asked the buyer if it was indeed authentic and obviously expected to receive the item she was advertising and showing through photographs on her advert. The item I received was a blatant REPLICA/FAKE, came from China and Not Hong Kong as she claimed and the bag looked NOTHING like the bag I ordered.

If you see how the conversation went on ioffer, you will get a clear view of what was discussed prior to me purchasing the bag: http://www.ioffer.com/offer_transactions/show/9067585

Because the item was bought via PayPal but outside of Ebay, you have no protection whatsoever! So, I WARN everyone to stay away from this buyer as she is a complete FRAUD!!!

fishnchips wrote:you can't read each individual comment... ... to retain a seller's or buyer's online reputation.

... or to to protect buyers from ever knowing who the cheaters are by hiding the evidence and making those cheaters look like sellers in good standing. It's all very well for the seller, of course, while it deliberately misleads the buyer.

fishnchips wrote:I personally would go through a seller's history

That is my complaint with iOffer! They hide all of the important information, like recent history, you have to go through great effort to find the information in order to make an informed decision.

fishnchips wrote:If (sellers) liked eBay, they wouldn't have gone some place else.

And if eBay liked them (eBay kicked off over 10% of their sellers because of buyer dissatisfaction,) those sellers wouldn't have gone some place where a dissatisfied buyer doesn't amount to squat. A place like iOffer.

fishnchips wrote:So iOffer is on even grounds again.

My post wasn't so much a critique of iOffer as it was a warning bell to buyers. iOffer is set up to protect sellers from ever having to show negative feedback and to keep information like that as far away from buyers as possible. There is only one reason a site does that: to protect cheaters.

Saying you endorse the site, doesn't make their type of scheme fair or "on even grounds."

The only thing that we seem to agree on is that every sucker should be allowed an equal opportunity to be cheated on iOffer, if they so wish. It is a free country, after all.

BUYER BEWARE!!!!

SELLER ID: YUIJKMLKOIP

THIS FRAUDER IS WILL TELL YOU TO PAY THROUGH WESTERN UNION FOR LOW FEES AND WHEN YOU DO SHE WILL NOT SEND YOUR ITEM!! SHE WILL TELL YOU THE PRICE IS TOO LOW WHEN YOU ALREADY MADE A DEAL AND WILL REQUEST YOU TO SEND MORE MONEY!!
SHE WILL NOT GIVE YOUR MONEY BACK AND SAID SHE WILL NOT SEND OUT YOUR ITEM UNLESS YOU PAY HER MORE!!!!
FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF IOFFER!!!!! PLEASE BEWARE AS THERE IS NO PROTECTION FOR YOU!!!!!
PROTECT YOURSELF TELL YOUR FRIEND ABOUT THIS FRAUDER!!!!!
UNFORTUNATELY I WAS A VICTIME AND SHE ROBBED ME 230$$$$$$ I WILL NOT GET MY MONEY BACK AND I CANT DO ANYTHING!!!
SHE WILL NOT SEND ME MY ITEMS IF I DONT'T SEND MORE MONEY!!!!

SELLER ID: YUIJKMLKOIP

SELLER ID: Yuijkmlkoip

her email is ="mailto:wangyang1922@hotmail.com">wangyang1922@hotmail.com

she will ask you to send money via WESTERN UNION to

YANG ZHANG from city NANYANG CHINA
OR
DADA LI
ZHONGGGUO SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI 20 CHINA

PLEASE DON'T GET ROBBED LIKE ME!!!
230$+15$ WESTERN UNION FEES!!!!!!!:_(((