ripped off by seller

[green1725]

My daughter bought Radiohead tix some time ago (I've only just found this out) for Sydney - paid $798. She didn't check the tix straight away and just before the concert realised that they were actually not tickets for the Sydney concert. She contacted the ticket seller and he promised to reimburse her - many times. The last contact he had with her he told her he was having financial difficulties. She has since found out he is actually on holidays right now! 

Anyway - I think there is no solution because of the time delay, but does she have any recall at all with Ebay over the tickets? I'm guessing she has left it too late for both Ebay or Paypal. I'm not real sure of how it all works, have been a buyer for some time but never had any problems. Thanks...

[green1725]

Have confirmed with my daughter that she can't do a neg feedback because she bought the tickets back in March. I didn't realise it was that long ago - would have got involved much sooner. 

He has emailed asking for her email account to use paypal. Will wait and see if he bothers doing it tonight. I reminded him that the details I gave him he already had from the many emails she has already sent him since March. 

Item numbers to consider...

140897021399 or 110989399199

Be very wary of this "trusted seller"...

Thanks again everyone for comments. I look very rarely on discussion forums, but feel very satisfied with the prompt and helpful information I got for this problem. Might look a bit more and perhaps learn something! Will let you know if he doesn't pay up. 

[green1725]

Just an update. Seller refunded her money today. Sent him a msg acknowledging receipt and pointed out he should be ashamed of himself and consider the psychological impact on someone next time you refuse to honour a refund of $800.

Thanks for the tips,I think the threat of reporting to police on fraud  worked.

[*sparklz*]

Great news.

I am sure that will make for a happier Xmas as well 🙂

[cq_tech]

Not for the seller though, but stuff him. 😞

[*sparklz*]

I agree cq

[thecatspjs]

Good on ya Mum ! 

 :-x:-x:-x 

[phorum_junkie*]

I hope your daughter has taken the nearly very expensive lesson to heart and never lets herse3lf be conned into delaying action on the say so of a seller.

This time she was lucky that the seller obviously is in Australia and has used genuine details to open his account. It could just as easily been a professional scammer sitting in Nigeria or eastern Europe using a skimmed or stolen credit card to verify their account and make it look as if they are in Aus, the threat of police action would not have worried them in the slightest.

[ronsul]

in future you can request contact information from ebay of the seller such as address/ph no etc for any purchase you have made. a person to person phone call can sometimes be a bit more worrying for the dodgy seller .

[digital*ghost]

I hope your daughter has taken the nearly very expensive lesson to heart and never lets herse3lf be conned into delaying action on the say so of a seller.

A better lesson would be to actually look at the tickets when they are received. 

I'm not saying the seller did the right thing, obviously they didn't by sending the incorrect tickets in the first place, but by leaving it until the last minute to even look at the tickets properly, it left very little room for the seller to rectify the problem other than to provide the refund and learn an expensive lesson themselves. The whole saga could well have been avoided if the tickets were checked properly on arrival. 

[lyndal1838]

I have to wonder about the whole transaction.

In post #5 green mentions that her daughter did not check the tickets "when she got the email" and a number of the seller's negs mention an "email" issue.

I did not think it was legal on ebay au to use electronic delivery.

Am I wrong?