DURING THE SUMMER (LATE AUGUST) MY FRIEND WHO IS A BIG SHOT HEAD OF THE E.R. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, HAD A AUTOCLAVE STERILIZER THAT HE DIDN'T USE AND WAS SITTING IN HIS ATTIC FOR A COUPLE YEARS, ASKED ME TO LIST IT ON E-BAY.  I ONLY BEGAN DOING E-BAY AT THE END OF MARCH, AND WAS FAIRLY NEW TO THIS BUSINESS, BUT I WANTED TO TRY AND I ASKED MY FRIEND WHO TAUGHT ME E-BAY TO HELP ME PUT IT UP FOR AUCTION.  WELL HE TOOK PHOTOS, I HAD WATCHED THE SAME ITEMS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR INFORMATION, AND ALSO SPECIFIED ON THE LISTING THAT I ACCEPT PAYPAL, AND USE THE HIGHEST QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BID IN THE AUCTION, EVERY BOX TO BLOCK BUYERS WITH RISKY POTENTIAL WAS CHECKED FOR MY PROTECTION.

I WROTE THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE AUCTOCLAVE EXACTLY AS MY DR. FRIEND INFORMATION, PUT IT IN AS USED, INSPECTED IT, WIPED IT INSIDE AND OUT WITH BABY WIPES, AND ALTHOUGH I AM NOT IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION SAW NO DEFECTS WHATSOEVER (I EVEN PLUGGED IT IN TO MAKE SURE IT LIT UP, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T PERFORM A COMPLETE STERILIZATION I DID ASK EVERY IMAGINABLE QUESTION TO FIND OUT WHAT AND WHOM USES SUCH ITEMS, AND I STARTED MY AUCTION AT $99.00 ALSO INCLUDED THE LEGAL LANGUAGE EVERY ITEM  CONTAINED THAT WAS EXACT TO OUR  HAD  SO THAT  GOVERNMENT  REGS. WERE FOLLOWED FROM MY END.

I HAD 25 BIDS, AND IT SOLD FOR $2,500.00, BUT I WAS DISTURBED TO FIND THAT THE WINNER/HIGHEST BIDDER DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE OR BACKGROUND WITH E-BAY, AND THE 24TH BIDDER WAS  QUALIFIED TO BUY ITEM WHEN THE AUCTION ENDED.  I WROTE E-BAY WITH MY CONCERN, WROTE THE WINNER TO DENY HIS PURCHASE, AND CONTACTED THE 2ND HIGHEST BIDDER TELEPHONICALLY TO DISCUSS MY DILEMMA WITH THE OUTCOME. 

THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO SAY IS I OFFERED NO RETURNS, AND PAID UPS STORE TOP DOLLAR TO PACKAGE AND SHIP ITEM AFTER MY E-MAIL TO E-BAY  DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO CANCEL TOP BIDDER FROM GETTING THE AUTOCLAVE.  "BIG MISTAKE" I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE WINNER HAD CREDENTIALS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, BUT E-BAY DIDN'T BLOCK HIS BIDS FROM GOING THROUGH IN MY AUCTION AS HE DID NOT MEET MY CREDENTIALS.   AFTER A WEEK OF WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DR. WHO WON ITEM AND MANY E-MAILS I GET A MSG. THAT I WAS GETTING DISPUTE "ITEM SERIOUSLY NOT DESCRIBED AS LISTED" !  I CONTACTED THE BUYER, THEN WITH ME AS A LIASON BETWEEN THE TWO DOCTORS I TRIED TO WORK OUT AMICABLY AND FAIRLY THE SITUATION AS PAYPAL REQUIRES.  BACK AND FORTH OUR DISPUTE WENT BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO RECONCILE THE SITUATION. AND AFTER ALL THE AGGRAVATION I ENDED UP WINNING THE DISPUTE.....ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER, I GET A MSG. FROM PAYPAL THAT I HAVE A "CHARGEBACK" FROM THE DR. WHO BOUGHT IT IN AUGUST, THUS RUINING MY HOLIDAY SELLING & SHOPPING,  AND, TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, I LOST MY BANKS ATM CARD.  MY BANK IS IN THE WEST COAST, I LIVE ON THE EAST COAST SO  A REPLACEMENT CARD WOULD BE SENT TAKING 7 TO 10 DAYS, THEY HAVE NO BRANCHES IN EAST COAST, SO I WENT THROUGH PAYPAL, AND TRANSFERRED $350.00 OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY ANNUITY INTO PAYPAL TO EXPEDITE MY ABILITY TO WITHDRAW CASH FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 

