28-04-2020 01:35 PM - edited 28-04-2020 01:37 PM
Hi all, bid and won an item yesterday, fair and square, paid by Paypal, next thing I get a cancellation request from the seller, wanting to cancel, as I failed to pay by bank deposit. He does not have card facilities, he claims just bank deposit or nothing, yet when I confirmed the listing, Ebay has it that he does accept Paypal, but he I found he does not have a Paypal account, which by the rules he must have, or at least a card facility. So, I go in and check my Paypal payment, and yes, he doesn't have an account, as it was marked that the buyer hasn't claimed the payment. I realized this was going nowhere, so I just cancelled the payment within Paypal. He got what he wanted, for the sale to be cancelled, doing so, wasting my time. After the auction ended I got an abusive message from him about demanding bank deposit, not Paypal, and said he would just 'keep the item''. I asked why he wanted bank deposit only, was it that the item, a model train, was defective, even though he listed it as ''used, but new'', whatever that means. I told him that buyers like to have a bit of protection from seelers such as him, and bank deposit leaves us buyers out in the cold when things go belly up. Anyway, the best part to this little event is this: He had another listing to ''go off' later last night, I got straight in before that and put a torpedo right into his dashboard. The item had 12 bids on it and was sitting at $165, an hour before it was due to end. It ended with the same bidder and didn't get past the $165. The winning bidder was a low score buyer that has had many bid cancellations in the last 6 months. I feel much better about this wasted time now lol
on 23-06-2020 03:15 PM
@audistarelectronics wrote:Yes, that particular item, I have purchased from a store for less than $185, so looks like he is trying one last strike before the inevitable happens. He must be so desparate.
"if at first you don't succeed".............simply relist the offending item............
on 23-06-2020 03:35 PM
This is making a joke out of Ebay's fraud dept. It is now over 1/ 1/2 days since I wasted my time on it. Unless they are letting him ''run with it'' for a few days, I can't think of any excuse they would have to have not kicked in, mostly to protect any ''newbie'' buyers who might just get caught, as they wont get the items off this grub, or their money back. Some of his new listings look like they might be real, but I for sure wouldn't be trusting him. He might be selling off those plastic wagons, just to try and raise his feedback, then try the big time stuff again.
on 23-06-2020 05:48 PM
Bidding has finished on one item at $207, not sure if it was ''won'' or he pulled it once again. Be intersting to watch his feedback if it was won by someone ''real''.
on 23-06-2020 08:39 PM
on 23-06-2020 09:23 PM
Strange tazzie, that's not showing up for me on their feedback, surely they couldn't have got that removed already ...........
on 23-06-2020 09:38 PM
The neg has gone now. Interesting that 'buyer' had a feedback of 8 and all current bids on active listings are from a buyer with a feedback of 8. Each has different (c**s) or whatever but must be him again
on 23-06-2020 09:41 PM
@11dustyattic wrote:The neg has gone now. Interesting that 'buyer' had a feedback of 8 and all current bids on active listings are from a buyer with a feedback of 8. Each has different (c**s) or whatever but must be him again
If it's the same buyer, it's the same disguised ID.
If a buyer is leaving a neg, I doubt they are suss, or that they are bidding again with other accounts that also have 8 feedback.
on 23-06-2020 10:06 PM
@davewil1964 wrote:
@11dustyattic wrote:The neg has gone now. Interesting that 'buyer' had a feedback of 8 and all current bids on active listings are from a buyer with a feedback of 8. Each has different (c**s) or whatever but must be him again
If it's the same buyer, it's the same disguised ID.
If a buyer is leaving a neg, I doubt they are suss, or that they are bidding again with other accounts that also have 8 feedback.
Yes but don't you think it's odd they would all have 8 feedback? Is it possible the same bidder has been given different bidder codes? Probably not but it all seems a bit strange.
With regard to the neg, hmm I'm not sure about that
on 23-06-2020 10:11 PM
@davewil1964 wrote:
@11dustyattic wrote:The neg has gone now. Interesting that 'buyer' had a feedback of 8 and all current bids on active listings are from a buyer with a feedback of 8. Each has different (c**s) or whatever but must be him again
If it's the same buyer, it's the same disguised ID.
If a buyer is leaving a neg, I doubt they are suss, or that they are bidding again with other accounts that also have 8 feedback.
Re the neg, if this is shill as suspected, he could send a feedback revision to himself lol but that wouldn't have it removed, only upgraded
on 23-06-2020 10:41 PM