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OUTDOOR FURNITURE SCAM

carpentermode — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:23:50 GMT

Have you been scammed by Ebay power seller a_splatt aka Amanda Uhrig aka Daniel Mann or The Great Lakes Trading Post or Eden Furnishings?

We want to know!

There are several of us that have gotten together around the country to confirm that we have all been scammed! Each of us paying $2,400 or more for outdoor furniture that was never delivered.

Amanda Uhrig (a_splatt) IS NOT HEARING IMPAIRED nor did he/she have a broken wrist or probably never ordered your furniture in the first place.

Due to all his/her delays...China earthquake, customs, crating issues Ebay nor Paypal are excepting responsibility. The dispute timeframes have expired which a_splatt was aware of.

Amanda Uhrig...do you live in Inkster Michigan...WE ARE GOING TO FIND YOU, BE SURE OF THAT!

If you have been taken by this power seller, please contact us as we are growing in numbers daily. Thanks in advance.

Auction was for real Diamond, Seller sent Imitation - $4450 paid through PayPal

amack — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:25:46 GMT

On Aug 5 I won an eBay auction for what was described as a 1.35 CT diamond. The next day I get an email from the seller(Ken) saying that he was in Washington DC on business and would not be home for 4 days. He apologized for ending auction while he would be out of town and that he had the only keys to the lockbox or he would have had his wife ship diamond.

On Aug 9 I get an email from his wife(Gail) saying that Ken had been in a car accident on his way to the airport and that he was in the hospital with a broken leg. She was going to DC to check on him.

Aug 13 I get an email from Gail that lockbox keys had been overnighted to their 16 yr old son and that he would ship my diamond. I did receive a package on Aug 13 that was postmarked Aug 11. I was very excited to finally have my diamond but when I looked at it with my loupe it was scratched and the bottom point was chipped. Diamonds don't scratch. I took it to a local jeweler who tested it and told me that unfortunately it was not a diamond.

I emailed the seller and Gail responded that her son had gone to the wrong security box and had sent the wrong stone. She said she and Ken would be home Aug 14 and she would correct mistake.

On Aug 18 after hearing nothing for several days I get an email stating that after their investigation that they had sent a real diamond and that they were very upset that I would claim otherwise. I replied that the stone I received was not a diamond and that I would begin the remediation Process. I also called the phone # that eBay provided me. It was actually Ken's #. I left a message stating that he had not sent a real diamond. I left 3 phones for him to contact me at.

I got a text message from him requesting my email and I sent it to him. He sent me a email suggesting that I file a claim with the post office. He told me to state that the package was empty when I got it and say that it appeared the package had been tampered with. I replied that his only communications with me should be through the channel provided through PayPal remediaton. He replied that I had heard the last from him.

I have escalated my Paypal dispute to a claim and also disputed the charge through VISA. VISA asked me to fax the emails to them which I did. Is there anything else I can do at this time? Can I file charges with any lawenforcement agency against this guy? Any hope that this could go in my favor? Any advice would be appreciated.

THANKS! Allen

Vindivctive disrupitve ebay fourm member

P-A-Dutchman — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:40:23 GMT

Beware of records b goode, this guy is a button pusher. If he disagrees with you over something you post he will harass you to no end while reporting every thing you do. he even went as far as to report to ebay that my friends id and my sons were mine as well as an unknown individual. Got them suspended as well. Can any one provide me with information about this character?

SOC's True Colors

braveknight1975 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:47:30 GMT

I just wanted to inform the community that SOC is rude, crude and ranks somewhere between pond scum and the film that builds up on your teeth overnight. Allow me to give you the highlights of his last PM to me.

"You're so stupid and full of shit. No lawyer in his right mind would attempt to contact the host over this. That's not how the legal process happen."

"And I believe that big mouth bullies making threats about something they know jack shit about need to have their information remain on the site for a long, long time." (you never begin a sentence with the word and)

"As a result, I know when I get messages such as these which ones are legitimate, and which ones (like yours) are bullshit."

"So now that you know we aren't budging on the issue, and you have legal counsel, there should be no reason I ever hear from you again.":

I am sure that after reading the aforementioned quotes, it apprears that SOC cannot go 1 day with out verbally insulting someone. He just thinks he is a GOD to this site.

Well, SOC, you always like to put in your 2 cents. Allow me to give you 3 cents change. Figure that one out! If you can

Beware of Kirk Nelson Bramlett

jazzguru — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:14:27 GMT

I have had negitive dealings with this individual to include harassment and registering under different ids to add negative feedback.

I also found this post online about the same buyer.

Report from http://marc.perkel.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=394 :

Posted by Cyberwuffy Ala Wolfe at September 22, 2004 03:18 PM

BE CAREFUL OF KIRK BRAMLETT! He is harrasing users of eBay and has charges being filed against him in numerous states.
DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS WACKO...
I could provide more info, but am skeptical at the moment.
This guy is a complete pscycho..

he runs under the eBay username silverbells12111 and about 50 others. ALL ORIGINATION FROM WMCONNECT.COM ACCOUNTS...
HERE ARE HIS OTHER ALIAS eMAILS.. I FOUND THIS BY DOING A GOGGLE SEARCH ON THIS NUTBARS NAME!!
Look out for this freak..

