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Defect removal policy
Automatically removed
Automatically Removed
We automatically remove the defects caused by the reasons listed here. You may request the removal of these types of defects if they aren't automatically removed.
The buyer didn't pay for a purchase and an unpaid item case is recorded against the buyer.
An eBay Money Back Guarantee request or PayPal Purchase Protection case is ruled in the seller's favor.
The defect was the direct result of an eBay site issue or an eBay program error.
eBay takes action against a buyer for activity that violates the Buying Practices policy.
eBay or PayPal instructs you to hold a shipment or takes action to cancel the transaction.
eBay can determine through valid tracking that the defect was the direct result of systemic delays in shipping or communication. Examples include: wide-scale shipping carrier delays, items stuck in customs, or power outages due to extreme weather. Actual qualifying events are listed on our announcement board.
Here is those buying practices.
Buying practices policy
under the abusing buyer protection
Not allowed
Not allowed
Claiming you haven't received an item before the estimated delivery date has passed
Claiming you haven't received an item when it has arrived
Claiming an item isn't as described in the listing when the item condition is consistent with the listing description
Opening an eBay Money Back Guarantee request or PayPal Purchase Protection case:
When you have already received a refund from the seller or reimbursement from your payment provider
When you haven't paid for an item.
As retaliation against a seller following a previous dispute
Threatening to open an eBay Money Back Guarantee request or PayPal Purchase Protection case against a seller in order to get a discount or additional goods and services, when the item arrived in the described condition
A pattern of excessively opening eBay Money Back Guarantee requests or PayPal Purchase Protection case