NOT A DAY LATER DO I FIND THAT THE MONEY WOULD BE "FROZEN" DUE TO "CHARGEBACK" AND IT WOULD BE 75 TO 100 DAYS TO SETTLE, I WAS LIVID, AND BROKE!  OF ALL TIMES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IT HAD TO BE WHEN PAYPAL WAS IN POSSESSION OF MY MONEY, AND I HAD TO BORROW MONEY UNTIL I COULD GET MY ATM CARD REPLACED.  WELL I WROTE PAYPAL AND LUCKILY HAD MY ORIGINAL UPS RECEIPTS, AND ALL OF MY EVIDENCE TO FIGHT THIS BUYER,  FAXED, EMAILED, AND FORWARDED 10 E-MAIL PICTURES, ETC. TO DEFEND MY DISPUTE.   IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE CHARGEBACK WAS CONCLUDED, AND I LOST ALL THE MONEY PAYPAL HAD FROZEN, PLUS $35.00 ON TOP OF THAT.  I AM SURE THAT I LOST THE MONEY BECAUSE PAYPAL HAD IT IN THE ACCOUNT, IF IT WASN'T IN POSSESSION OF ANY OF MY MONEY, THEN THE BUYER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING, AND I FEEL BETRAYED BY PAYPAL, AND E-BAY THAT THEY DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH ON MY BEHALF TO BEAT THE CHARGEBACK. 

I WROTE PAYPAL AND ASKED TO APPEAL THE DECISION, AND THEY'RE ADVISE WAS "GO TO MY POLICE DEPT. AND WRITE A REPORT", AND CONTACT THE F.B.I.  YEAH SURE, THATS ALL THEY COULD ADVISE ME FOR RECOURSE, SO SINCE MY HOLIDAYS HAVE BEEN RUINED, I HOPE EVERYONE WHO DOES HONEST BUSINESS TAKES HEAD TO MY EXPERIENCE, AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD, IF I BOUGHT A 1995  USED CAR, AND THEN FOUND IT NEEDED A "TUNE-UP" WOULD THE SELLER PAY MY MECHANIC FOR THAT SERVICE,  NO SIREE, I KNOW USED MACHINES ARE NOT NEW AND A CALIBRATION, OR TUNE UP IS AN EXPECTED EXPENSE WITH ANY MECHANICAL PRODUCT THAT IS 12 YRS OLD AND HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR A COUPLE YEARS.  MY PHOTOS WERE CLEAR, AND I SOLD IT IN GOOD FAITH, HE BOUGHT IT IN GOOD FAITH, AND SEVEN PEOPLE HAD BEEN IN MY HOME AND SAW THE MACHINE COULD AND WOULD VOUCH THAT THE BUYER WAS A LIAR, WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME.  HE OWNED THE EXACT MACHINE AND USED MINE AS A WAY TO GET HIS BAD ONE REPAIRED AS HE NEVER PROVED THE SERIAL NUMBER ETC.  I AM AN HONEST PERSON, I AM DISABLED AND REALLY WANT TO BUILD A GOOD REPUTATION AS AN E-BAY SELLER, AND BUYER, I LIVE IN POVERTY LEVEL, AND I PUT MY HIGHEST INTEGRITY IN THIS E-BAY WORK, BUT I WAS NOT PROTECTED BY THE PAY PALS SPECIALISTS AS THEY LEAD ME TO BELIEVE. 

BUYERS, SELLERS, KEEP YOUR SHIPPING RECEIPTS AND YOUR DOCUMENTS FOR EVERY TRANSACTION,  DON'T SELL OR BUY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH OR UNQUALIFIED WITH POLICY AND DON'T DO THEIR HOMEWORK OR FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE.  MY EXPERIENCE MAY PREVENT OTHER ACCIDENTS/TRAGEDIES FROM HAPPENING TO YOU.  I'M NO LONGER SELLING ITEMS THAT I DON'T OWN, OR CAN'T EXPERTLY DEMONSTRATE.  I HOPE OTHERS WILL BENEFIT FROM MY EXPERIENCE.  G-D BLESS YOU AND AMERICA "BUTCHPOUPSY"!