St. Charles MO Police are going after him shortly.

-- Contact info removed --

1ancientsource, 2_goofy4u, 444445555566666, addingmachine111, animaniacs121, busted_doorknob, cardbenefit, catastrophe23, centerfoldsprovidence, cuttingthegrass, darndarndarn11, donaldduck138, dopey-minnie, drinkcocacola333, ericamahop, estatesale23, extremecaseofgas, freddydfrog222, funfunfun1121, games4sale2330, goofy*fan, goofy7874, gotta-go-right-now, gotyou2ha, hakuna_matta123, hankhillrulzzz, heygoombatz, i-officially-have-the-longest-id-in-the-history-of-this-website, iamyourdaddy121, iceboxman, ilikethewayuwalk, imgonnagetyouback, inthedoghouse111, irippedagood1, janyacbs35, kimba0605, larrytateman114, leave-wont-you, man-of-the-house, martinbillcat, mc19770, mknowlton420, morticasmorgue222, narf1111, nikilynnb, number1mouseusa, p1nkpanther555, pongopongo121, popdoggy10, poperazzi222, potofgold1975, prettlj, pro-gamer11, probidder2232, rcdwww, rebecca_riggs_is_a_phuckin_witch, ring-a-ding-ding-ding-ding, rwethereyet666, silverbells12111, switchbox555, thepolicesuck111, thisisfun279, ttomtiddler, user282828, vballjockette4, wedontneednohooks, wowon, zebrastripes333

Rip-Off by hannahuffster

tps5352 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:25 GMT

Bought book on Egypt from this guy ("kyle b hanna-huff"; [417] 623-0706) in in Dublin Missouri. Book arrived with many missing pages. I contacted him, he apologized and said send it back for refund. I did (more $$$)--no refund and no replies to repeated messages and phone calls. 45-day time limit ran out and eBay/PayPal will not help. Learn from my mistake.

What do you do with bad power sellers

Blagga — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:27:55 GMT

Hi
I am not a power seller just a simple ebay member with a problem

I am having problems with an Australian power seller who clearly does not uphold the values of power sellers

Brief outline if this Power Sellers sins
1.Kept both item and $580 of my money
2.Dragged out delivery past paypal deadline
3.Has now sent 2 fake postal confirmations, 1 registered 1 express post
4. Demanded that I cancel dispute and post positive before shipping goods
5. Dragged out the dispute process so I cannot leave a negative.
6. Also this "power seller" is still trading and promoting power seller confidence, yet his feedback is below the power seller minimum feedback level

I have escalated the issue to ebay trust and securities but he is still trading as a power seller.

Both his conduct and feedback levels are not what I can gather power sellers class as the minimum level and I believe he is tainting the power seller name

What I can not obtain from ebay, who polices or controls Power sellers, - ebay could not give any Power seller contact but suggested I contact power seller forums.

if anyone could please point me in the direction of whom could help me that would be greatly appreciated

What is most gutting is that i trusted this seller beyond what i would trust a normal ebayer as he is a powerseller and i got burned for it

Blagga

Bye-Bye 9000$ - no Harley!!!!

asianmotorcompany — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:27:44 GMT

[center]I have lost USD9000 on item#130165782204 (Harley year 1993) I transfered the full amount and he should hand over the motorcycle to my shipping forewarder. After 4 weeks the bike was costum cleared to be shiped off. But the guy refues to hand over the bike to my shipping forewarder. The auction ended 24th. October 2007. I transfered the money October 30th. After discussing with the guy for 4 weeks and he still came up with excuses for not giving me the bike, I hired a private investigator. He found that the Harley was still in his garage. PI paid seller a visit but still he refused to hand over the bike. The PI stressed the seller for some days and at last seller got very agressive. PI dident think there was anything else to do but concider the money as lost.

Cape Coral Police dept. (where the guy lives) will not help. Ebay will not help. Danish Police ( I live in Denmark) will not help since the crime was commited in USA) I have repported the fraud to IC3 (but doubt this will help)

I have all evidence of fraude/scam on hand. I have a tracking of the transfered money and I have a e-mail where the guy claims that he will not hand over the motorcycle because there is a court order (by divorce) preventing him from selling the bike. Bullshit, the bike was put on auction in middle oct 2007 and the divorce case startet in June 2006, so the guy has been selling something that he was not allowed to sell.

My PI found that the guy has bad credit in several banks and at Ford Credit. Besides he is on his way to loose his house (dident pay tax or liens)

Does anyone have an idea what I can do ????

OO
Denmark[/center]

internation returns? paypal?

jobi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:24:17 GMT

I sold an iPhone to somebody in Spain and the iPhone ended up being faulty. He let me know by filing a paypal claim, and he would like to return for a refund. I don't have a problem with this. He would like a refund before he ships it to me, this I am not crazy about. I would like to refund after I receive this, which he is not crazy about.

