Recently I purchased a rather expensive trading card for a card game I play competitively (Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game) . The card was being sold as Near Mint condition, however when the card arrived it was clearly damaged. I immediately open a request for a return, uploading a photo of the damaged card. A few hours later the seller claims the card pictured isn’t his and I reply that this is exactly how the card looked when I opened the package. He then agrees to replace the item with another Near Mint copy he owns, so I send it back to him and put in the tracking number to the eBay return process. After it arrived back at the seller’s place today, the seller is trying to claim that he is pretty sure I swapped the card with a damaged one I already had. This is absolutely not true, and it is plainly obvious this seller is either trying to scam me (by having me pay $75 for a card, having me return it, then claim this is not the same copy of the card I sent him). However I’m not really sure how I can prove this, and am deeply worried I just threw away a ton of money on nothing. This essentially boils down to a he-said, she-said and I’m wondering if anyone knows the chances eBay will side with me and issue a refund?
mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
