Paid for pick up item but seller not responding and re list the same item for sale 3 times

[vnth84]

Hi all, 

I have paid for a "used iMac" over the weekend & have attempted to contact the seller ever since.

Today is the 4th day & the seller still have not response to my request for arrangement to pick up the item since it's listed as "local pick up only"

In the mean time, he has re listed the same item 3 times. At this point I have lost my trust in this seller. Who would have 3 used iMac? even if they do why the only list 1 at a time & keep re listing the item after someone have bought it?

Also, since this is a local pick up. why ebay forcing me to wait for a week before I can open a dispute?

Any recommendation on this case?

Thank you

[davewil1964]

That's how scammers work; they wait for somebody to pay, when it not the best thing to do.

I'm not saying the seller is a scammer. I don't know. But, regardless of what you think, eBay AND Paypal both explicitly exclude pickup items from protection.

Those are the facts and the OP will have to work within that framework.

[joethenuts]

i dont diagree with the seller can be a scammer , but being the 4th day  ,is a bit rich given them a red card and callng him a scammer.

anyway lets hope everything goes alright

[phorum_junkie*]

No question the seller should refund but the point is the buyer could not prove they had not picked it up. They could perhaps prove an address had not been provided through ebay but how could they prove the seller had not emailed them at all outside ebay, had ruung thm or they could even claim they sent them the address by snail mail. Bottom line the buyer can get their money back because they used a credit card but had they not they would have had buckley's of getting thheir cash back through ebay or Paypal.

If the seller has not refunded as they should then I would be tempted to go straight down the bank chargeback route which, if they question it, will see the seller have to pay a full refund plus a $15 fee.

[joethenuts]

hi phorum   ,if the seller states that th buyer picked the item up , how is the seller going to prove that they contacted the buyer ,without an ebay message record  or without an email record or without a phone record . theses days everything is recorded wih a time date and for how long.

i once got pullrd over by the police for talking on my phone whike driving , i sai i as rubbing my ear, he did not believe me ,so i sai here check my phone ,it wil tell if i got or rang  a number ,  he let m go.

so what i learned was dont scratch your ear while driving  have a nice day

[davewil1964]

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@joethenuts wrote:

hi phorum   ,if the seller states that th buyer picked the item up , how is the seller going to prove that they contacted the buyer ,without an ebay message record  or without an email record or without a phone record . theses days everything is recorded wih a time date and for how long.

i once got pullrd over by the police for talking on my phone whike driving , i sai i as rubbing my ear, he did not believe me ,so i sai here check my phone ,it wil tell if i got or rang  a number ,  he let m go.

so what i learned was dont scratch your ear while driving  have a nice day

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They don't have to. As I mentioned previously, protection doesn't exist for pickups. Full stop.

Please stop posting your uninformed opinions as if they where fact. Normally they aren't.

[joethenuts]

dave why are you so thick sometimes ,who is talking about paypal here . common law ,any court will prove that if the seller has stated its being picked up , that he has no proof of giving the buyer his address , so how can the buyer of picked it up.

its about $800 a small court would be in favour of the buyer here. 100%

if paypal or ebay dont help the buyer can go to the law or the other place everybody mentions with online crooks ,and she has a case.

its not all about paypal and ebay. 

[joethenuts]

look we know the buyer should no pay for a computer without seeing it , i wouldnt and most of you guys would not pay for it   in fact i would not even have in delivered a computer at that value, with all these scams going around ,but the buyer did pay, but had she got a message from the seller at any time stating an address or a pick up time or a phone number .then she has no legs to stand on , 

ps she also could be a male ,

[phorum_junkie*]

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@joethenuts wrote:

dave why are you so thick sometimes ,who is talking about paypal here . common law ,any court will prove that if the seller has stated its being picked up , that he has no proof of giving the buyer his address , so how can the buyer of picked it up.

its about $800 a small court would be in favour of the buyer here. 100%

if paypal or ebay dont help the buyer can go to the law or the other place everybody mentions with online crooks ,and she has a case.

its not all about paypal and ebay. 

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And the buyer has no proof that they have not received an address. If the seller said they had sent a snail mail letter with the address how would they be able to prove that, likewise how could the buyer prove they had not received a letter.

[joethenuts]

phorm are you series a buyer buys an item and the seller sends a letter to him by mail telling them what the address is.

I dont know what your on ,but keep away from it.mmmmmmm

that would be 10000000000000000 to 1.      there would be a better chance of buying a blue watermelon.

so let me get this right i just got about 12 orders today and as a pick up business I am going to write to all 12 buyers and pay for a stamp  and send them my address, and ask them to contact me for available times for a pick up.

lol   lol  lol   lol  lol    you shoukd buy a tatslotto ticket as you would have better odds.

you know what the judge would say by the way mr seller do you believe in the easter bunny ,

[padi*0409]

joeth, allow me to show you what pj wrote - I've underscored the IF so that you don't miss it this time.......................

"quote from pj's post".....................

"IF the seller said they had sent a snail mail letter with the address how would they be able to prove that, likewise how could the buyer prove they had not received a letter."