I know there is a way to set this up in paypal. Can I escalate it to a dispute, and then agree to refund after it is return, where he will be prompted to enter a tracking number? Is this recommended?

Unfortunately this sale occurred 45 days ago so it looks like I'm going to be out on my paypal fees...

Concerned: Did I get Shilled?

EliteDealMaker — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:24:24 GMT

I'd really appreciate it if you all would take a quick look at:

[url]http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=120279563926[/url]

and tell me if you think I got shill-scammed. This has me livid. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

EliteDealMaker

I3 is worthless...I been defrauded 3k by chunky housewife

Estephan1 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:55 GMT

I was defrauded by Kristi Reever an ebay seller who offered a Plasma TV for sale. Long story short I sent her the money via Amex express check and she never shipped the TV. Amex account agent actually advised me to send a check as I called to ask what the best way to structure the deal was. Now I know I should sue AMex for that advice as it turned out to be dead wrong.

I did sue her and recieved a judgment and yet she just skips around town without a worry in the world. She also opened her own website and then bilked all the designers who worked on it to tune of another few thousand dollars. A real piece work.

BTW I have filed with every conceivable agency there is to no avail. She not going to pay me and she made that very clear. Cops won't help...I3 won't help...postal fraud won't help...EBay...well you know the answer on that is. It's just wrong that someone could steal your money and get away with it so cleanly. Meanwhile she popping out kids and getting evicted from the last 5 homes or apts they have been in. Husband has a good job. He said he would pay me off then used his child sickness as some lame excuse why he couldn't send money. Meanwhile Kristi pops out 3 more kids.

eBay introduces absolute anonymity for (shill) bidders

PhilipCohen — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:06:25 GMT

In Australia, the UK, Ireland and the Philippines, eBay has obscured auction bidding to the point that genuine bidders have got absolutely no chance of detecting and thereby protecting themselves from “shill” bidding (a criminal offence in most civilized countries) by unethical vendors.

Notwithstanding eBay’s statements to the contrary, this application of absolute anonymity (ie, Bidder 1, Bidder 2, etc) by eBay on these sites serves absolutely no purpose other than to deceive consumers by making even any otherwise blatantly obvious shill bidding undetectable; and the same criticism has always been applicable to eBay’s other shill bidders’ facility, “User ID kept private”.

My concern then is not so much with the effectively bidder-specific anonymity (“a***b (n)”) now in use in the US and elsewhere (and which still allows genuine bidders some opportunity to watch for suspicious patterns of bidding on a seller's other auctions) but with the absolute anonymity (“Bidder N”) in use in Australia, the UK, Ireland and the

Philippines

.

Again, notwithstanding eBay’s various pronouncements about shill bidding being banned on eBay, eBay is now, on these sites, effectively (and now knowingly) “aiding and abetting” such shill bidders to defraud consumers. [more]

For those with a longer attention span, a lengthy critical analysis of this matter appears at:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=6498345#6498345
I apologise in advance for the length of this linked “rant”. Needless to say eBay would not tolerate it on their discussion forums and I have spent time on eBay’s “naughty chair” for posting links to it.

If you are an unethical shill-bidding seller or a buyer who is not concerned that on the above-mentioned national sites eBay is effectively “aiding and abetting” such shill-bidding sellers to cheat you, read no further.

"Free" Bon Jovi Tickets on eBay!

KimCrow — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:38:25 GMT

[url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/145007]Scalpers fee for free Bon Jovi concert[/url] in Central Park: Up to $1,500 a pair! Sounds like Bad Medicine to me :P

Whoever knows that SOC is a fucking asshole add your name

socisanasshole — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:35:48 GMT

Whoever knows that SOC is a fucking asshole add your name

Russian buyer claims i sent an empty box

jobi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:29:52 GMT

I have a paypal claim of $580 laid on me by a Ukranian buyer. She says I sent an empty box instead of an iphone. I sent an iphone. She is either lying or the box was rifled along the way. I sent this via Express mail from the USPS, uninsured. What recourse do I have? I have the paper work saying that the box weighed 2 pounds.

Unfortunately I am leaving the country for a month starting in 2 days and paypal will probably want info for me during that time.

Just to clarify, it was a Ukranian buyer, not Russian. I have had good luck shipping to Russia.

"Lifelock" Pitchman's Identity Stolen

Mr. Jiggs — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:42:08 GMT

You knew [url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/lifelock.flap.ap/index.html]this[/url] had to happen.

Mom Hoaxes Girl on Myspace--Girl Kills Herself

KimCrow — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:39:52 GMT

What the hell????

[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24652422>1=43001]Mom indicted in MySpace suicide case[/url]

sold a lot of fake memory cards

jobi — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:51:37 GMT

I decided to purchase a wholesale lot of SD memory cards from ebay's reseller marketplace (exclusive to powersellers). I am in the US, the person I bought from is in Canada. After 2 weeks of the 100 cards not arriving I emailed him to see what was taking so long. He apologized for the shipping delay which was not in his control and sent me 12 more cards in the post to apologize for the delay. 26 days after my initial purchase I felt something was wrong so I opened an INR claim on paypal. He wasn't happy. The next day the 10 cards arrived in the mail (the 100 cards have not yet arrived). I checked the card and it is clearly a counterfeit plus when I put it in my laptop a TROJAN WAS DETECTED.

