Seller in jail, Artwork, friendships
Summary: smooth_is_fast shared a situation where an artwork consigned to an eBay seller, who later went to jail, is still listed on eBay despite the artist wanting it removed. The artwork was returned to the artist and resold to the original consignor's brother but remains listed by the jailed seller. Participants suggest various solutions, including informing the artist about the lack of control over the listing and attempting to contact the seller in jail. Other suggestions include buying the artwork themselves to cancel the listing or contacting the seller's family for resolution. The discussion highlights the complexity of handling listings without access to the original account.
A piece of art was consigned to an ebay seller friend of my brother. The Ebay seller went to jail on unrelated matter. My brother got the art back and resold it back to his friend the Artist. It's still listed as active at a lower price than in the artists gallery. The artist wants the ebay listing taken down. Bro is taking some serious heat from artist friend. What can i do?
aeparts1
·2 weeks ago · EditedPlease post a link to the sale of the artwork in question on eBay, or the item number.
cityslickercreations2004
·2 weeks agoI am confused about this post.
It appears the artist got their artwork back and wants the listing removed. They may do what they wish with their art so why does the ebay listing matter? The seller can't sell it even after being released from jail.
Your brother can't take down the listing. Only the ebay seller can do that.
pickapaper
·2 weeks agoInteresting title of the thread. The artist got the artwork back, the seller is in jail, but it sounds like the "friendships" might have gone south.
Is the seller in jail for the long haul or just a short stay? Does the seller have other things listed on eBay besides the artwork?
janet9988
·2 weeks agoOnly the original listing by the original seller can cancel an active listing. on the original seller's account.
christworks
·2 weeks ago@smooth_is_fast Something is off with your story. Where is your brother? Why isn't he on here trying to get help since you seem to be an unrelated party to this transaction and he is the one getting heat from his artist friend?
If something is cosigned, then why would your brother have to resell the artwork back to his friend, the artist? If the artist sold the artwork, they no longer have a stake in it.
Has your brother spoken with the eBay seller to tell them they need the artwork taken down? Dudes in jail have a better smartphone than I do.
smooth_is_fast
OP2 weeks agoThanks for the reply. My brother doesn't have time/patience to mess with this. I'm hours into trying to fix this as a ebay seller myself. He asked me to help, so I am.
My brother has had the art for over 20yrs. The artist ended up wanting them back. That's all i know.
Spoken to ebay? hahaha I'm told thats not possible
Cell phones in jail?
jonathanbrightlight
·2 weeks agoI have no idea why you're spending hours on this. It's not yours. It's not your listing. eBay isn't going to believe you about anything, nor do they have reason to take it down on your word, nor even on the artist's word.
Also, the person you were responding to never said to speak to eBay, they said to speak to the eBay seller. Even people in jail can be contacted, whether it's via a cell phone or via a prison phone number, or some other method. Presumably this guy isn't in complete solitary confinement with no outside contact allowed, that would be exceedingly rare.
christworks
·2 weeks ago · EditedSpeak to the seller. Write them if need be. People in jail can get letters. They can make phone calls as well, so you can provide them your phone number and ask them to call you.
powell-collectibles
·2 weeks agoAssuming that your brother vouched for this seller then yeah I’d say that he should try to make it right – within reason. Maybe he can have someone order the artwork so that it is cleared off of the active listings. Or maybe he can contact someone in the sellers family and have them arrange for the listings to be removed.
Personally – if it was me – I wouldn’t ignore it. That seems to be like a low thing to do. If you can help someone then you do. Again, has to be within reason – this seems like an easy one.
smooth_is_fast
OP2 weeks agoI thought about the buy it and dosn't get shipped approach but it's really expensive stuff. We don't have access to the account. The artist could possibly sign that it's his and in his possession, they MAY have a form for that
janet9988
·2 weeks agoNope.
aeparts1
·2 weeks ago · EditedYou can personally buy the artwork in question on eBay.
Then don't pay for it.
The listing will disappear.
inhawaii
·2 weeks agoYou can personally buy the artwork in question on eBay.
Then don't pay for it.
The listing will disappear.
You are a genius!
aeparts1
·2 weeks agoOpinions vary.
mam98031
·2 weeks agoOnly the Seller on that account can close the listing. You notifying Ebay will do nothing, they don't know you nor do you have authority on the account you are trying to get a listing closed on. But chances are if it sells, it would never ship and the seller would end up refunding the buyer.
dbmm-media
·2 weeks agonothing
jonathanbrightlight
·2 weeks agoThat's a confusing series of events, but just to clarify: does your brother (or do you) have access to the eBay account that currently has it listed for sale?
If not, neither of you have anything to do with it.
smooth_is_fast
OP2 weeks agoNo, dude in jail does
jonathanbrightlight
·2 weeks agoThen tell the artist you have nothing to do with it, and ignore them from that point on.
funfactorychannel
·2 weeks agonothing, if story is true that buyer will never get the item and get a refund for item not received and item will no longer be active then..
If seller has other active items a few INR will get all his listings taken down before the art sells..