Disreputable Ebay seller....

[Cara]

I bought some eggs from an Ebay seller (who will remain anonymous) last month. They had a couple of negative feedback comments, but I put that down to buyers who were not aware of the risks of hatching shipped eggs.

I can't say I was in awe of the packaging job, but the eggs were intact. After a week I candled them. 0 were developing. I contacted the seller, just to give them a heads-up. Their response was to give them another week, as brown eggs are hard to candle. I humoured them. They are due to hatch tomorrow. Every one is as clear as the day it was laid, and all but one has a lose air cell.

Out of curiosity, I contacted everyone else who had bought this breed from this seller. I've yet to hear back from one of them. Out of 91 eggs shipped, we have a grand total of one chick and one embryo.

The seller denies that there is a problem, as they have hatched out well at home. Funnily enough, they've told more than one of us that nobody else has reported a problem, even though it's there to see in their feedback

Maybe they are fertile at their end, but if they apparently cannot survive shipping in a viable state, they truly have no business selling them unless the matter is addressed. And yes, they are still offering them for sale

 

[corancher]

Cara

Can you tell us what breed so the rest of us can be careful?

 

[Cara]

They're the only seller that has that breed, but i'll PM you.

 

[Katy]

Yikes! 1 chick out of 91 eggs is pretty sad.

 

[eschwaderer]

How about a discrete hint on who the seller is?

I've always felt that the Ebay feedback system was too limiting for egg sales and that a fair and objective place to post about an egg buyers Ebay experience was needed. Is there an unwritten rule about not talking openly about it?

 

[texas_chick]

Wow you mean that even people like me who don't have a rooster can earn money selling hatching eggs?! That's brilliant!

Just kidding.
Sorry you're out the money and time on empty eggs.

 

[Cara]

LOL the thought did cross my mind until I heard that someone hatched one!

That is one expensive chick!

I filed a Paypal claim, not something i'd usually do with eggs, but this is ridiculous.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

Was it chick eggs or quail???
I just did bid on some buff rock hatching eggs tonite. The guy has 100% feedback though.
You really need to leave these people some lousy feedback

. Maybe contact ebay too, could be a scam

.

 

[Cara]

Unfortunately I got bitten in the ass by the feedback system. I left them good feedback once the eggs arrived intact, as did most of the other buyers I contacted. Once you've left good feedback, you can't open a dispute against a seller. You can open a Paypal dispute though.

They are chicken eggs, I threw them all out today.

 

[tazcat70]

Cara,

I was looking at eggs today on Ebay, I swear I saw an ad that actually stated that their negative feedback was a mistake, and that their eggs are in fact fertile. Is this them?

I am sorry to hear about the bad eggs (people and chicken.)