What's the best way of me sticking it to him? He responded to my INR claim by sending a tracking number of a parcel shipped the day before, plus he has a delivered tracking number of the smaller package I received so I might not win an INR claim. I don't think I can open a SNAD claim too, can I? I'm really dissappointed at this seller. At first I thought the Reseller Marketplace would weed out the bad sellers, but it almost seems like there are less security safeguards there.

RIPPED OFF & HARRASSED BY princessalexystreasures

jbrowne83 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:46:07 GMT

I won a bid from

princess*alexys*treasures

and immediately sent my payment via-paypal as I always do. I wait 2 days and no contact from the seller so I send an email requesting shipping info. I wait another 3 days before sending another request with no response. After 5 days with the money already withdrawn from my account I am a little aggitated. But I wait an additional 9 days before filing a disputre, leaving negative feedback, and reporting her to ebay. Well I wake up to negative feedback left by her saying payment was refused and she doesn't ship to apo's. Nowhere on my ebay account or paypal are APO addresses listed. I am overseas however so I think maybe that was reflected somewhere on my ebay account by mistake (it wasn't). So I email her and tell her I am overseas and mention communication before the fact would have been nice. I get a nasty gram back from her telling me not to play the "support the troops" card because it is overplayed. That having nothing to do with my intention, I am a little taken aback by her ignorance and blatant disrespect for those serving. In my next correspondence I provide my paypal receipt with the stateside address listed as shipping address and tell her I find it disrespectful to downplay everything our troops are doing over here as "overplayed" and ask her to please see the receipt because there are no apo's on it. I get another nasty response accusing me to get down off my soapbox and think I am better than her follwed by a childish poem about thinking before you speak. At this point I have simply advised her not to e-mail me further as her e-mails have been identified as harrassment and will be reported. I have the open dispute with paypal but she is still in good standing with ebay. How could they allow something like this to continue? Oh and I checked with paypal who confirms payment was accepted and transferred making her entire story a wash anyway. :(

Experts: Please post here

JG — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:15:13 GMT

I did not want to continue the constant thread hijacking which seems to take place wherever I post. The discourse should be between the OP and ONE respondent. The bickering which seems to occur whenever I post an answer is a bit discouraging to the OPs, so i thought that it would be a good idea to have a special thread for the eBay experts.

You may be delusional or have an ax to grind. It doesn't matter. This is the internet. Everyone is an expert.

I am addressing soc's comments in general, but everyone is invited to join the fray.

soc,

So tell us (since you know SO MUCH about eBay) how the change in feedback policy won't benefit buyers and protect them from nutcase sellers who now leave retaliatory feedback for buyers who leave neutral feedback left for them. Please tell us EVERYTHING that you know. EVERYTHING. I want to be as well-informed as you are.

I want the ins and the outs of it all. Describe every nut and bolt in detail.

I work in marketing, soc. Perhaps 98-100% is an ideal set by ebayers--- and I think that eBay has a cut-off for point satisfaction rate of around 97%. That's for a reason which may be well beyond your comprehension.

If I see a rating for a seller who has sold 100 items and he has five negatives, I am inclined to look at his sales as well as his feedback. I'll also look at the history of his buyers. Maybe he had the misfortune to BUY a dead laptop from someone who needed to unload it so that he could buy a new GameBoy. Wow. That's a 1% loss, but since I've looked into the history of that one feedback, I see that he was victimized.

Suppose he has SOLD 99 new CDs. Two customers have a hissy fit (you know what I'm talking about, right, soc?) and complain that their CD arrived one day later than they expected. That's two hits which bring him down to 97%, which, by YOUR standard is atrocious. To me, that's still pretty good.

Now, if the seller has 100 sales from 100 individual buyers, and his satisfaction rate is only 5%, I WOULD be worried about the seller.

Let's take another example. We have a seller who has 10,000 sales of one type of product such as CF cards. He has a 99% approval. Maybe that's good, maybe it's not so good.That's telling me that the seller has a problem with his system, or his product has a very high rate of failure. When one looks at this particular product, one may find what seems to be a fixed rate of failure for that product. You a flip a coin or take the time to determine the nature of the complaints. Is it a complaint about shipping a CF card via FedEx from California to New York for five dollars, or is it the same complaint of the seller shipping a refurbished CF card? If one percent of his complaints are about being sent refurbished CF cards, and his auction is NOT for a refurbished card, then suddenly that 99% doesn't look so good, especially in light of the fact that the card cost $2.00 and he sells it for $30.00. That's twenty-eight thousand dollars profit in the seller's pocket. That's a good example of a calculated risk.

