@guntis21 wrote:
Worst nightmare , seller advertized and sold small tube like green glass perfume bottle as uranium glass and stated on her site that it glows ...but it does not react to ultra violet light and accordingly was returned to seller and a full refund obtained after raising issue with Ebay, I have transcripts of Ebay's chats stating that abuse from seller was not tolerated etc. ...........Firstly I offered to buy the non uranium item for a lesser cost to avoid extra postage costs leaving final decision to seller who replied " I hate selling to cheapskates like you, and your threatening negative FB means nothing to me, your a disgusting human being ..."......I posted a negative feedback regarding false advertizing and the abuse and slander and that seller still claimed that item was uranium glass...and have asked her to send or post a photo of item being lit up by ultra violet light...
her response was " You have been reported to Ebay for your blackmail threats, they have also removed the fraudulent negative feedback you left me, you are a disgusting dog ".....Ebay has now accused me of extortion... no evidence...seller never had to provide proof of item being Uranium glass but keeps sending emails...latest being " I will be relisting that uranium glass today and naming you as the fraud who returned it after trying to extort/blackmail me , I hope you rot in hell you disgusting excuse of a human being .."
The worst thing is that the item has been listed again eBay item number : 17634294397 with no proof photo of it being uranium glass with my name and stating that I am a fraud etc....PUBLIC SLANDER !!!!
Apart from going to the police, is there any action I can take to get my name and slander off her listing ??? Ebay has closed the case and I can not reopen it...
I would say you can get your ID off the ad if you use Countess's link. Putting your details in an ad should totally be a no-no and the seller should be cautioned. I would also report them for their abuse in messages to you. Get the ebay reps to have a look.
As for going to the police, I doubt you will get anywhere. I have a friend who approached a solicitor about suing someone for online defamation and she was told there was no case because
1. Her real name was not shown, only her online ID.
2. No business of hers was damaged or could potentially be damaged by the comments.
Things may have changed since then as it was several years back, but I think your best bet is just to get the ID reference to you out of the ad and you should have no trouble doing that.
In future, keep in mind some ebay rules so you don't get feedback deleted. Firstly, you can't mention feedback at all in messages to the seller, as in, I will leave negative feedback unless... etc
That is considered extortion. A seller can get your feedback removed on those grounds.
I personally believe the seller has been totally unprofessional in their messages.
As for putting your details in the ad, as a buyer that would ring alarm bells to me. I read ads to find out about a product and if a seller was listing you as a fraud, I would be wondering what went wrong. Sellers can be frauds but a buyer? Reading between the lines, I would take it that a buyer had an issue with the item.
It (and the seller's attitude) would turn me off buying.
So the seller may have shot themselves in the foot a bit by being so vindictive & may get the opposite effect of what they were hoping.
