eBay

rowtid · ‎04-09-2018

I sold the ring on Ebay for $750 and I shipped it immediately. I did not understand the limitations on Ebay about the signer being needed for the amount of $750 or more. The buyer almost instantly made a claim that he had not received the ring and showed his intentions to try and get a refund. I then looked up his record and realized that I was being scammed. I have the packing label as well as the receipt from USPS that shows that the package was delivered. I googled the address and name on the shipping label and found a criminal background of the purchaser of the item which is long and extensive. Most of this is theft, breaking and entering, and grand theft auto. I know i may lose my money now but it is more about making sure that this does not happen to someone else. I know the States Attorney General and have sent her all the information in the case and she is seeing what she can do for me in the consumer claims division. I know she will do all she can for me. Is there anything else that I can do?

sin-n-dex · ‎04-23-2018

@geoxena wrote:
One thing you can do is not to ship things imediately. Wait at least a few days - I wait until I've checked out the feedback and history of the winner/buyer (and the money is in my bank, not sitting in PayPal). I once had a buyer with zero feedback, so I rejected the purchase and blocked them. Better safe than sorry.

I'm a seller, and I get your concerns about zero feedback buyers. (In my experience, most of them impulse purchase something and don't pay, it's usually of nominal value).

I had that happen (which you described) of starting a new ID with zero and getting cancelled and blocked by the seller. Having been here for 20 years with almost 4000 FB, you bet I called and reported the seller for discrimination on the basis of my FB rating on that account. I'm sure the seller got a strike for the cancel, because there was no problem with my address.

You don't know who is sitting on the other end of the computer, and it's just an ID. Sometimes people who buy from you regularly start a new ID, and if you sell in volume, like I do (80-100 items a month), you can't possibly remember every single customer.

Cheers, C.

rowtid · ‎04-24-2018

true that

geoxena · ‎04-24-2018

Hmm, it wouldn't even occur to me that a person has more than one ID; I didn't even know that was allowed. TBH, someone having multiple IDs would seem even more suspicious to me.

"Discrimination based on Feedback" also seems farfetched to me. Years ago, you could set your buyer requirements according to how much feedback they had. I guess things change. I'm not a professional seller and wouldn't likely have repeat buyers, so I am not up on all the details of changes made over the years.

@sin-n-dex wrote:
I'm a seller, and I get your concerns about zero feedback buyers. (In my experience, most of them impulse purchase something and don't pay, it's usually of nominal value).

I had that happen (which you described) of starting a new ID with zero and getting cancelled and blocked by the seller. Having been here for 20 years with almost 4000 FB, you bet I called and reported the seller for discrimination on the basis of my FB rating on that account . . . Sometimes people who buy from you regularly start a new ID . . .

sin-n-dex · ‎04-25-2018

@geoxena wrote:
Hmm, it wouldn't even occur to me that a person has more than one ID; I didn't even know that was allowed. TBH, someone having multiple IDs would seem even more suspicious to me.

"Discrimination based on Feedback" also seems farfetched to me. Years ago, you could set your buyer requirements according to how much feedback they had. I guess things change. I'm not a professional seller and wouldn't likely have repeat buyers, so I am not up on all the details of changes made over the years.

@sin-n-dex wrote:
I'm a seller, and I get your concerns about zero feedback buyers. (In my experience, most of them impulse purchase something and don't pay, it's usually of nominal value).

I had that happen (which you described) of starting a new ID with zero and getting cancelled and blocked by the seller. Having been here for 20 years with almost 4000 FB, you bet I called and reported the seller for discrimination on the basis of my FB rating on that account . . . Sometimes people who buy from you regularly start a new ID . . .

More than one ID is not suspicious, many people have three... one for selling, one for buying, and one for posting messages here.

Other people have two IDs to sell different things that don't go well together.

I opened the second ID to sell jewellery and Canadian items, but did not want to be a seller with zero, so I used it for a year as a buying ID so I would have some reputation. My format and TOS was the same (but different colour background), and my regulars on this ID recognized it was me and I made some sales to them.

Cheers, C.