Then there are the sellers who will NOT allow one to bid if he has left ANY neutral or negative feedback for any other seller. That seller has what appears to be a perfect track record. What the story doesn't tell is what it cost the seller to keep his buyer happy when something went wrong. (Things DO go wrong). Say the seller sells Chinese-made goods at a huge mark up. Someone gets miffed because he received a set of ear buds that doesn't work. The seller is "honest" and does whatever he can to keep the negative FB off his record. He sends the buyer a whole set of ear buds to the buyer's family.

Case closed. Nobody knows anything about the problem because the seller chose his buyers, people who probably don't leave feedback, or those who follow suggested protocol. They notify the buyer of the problem and then wait for a response. Perhaps some of the buyers just don't leave ANY feedback. Perhaps the select buyers just don't care. Whatever the case, the seller has picked his buyers in order to maintain an artificially high feedback rating, a rating which does not represent the norm. That's a smart move if one sells a product with a high rate of failure, or the seller deliberately sells refurbished CF cards to the unwitting.

In the real world of marketing and selling, --- not the balloon-headed, delusional world of some nutcase garage sale eBay sellers--- one cannot always choose his buyer. Real world advertising is an attempt to do this. Price point is another. In the real world, one cannot refuse to sell to anyone who can pay.

In the real world, one analyzes customer satisfaction by the numbers as well as by case. Just as benefit can be imagined (high satisfaction rate), so can a reason for dissatisfaction.

Anyone with half of a brain can understand this. Those who can't should put his name on the list for a stem-cell transplant and then pray.

1st time scammed on ebay from lodoss5000, help?

urts — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:54:38 GMT

Hi, I purchased a 4000 point - Microsoft Points card (with free 1600 card) from a user named lodoss5000 on 3/13/2008. This user had a 100% feedback rating at the time of the purchase. I used Buy It Now and waited about 10 days for the item. I never received anything in the mail, I sent the user an email thru ebay but never got a reply. Then I noticed that this user had another listing for the same item and received negative feedback from another user because lodoss5000 never sent the item. This alarmed me and I contacted the 3rd party who I will call eagleM. Turns out eagleM had realized he was getting scammed because lodoss5000 never replied to any of his communique, so eagleM filed a dispute/claim with paypal and left negative feedback for lodoss5000.

"!!DANGER!! I WAS SCAMMED, never shipped my item, but kept my money. !!WARNING!!!"

At this point lodoss5000 decides to leave negative revenge feedback on the eagleM:

"VERY BIG PROBLEM, annoyance, and a racist (Gook = East Asian Racial Slur)"

So obviously lodoss5000 is not unavailable and is ignoring all my attempts to contact him, after talking to eagleM I decide to also file a dispute which I escalated into a claim with paypal after 2 weeks with no response from lodoss5000. I and eagleM are now just waiting for paypal to get our money back but I notice that lodoss5000 has put another few listings of the same scam: [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/4000-point-Microsoft-Card-with-another-4000-point-card_W0QQitemZ160224151588QQihZ006QQcategoryZ122517QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem][/url]

I have sent an email to ebay warning them about a possible scam, which I doubt will be heeded anyway. I also left negative feedback for lodoss5000:

"2 weeks, no item, no response. Filed Dispute/Claim. Buyer BEWARE!" and he has the audacity to reply with revenge negative feedback in the form of:

"Why are the codes registering as "Used" if you didn't get them retard?" *
Reply by urts (Mar-29-08 08:23):
Seller has codes when supposedly sent card via USPS? Try again scammer.
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Follow-up by lodoss5000 (Mar-29-08 09:22):
The cards have codes on them f**ktard....Try again Con-Artist.

I reported the offensive language to ebay and hopefully get the feedback removed (doubt it but oh well). The thing is with these MS points card you have to scratch off or pull a tab that hides the code to be entered to redeem points online with and well lets just say that if anyone tried to sell you an "opened" card you would be a fool to buy one in the first place. So him implying that he knows the code to CHECK whether it was used or not shows that he's not the most intelligent of scammers and openly admits to selling opened cards.

Anyway, I just wanted to vent and found this place. I was hoping to get some advice on what to do next other than patiently wait for paypal to resolve the issue. I did some digging and actually found some info about lodoss5000 and even pictures of him, his birthday, what highschool he went to and what city he lives in. I was wondering if I could report this issue to the cops in his city somehow or file a complaint that would scare him straight. I just want to teach this idiot a lesson and hopefully stop him from scamming other innocent victims. Thanks for reading.

Seeking advice after being scammed...

NewNeverOpened — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:05:31 GMT

I was never concerned about doing business on eBay until I got
burned recently. Then I started noodling the web looking for
information to help me resolve the situation and I ran across
this site. And, what a most excellent site it is!

The things I've learned from reading the posts here have been of
immense value. The links I discovered to toolhaus.org and
zug.com have really brightened my day.

Now, here's my problem: I purchased a cell phone which was
represented to be "New, Never Opened." What I received was a
used phone with one of the accessories missing.

I e-mailed the seller but all I received in return was an offer
to buy a warranty product called Square Trade.

