Tracking scam, received refund, seller continues with impunity | Buying

ingyhere · 2025-06-12T04:10:30.986000Z

So this is what happened to me: I purchase an approximately $40 item. Seller buys and drop ships a $1 random thing from Amazon. Seller posts Amazon tracking into EBay sale through Aquiline. Weird package arrives. Actual purchase never received. EBay shows delivered same day as weird package. Aquiline won't show actual shipper, and clicks through to a blank screen. Seller is messaged for shipper detail, but they don't respond. I open EBay case, then seller replies with Aquiline. Tracking isn't searchable and there's no way to directly track delivery. The weird package Amazon "tracking" numbers on the front of the Amazon plastic envelope is an Amazon Logistics number which isn't publicly trackable. Case is complicated with a tracking number showing delivery but of course it's fake. EBay granted a "courtesy refund" but the seller had NEUTRAL and NEGATIVE feedback for failing to deliver previously. The negative claimed the seller was not in the states as listed. My negative feedback wasn't posted, I guess because I was refunded? The seller continues with impunity! This is unique because it involves both Aquiline and Amazon. Third party tracking sites seem to facilitate the scam.

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