Reporting item on Ebay

[AustinMike]

I know we're not supposed to out items on ebay before they end, but I need to find out how to report an item. I need to head out in a little while for Mother's Day celebrations and can't do anything else about it now, but I should learn for future references. Plus, I want to warn any members of this board who are Mantle or Post collectors not to bid.

The item in question is:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300903357234...84.m1423.l2649

The problem is, I won the exact same item a few weeks ago: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11003...SA%3AUS%3A3160

I sent the seller an email and got a reply. The exchange is below. When I saw the item hadn't been removed, I tried to file a report with ebay and their "File a Report" doesn't help at all. I never got to a point where I could explain the situation. Question: how long does it take an item to be removed from the listings once a seller asks that it be removed? It's been around 24 hours since I first contacted the seller. Is that enough time?.

I strongly recommend that any Mantle or Post collectors stay away from this. Either it's a reproduction or the seller (by his own admission) does not have the item.

Michael Hunt

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Dear m.hunt,

Hello,

No, I am sorry. I am out of town and I had my wife do some re-listing and sending some fixed price items to auction. She made a mistake and was meaning to list some other baseball pieces and instead re-listed these and a few others that should not have been, and I didn't know it until you sent this message. She is supposed to be taking them down this weekend. Big Mix-Up. Thank you for letting me know. I attented a show recently and I bought one guy's sports stuff out. He said his parents owned a store and he had kept these over the years. If he would have had more than one I would have bought those too. They are for sure vintage 60's. I also bought the old signs and thermometers he had which I have listed as well. I am going to try and get her to put more of the baseball stuff up this week.


- pickerstarsauctions Click "respond" to reply through Messages, or go to your email to reply


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From: m.hunt
To: pickerstarsauctions
Subject: Details about item: m.hunt sent a message about Vintage Mickey Mantle Post Cereal Store Window Poster Sign FREE SHIPPING #300903357234
Sent Date: May-11-13 13:38:59 PDT


Dear pickerstarsauctions,

Hi. I got this same item from you a week or so ago. I am now wondering how "vintage" it really is. I wonder that because the one I got looks exactly like the one you are auctioning off now - the exact same creases, the exact same stains all in the exact same locations. For instance, could you please explain to me how the Mantle sign I got and the one you are selling now could both have the exact same black mark on the back in the exact same place. Where did you get these and how do you know they are vintage? In addition, the Maris you are selling now looks exactly like the one you sold before (which I did not get). They appear to be duplicates which makes me think they are reproductions made to look vintage.

Thanks!


- m.hunt

[aelefson]

I am fairly certain it is a reproduction or even a fantasy piece as if it were period, it would command a lot more money. I hope for your sake it is not, but my gut says it is a fantasy piece made recently.

Alan

[KCRfan1]

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[D. Bergin]

Looks like he sold the same Mantle twice before and has a lot of other dubious looking signs. I don't buy the "out of town" or "wife re-listed" excuses he sent you.

If he can e-mail you. He could just as easily take the auction down from Ebay.

Probably has a stack of them from Ohio, or wherever they make up these things.

Sorry, I think you got had.

[AustinMike]

Thanks for the replies. I still have a day or two to request a refund and I think I'll do it tonight. I did send another email to the seller yesterday about 4-1/2 hours before the end of the auction. I said I was very concerned that the auction hadn't been removed. His reply was, "Hello. Yes she evidently waited until it was less than 24 hours because she was visiting her mother for Mother's Day. I am going to have to cancel the transaction after it ends. Suspect I may have a mad customer, hopefully not. - pickerstarsauctions" He also sent message to me at ebay later and not through the conversation we had been having. In it he said, "Dear m.hunt,If you noticed or look at it..I had two re listings if the same thing too. Two dawn doll lots. This is a mess. Never again... If its less than 24 hours eBay won't let you end the listing. She missed the window.- pickerstarsauctions" I checked on ebay and found that you can end a listing with less than 24 hours to go.

I think the kicker is him selling two other Mantle Post store signs in the previous two months. Thanks for the heads up on that David. I wish I had thought to look that up earlier.

Anyway, now to get the refund.

[CW]

Good luck with this. Sucks that you have to waste some time on returning it, but with some due diligence you should have no problem getting your money back. Thanks for posting it here so others are warned.