I sent a second e-mail in which I offered to resolve the matter
in one of three ways:

1.) Exchange this phone for one that is, in fact, new and unopened

2.) Return this phone for a full refund

3.) Keep the phone and receive a partial refund based on what's
being offered on eBay at the present time

I don't know how I could be more fair than this.

Again all I received from the seller was another solicitation to
spend $22.95 for a Square Trade warranty. (The guy must be nuts
to think I would make a second purchase after being defrauded the
first time.)

Since I'm not experienced in the ways and means of eBay I thought
I would ask the experienced users of this forum for advice along
the following lines:

1.) I thought perhaps I would send the seller a certified letter
at this time so that I would have proof that he was contacted or
that he refused to be contacted, depending on whether he accepted
delivery or not. Is this worth doing or should I just go
immediately to the eBay dispute resolution process?

2.) In one of my e-mails I mentioned that I had tried out the
phone and it seemed to work okay. Will eBay consider that
my acceptance of the phone as is?

3.) I actually like the phone but I resent being cheated. If it
were up to me I would choose to keep the phone and get a partial
refund. Should I approach eBay in that manner or should I just
go for the full refund and shop elsewhere?

This seller has the following stats at eBay:

Feedback Score: 5526
Positive Feedback: 99.4%
Members who left a positive: 5556
Members who left a negative: 31
All positive Feedback: 5785

However, toolhaus.com says this:

80 Negative
105 Neutral
138 Withdrawn
323 Total

It appears the majority of negatives are for the same problem as
mine - used merchandise represented to be new.

Your advice will be greatly appreciated.

You be the judge!

soc — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:38:17 GMT

I was involved in a transaction outside of ebay. I do not wish to reveal whether I'm the buyer or seller - but rest assured I am one of them - because I want the responses to be as objective as possible (while I feel that most here speak their minds, I also think that not knowing whether I'm the buyer or seller can allow for the ultimate objectiveness).

Let's say the seller's name is John, and the buyer's name is Larry. John has a listing up on ebay and he's selling a HP notebook computer. Larry (an acquaintance of John's) learns about the auction and tells John that he wants to buy it.

John cancels the listing and Larry inspects the notebook, and it appears to be fully functional. Larry pays $350 and takes possession of the property.

Two days later, John calls Larry and says that the notebook won't power on any longer and has stopped working. John tries to troubleshoot over the phone, but to no avail and offers to have Larry bring it by to work on it in person.

Larry brings the notebook by and John verifies that it will not turn on. John points out that there is a burning smell and Larry says that he can smell nothing. John offers Larry the phone number for a couple of computer shops that can diagnose the problem and states that he has no idea what's wrong.

Larry leaves, and later calls John, informing him that he had taken the notebook to the shop and for a $40 diagnostic fee, finds out that the motherboard is fried. Larry then asks John for a full refund. John asks why he should do the refund, and Larry informs him that having sold the notebook to him, he should return the money because he feels that he shouldn't be at a loss for a notebook that lasted him only 1 day.

John is firm and says that he should not have to do a refund.

So here's the question; who's right here? Should Larry get the refund, or is he just stuck? Should there be something in between?

Let me know what you guys think.

Feedback tech issues

michele — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:28:27 GMT

Ebaysucks! They are well aware that Mac users on Safari browsers are having technical issues right now. I went to leave a well deserved negative for a jerk of a buyer and there was feedback already left supposingly by me for a seller under this bidders buyers ID. It's goofing up, leaving feedback for the wrong person when you click the button....it leaves it for the ID above or below the one you click on. They won't remove it their solution is to leave follow up feedback, there isn't enough room to explain it's ebays fault the person got a positive! :hehe:

eandmcoins robert321@earthlink.net

cocolapew — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:21:58 GMT

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[/color] This guy leaves you negative feedback at a whim, calls you deadbeat even if you paid and will block you from ordering for any minor infraction.

He is rude, hateful and poorly reared by his mother.

Gift Card Scammed

run ita charlie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:29:10 GMT

I bought an $500 Walmart Gift Card from a ebay user a week or so ago and just today i had received it. When i went to check the balance on the card, it turns out that it had no more money in it. When i contacted the buyer, he said that i paid for what i got and told me that he had mentioned in the description of the item that the card USED to have $500 in it and that it currently has no value. And well, he is correct, but that doesn't mean i'm not pissed off about this and want my money back. Is what this guy is doing illegal? would the law enforcements be able to do anything? all i know is that this guy lives in California, but i'm unsure if it'll even be worth my time to report this guy to the authorities. Please give me advise on what to do on this matter.

international bank wires?

jobi — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:33:44 GMT

These are safe, right?
I've got somebody in the Czech Republic that wants to buy several thousand dollars worth of merchandise from me. I told him that I wouldn't be able to take paypal and preferred moneybookers. He said that he would prefer to do a bank transfer.
I haven't really done these but I know they are common throughout most of the world outside of the US. Can it be reversed? Anything I need to look out for? Red flags? Are there certain detail I should certainly NOT give out?

I'm starting to love this site!

