Fraud

[1comicgeek]

How do you report fraud to eBay? They make it so hard & dont do anything. Zero feedback seller with 9 items for sale, 9 different backgrounds

[kibble-net]

OP, what if I told you that someone can use the SAME background in every photo and be a scammer?

Something something Glass Houses something something Throw Stones.

[soh.maryl]

Actually, so far, the OP used the word "fraud" and then mentioned the 9 items for sale and 9 different backgrounds.  Did I miss the part where a buyer claimed item not as described?  

[annadryl]

New seller doesn't automatically equal something sketchy.

Like 99.9% not sketchy, just new.

[Anonymous]

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@soh.maryl wrote:

Your appropriate use of the word "dastardly" is to be applauded as well as lauded!

Shouldn't we start a thread using semi-obsolete words, bringing them back to life, so to speak.

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@soh.maryl 

Such a thread would be apropos. 

[Anonymous]

Folks, the OP is likely a “post and ghost.” He/she/they/them aren’t coming back… so, it’s no longer necessary to ask “where the fraud is” for the 50th time.

Instead, work a defunct word into the conversation, which is most certainly a better use of everyones’ time. 

[soh.maryl]

This thread appears to be fraught with conflict.

[jonathanbrightlight]

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@soh.maryl wrote:

Actually, so far, the OP used the word "fraud" and then mentioned the 9 items for sale and 9 different backgrounds.  Did I miss the part where a buyer claimed item not as described?  

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@pickapaper was copying their message from another thread, not responding to the OP.  Confusing because there's really no way to format it as a quote when it's not from the same thread, but they were just showing @inhawaii that they had one-upped them by using the word "dastardly" last week. 

[reallynicestamps]

Just another mercantilist using the catalogue of their  celestial purveyor in the Middle Kingdom.

[luckythewinner]

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@1comicgeek wrote:

How do you report fraud to eBay? They make it so hard & dont do anything. Zero feedback seller with 9 items for sale, 9 different backgrounds

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You are right, eBay makes it almost impossible for a seller to get another seller's listings removed based merely on the first seller's say-so. And I think that is a good thing. 

[a_c_green]

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@jonathanbrightlight wrote:

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@soh.maryl wrote:

Actually, so far, the OP used the word "fraud" and then mentioned the 9 items for sale and 9 different backgrounds.  Did I miss the part where a buyer claimed item not as described?  

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@pickapaper was copying their message from another thread, not responding to the OP.  Confusing because there's really no way to format it as a quote when it's not from the same thread, but they were just showing @inhawaii that they had one-upped them by using the word "dastardly" last week. 

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There is indeed a way to provide a full quote from another thread, as long as that thread hasn't been closed.

1. Click Reply in the desired post from that other thread.
2. Bring the text in as a quote to which you're replying.
3. Press Ctrl+A to highlight the entire post, then Ctrl+C to copy it.
4. Come back to the thread in which you want to place it (such as here), and press Ctrl+V in the reply area:

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@pickapaper wrote:

No one else has mentioned it, but to give @vintagefinds20 the benefit of a doubt, there is always the possibility that the buyer dropped one of the pieces and broke it when he was unwrapping it and then claimed it arrived that way.    Or he might have had a broken one and found this one to replace it.  No way to prove either way, poor packaging or buyer's dastardly deed.  Of course, on eBay, it doesn't matter; the seller has to make it good. 

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Ref: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Item-received-damaged-but-I-packed-it-well/m-p/35352693#M26353... 

(To avoid confusion, you should probably either post the link that you copied it from, or at least specify that you're bringing that quote in from some other thread.)

[pickapaper]

@a_c_green 

Thank you. 

I didn't know how to format the previous-quote-from-another-thread any differently.   I was just trying to show inhawaii that I had used the word "dastardly" last week.  I'm not a tech person and will probably not remember your instructions.  I'll just have to remember not to pull quotes again. 

[albertabrightalberta]

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@1comicgeek wrote:

Zero feedback seller with 9 items for sale, 9 different backgrounds

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Did you not have zero feedback at one time? 

As for 9 listings with 9 backgrounds, that isn't necessary fraudulent (per ebay's rules). Although I don't agree with it, ebay does allow sellers to use other sellers' images in their listings. That does open the infringing seller to NAD (not as described) claims since the pictures aren't representative of the item that the buyer will ultimately receive.

[soh.maryl]

Good one.  You might be today's winner!