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Fraudulent Seller
I ordered a generator cost nearly $500. Dollars. Had troubles with seller early on, had to contact seller to ship my item. Took a long time to respond. Finally got a shipped notice on ebay. One week later ebay says deliverd but no item received. Called UPS tracking and they said item shipped to zip code and item weighed 10 pounds the generator weights is 98 pounds. The seller has no feed back. I tried to call ebay but cannot talk to anyone. Please help
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eburtonlab
Mentor2 years agoSome excellent advice for dealing with false tracking information of various kinds can be found here:
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/what-do-I-do-if-I-never-received-my-package-but-tracking-shows/...
The seller has no feed back.
In general, you can avoid a lot of headaches by choosing to purchase only from established sellers that have recent and past positive feedback as a seller for selling items in the same category that you intend to buy. If someone is selling a dozen apple watches, but has no feedback, or only has feedback as a buyer, or only has feedback for selling dress patterns or fishing lures (actual examples I have seen), perhaps wait until they have a track record of positive feedback for selling electronics before you buy from them.
You might miss out on a good deal from a new seller once in a while, and nothing can guarantee that you won't still run into an issue anyway, but you can avoid a lot of potential problems by choosing to do business with established sellers. Anyone can put together a listing that looks nice -- it is not hard at all to simply copy an existing listing -- but it is much harder to create a history of consistent sales and positive feedback.
If a seller has a pattern of too many serious negatives -- or just not enough positive history -- it is often better to find another seller with a better track record to do business with.