"eBay"

Angel — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:53:07 GMT

I love this! :P

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU]Weird Al's eBay tune on YouTube[/url]

Sellers who run away

fedupeBayer — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:11:45 GMT

I have had what seems to be 2 eBay runners in the last few days, private sellers put items up for auction, when they don't get gold for their old junk, they run away, refuse to contact you about payments or close PayPal accounts and say you didn't pay them, then either sell to some one who contacted them after bidding ended, or sell it else where.

User ID: lurch191201
Name: Seb Beaumont
Company:
City: Lincoln
County: Lincolnshire
Country: United Kingdom
Phone: 07886490310

YOU OFFICIALY SUCK, wheres my camera? accept your money !!

Mobile phone on auto answer next to the radio, no replies to emails.

Anyone else getting this with private sellers???

Item never received - paid by cheque - ebay not helping!!!

pudding_n_pie — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:17:17 GMT

Hi guys, PLEASE help me!!!

Won an auction about 6 weeks ago (!!!) for a dvd boxset collection for £140- seller would accept cheque only and was emailing me back and forward no problem.

Cheque sent, cheque cashed for £140 now over a month ago - no sign of item. Seller not responding to any emails or dispute. I then requested the sellers contact information, to which I was supplied with only an INVALID MOBILE NUMBER and the seller has also deleted their address fromt he system so I'm kind of screwed I no longer have a note of the address where I sent cheque to either, Im so stupid - please help guys - what can I do?! £140 is alot of money to lose!

A) I have now reported the seller for false contact information & item not received, however ebay say the seller MAY be suspended, but that doesnt really help my lost money situation

B) I still have the item listing page in my ebay although the blooming "order details" now states that the seller has not provided their address. (however it was there before as I used it to send cheque!)

C) I have not yet left negative feedback, for the obvious worry of retaliation feedback but more importantly my sister warned me that after feedback is left, ebay view the case as "closed" - is this true?

D) I do still have the item number, seller user name and listing saved. Alhtough this is the only information I now have *blub*

ebay buyer is trying to scam me (i think)

jobi — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:17:58 GMT

I recently sold a Wii to a buyer on eBay and shipped it Fedex to the buyer with signature confirmation. I didn't notice at the time but the buyer's paypal address was unconfirmend. Yes, I shipped to an unconfirmed paypal address, violating the cardinal rule and shooting myself in the foot. This makes this situation difficult on me, I deserve all the flaming I'm about to receive, and I'm a bad person. (OK, seriously, I messed up here and I'm feeling bad about it, but what's done is done.) The buyer (feedback 3) said she did not receive it. Fedex shows it delivered with a signature with the same last name as the buyer. I told the buyer this and she said she was home the morning of supposed delivery and nothing came, perhaps they accidently delivered to North King Street instead of South King Street and nothing like this has ever happened to her before.

That's currently where I'm at with this. If she disputes with Paypal, I'm not protected. The signature makes me think I'm being scammed. I called Fedex and they are following up with the driver. I am a powerseller and I know eBay is changing their terms allowing powersellers to ship to non-confirmed address and still be covered by their SPP, but I don't know if this is in effect or doesn't take hold until 2/20.
Any input? (preferrably constructive)
Thanks

Funny anonymous messages

soc — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:24:41 GMT

I found this cryptic and rather anonymous email in my box today which reads;

[i]"I think that it's in your best interest as well as in the interest of the website that you obscure more of the member's info. That is too much identifying info and it COULD land the website owner in hot water. A federal law was passed last fall which is called the "Internet Anti-annoyance Bill" which makes revealing someone's identity AND/OR location a federal crime if it is done with the intention of harrassment or retribution."[/i]

I'm not too worried about it. The information posted about David Love was obtained from his own personal messages threatening physical harm. If he wants to involve law enforcement, let's do it!

Besides, he said that that isn't his information, so I wonder where he will begin.

Thanks for the email there Joe Btfsplk, but tmuxwuxx@yahoo.com is you, Mike.

Appealing PayPal's Decision

goofy3696 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:38:12 GMT

My girlfriend is a collector of everything Peanuts. (Charlie Brown, etc.) She purchased a Linus and Peppermint Patty plush fron the seller vintage_chaos. Linus was fine and if you look at the link

[url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSAA:US:11&Item=220155456607][/url]

The Item Number is 220155456607

You can see that Peppermint Patty's shirt is ruffeled to hide the evidence of her shirt being stained and frayed. Furthermore, there is supposed to be a snap to hold the shirt around her neck and that is missing and was never mentioned. PayPal just denied her claim due to beliving his lies and refusing to allow her to submit any pictures as evidence. Does anyone know if it is possible to dispute PayPal's decision and have them re-open the case? Below are a few pics of the item as proof the seller was clearly lying when he claimed that the plush was "VERY GOOD CONDITION"

[IMG]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/disneyforums/pep-3.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/disneyforums/pep-2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/disneyforums/pep-1.jpg[/IMG]

Harassment

Joe Btfsplk — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:43:10 GMT

Not only that, but he has also sent me obscene email through ebay, and he has followed me to other forums and harassed me and other members. This has been going on for two weeks. I've reported him, his profanity-laden ebay blog, sent ebay copies of his obscene emails with complete headers, and exchanged chat with "Online Help".

