mj

following on from the Quad scam,

Sick as a chip, It seemed a steal aswell.

Basically I won the item for the right money, prior to bidding I mailed the seller to tell them that as they have no feedback I will be collecting the goods for cash If I were to win. I won the item before he responds.

I win the item and mail him again, asking him to contact me Regarding collection. He writes back to me explaining that collection is a no-no as he away training people to do websites or something, and the goods are boxed and ready to go with his transport/couriers.Incidentally, he signs the e-mail ben.

Ok, fair enough , so I write back and ask if we can do a COD, or maybe I could collect from his carriers etc. I still have had no responce.

In the meantime I have checked out his contact details from ebay - there is a name and No listed, however the name is Brian ( not ben ) and when I rang the No a woman answered and she did not know either a brian or ben. :

This has all happened this afternoon, as I said the guy has no feedback, he only registered last Monday ( 3 day auction ). Generally it all smells a bit and theres no way I will send a cheque etc, Its onlt £211, but I'm not chanching it.

How londg do you think i should give it before reprting him? he was quick enough to reply to me when I first contacted telling him I had won and I wanted to collect, but since offering alternatives ( in favour of my security ) he has been rather quiet.

as for the value of the goods it is some cordless power tools that usually sell for 500 ish quid, similar to the quad this is below half price. The start price was also low and there was no reserve.

Is it worth digging into the profiles of the last miute bidders to see if there is a connection?

apologies for going on a bit

Any advice?

cheers,

mike.



forgot to ask - how do you report ebay fraud ?

[Edited by mj - 9/11/2003 5:30:49 PM]

Luke

ever seen the video or pics of Simon doing his world record attempt..... well thats what it is like try to complain to ebay.....


you go round and round in circles..

mj

Luke , I notice you say that in the other thread - is it really that difficult?

Mr.Cookie

lol@luke

jameswrx

iTrader: (4)

item no.?

mj

2345714855

Luke

Ebay is like that chain of shops ....whats it called???

you take your stolen stuff in they give you a few quid for it and then try to sell it for a fortune....

Most towns have one..

"Cash converters" thats the buggers..


Ebay is massive and must be difficult to control (Like scoobynet!!)

but there is not a single click link to report any problems of fraud etc.


To many horror stories going around the world about scamming some of them for $30.00 but hundreds at a time...

mj

the nearest I could find to reporting fraud is :
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/basics/select-RS.html, it does all seem a bit long winded.

SiDHEaD

Anyone got a URL??

Andy

fatherpierre

Just don't pay - simple.

If he's genuine he'll get back to you.

The worst that can happen is he'll leave you negative feedback. Just do the same to him.

Fuzz

you beat me to it Andy I not seen them either.


Andy

soz for highjacking the thread

cossie abuser

You can't really report him for fraud, as you haven't sent any money due to the fact he hasn't given you satisfactory details.
No money lost therefore no fraud

EvilBevel

Yup, and there's no JF to push the "let it rain" button

Ebay will logically attract scum of the earth. Buyer beware anyone ?

Buckrogers

MJ

Dont pay up front, tell him he either accepts COD or you collect.
If he does not like that, then let it go.
As said earlier, you dont lose any money, he may give u some negative feedback (which u can reply to AND have the last word!).
You can then also leave negative feedback on his account.

scoobydoo wrx

same sorta thing happened to me , i won an apexi boost controller from this guy called kangskang or sumthin. he contacted me and asked for the money- fair enough. however when i checked for his previous feedback he had had there was nuthin and no such name! but like a week later i recieved neg feedback from him!!!!- *****

Foot_Tapper

Dont pay, plus report them and send negative feedback, put as much info into that.
If they are genuine they may respond to the feedback; if deffo dodgy he wont. but it lets other people know.

scoobydooooo

mj , it's a waste of space and time trying to complain to ebay , they cannot enforce anything , all they do is ban the persons that have done wrong. f money has changed hands , in this case no , they can't do squat !!

[Edited by scoobydooooo - 9/11/2003 6:56:57 PM]