On 17th Feb 2009, I purchased a digicam from an ebay seller who was also an ebay employee.
I paid immediately using my credit card on PaisaPay and then waited for the seller to respond. After multiple attempts through eBay messages and phone calls that went unanswered, he finally responded saying he would ship the item.
Two days later, I see that the status of that item is showing as Shipped. Then, a few hours later, I get an ebay message from him that the digicam got damaged in transit and that I should claim for a refund.
Now comes the best part - eBay does not allow me to file any claim or mark the item as Not Received for 10 days! This, in spite of a message from the seller saying he's not going to send any thing.
Several attempts to eBay's call centre proved useless - all I can do is wait for the seller to initiate the refund and wait another 10 days before it starts getting processed!
Imagine, I get penalised for paying on time, that too when the defaulting seller is an eBay employee!!!
Here's his profile page:
http://myworld.ebay.in/praveen.pawar
eBay India really deserves to be taken to the consumer courts...
Naveen