He's harassing others in other non-eBay forums.

Does anyone have a phone number so I can talk to a living person at eBay and get this stopped?

I have begun to get late night call-and-hangups. I've contacted the phone company and it has agreed to set up a reporting system, but it will not tell me who is calling me unless I have a legal case pending against the caller. Huh?

Help!

Keyword spamming

michele — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:04:17 GMT

I guess due to the strike Ebay is ignoring any requests to remove fakes on there this week....or can Power Sellers keyword spam!? Isn't that discrimination? Designer--like Designer-esque items are not being taken down I guess they need their posting fees due to the strike this week???

Got an Empty box for $ 68. = $ 10 shipping on Ebay

kejahm — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:19:25 GMT

[u]thingsstuff4sale [i][/i][/u] sold me a JFK letter , but sent me an Empty box with del tracking , paypal denied my claim , but later gave me a one time courtesy credit after I complained . The item # was (#110206881596) , this seller told me it was my fault for not paying extra for insurance...I filed complaints with the Postal Inspectors and the FBI

BUMPER STICKER for showing your eBay IRE

SanityMad — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:37:11 GMT

Want a way to let the real world know what you think of the new eBay policies? I've designed an original sticker easy to get and not expensive. CafePress price covers shipping. All you need to do is click to order if you are a CafePress member.

Not a member? Easy still. Just call them. Tollfree in US is 1-877-809-1659 item # 226383852 International call 1-402-517-4480

I've put up all the swag, shirts, shorts, and signs! :D

Show off, make your opinion known movin down the road!

Pass the good word around!

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Craigslist users beware!

KimCrow — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:20:46 GMT

Thugs find [url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321205,00.html]easy victims[/url] on bulletin boards.

Feedback Extortion scam

kjaahm — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:27:24 GMT

[b]generalgeorgieporgie [u][/u][/b] sells INK JET PRINTS on ebay...you think they are real photographs...then he puts a letter in with your item explaining READ FIRST before leaving NEGATIVE , it then goes on to explain how if you complain or give a bad feedback etc..things will happen.... I put in a claim with PAYPAL ... He left me a Negative ....He left me Emails ...Messages on my Voicemail ...I complained to ebay..Basically Ebay connected me with a very unstable person .

Ebay and PayPal is useless

Wazabii — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:30:43 GMT

I was recently scammed by a seller. No refund, no replies, no item, no longer an Ebay user. I got $200 back from PayPal's Buyer Protection but I'm still out $180.

What frustrates me is that Ebay don't care about people getting scammed and yet they provide the vehicle for people to get scammed. I think Ebay has some liability here. Furthermore, PayPal don't care about you anymore once your claim is closed. Even if you still lost money. I feel that PayPal has the responsibility to help customers like any other financial institutions (the Bank).

Can anyone chime in on this. I think the government should take action on these two companies b/c it just seems that any criminal can get online and start scamming people...over and over and over. All Ebay will do is quote privacy concerns and all PayPal will do is tell you they will continue to pursue the seller....and I bet thats as far as they will go.

These two companies need to be held accountable.

eBayers That Suck / eBayers That Suck Forum / Fraud, Scams, and Online Skullduggery

OUTDOOR FURNITURE SCAM

Auction was for real Diamond, Seller sent Imitation - $4450 paid through PayPal

Vindivctive disrupitve ebay fourm member

SOC's True Colors

Beware of Kirk Nelson Bramlett

Rip-Off by hannahuffster

What do you do with bad power sellers

Bye-Bye 9000$ - no Harley!!!!

internation returns? paypal?

Concerned: Did I get Shilled?

I3 is worthless...I been defrauded 3k by chunky housewife

eBay introduces absolute anonymity for (shill) bidders

"Free" Bon Jovi Tickets on eBay!

Whoever knows that SOC is a fucking asshole add your name

Russian buyer claims i sent an empty box

"Lifelock" Pitchman's Identity Stolen

Mom Hoaxes Girl on Myspace--Girl Kills Herself

sold a lot of fake memory cards

RIPPED OFF & HARRASSED BY princess*alexys*treasures

Experts: Please post here

1st time scammed on ebay from lodoss5000, help?

Seeking advice after being scammed...

You be the judge!

Feedback tech issues

eandmcoins robert321@earthlink.net

Gift Card Scammed

international bank wires?

"eBay"

Sellers who run away

Item never received - paid by cheque - ebay not helping!!!

ebay buyer is trying to scam me (i think)

Funny anonymous messages

Appealing PayPal's Decision

Harassment

Keyword spamming

Got an Empty box for $ 68. = $ 10 shipping on Ebay

BUMPER STICKER for showing your eBay IRE

Craigslist users beware!

Feedback Extortion scam

Ebay and PayPal is useless

RIPPED OFF & HARRASSED BY princessalexystreasures