eBay scammer

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

I had mixed feelings about opening another negative eBay thread, but wanted to warn the board about this low life- "c-and-l-sports-cards".

Below is a link to the listing he duped me on.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/122437061914...84.m1436.l2649


The seller listed the item on eBay, and then successfully lured me to complete the the deal off line, after responding to my eBay best offer. I had reservations, not knowing him, seeing he had some bad feedback, and I should have known better, but I decided to give it a shot when he agreed to allow me to pay 50% down, 50% at receipt.

It started to go south immediately after paying the first 50%, when he told me his "partner" requested I send the 2nd 50%, because they had been recently "ripped off". He offered me a refund with a 10% "restocking fee", but I stupidly did not accept that smaller loss and sent the 2nd 50% (fingers crossed). He said he sent the card, but never provided a tracking number, and has since played dumb. It is clear this was all a scam. I've reported him twice to eBay to at least try and get him suspended, but as of today, his account is still active.

Lesson learned for me, and luckily it was for an amount I could just "eat". I'd advise anyone else to steer clear of this a-hole.

the guy has 6 very bad negative feedbacks no way i am buying anything from this dude , hopefully you did not give a gift payment , reporting to ebay is not going to work especially as you did an off ebay purchase

I know the horse has bolted at this point , but looking at a sellers feedback can give you a better idea of character Negatives are never a good sign

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by megalimey

the guy has 6 very bad negative feedbacks no way i am buying anything from this dude , hopefully you did not give a gift payment , reporting to ebay is not going to work especially as you did an off ebay purchase

I know the horse has bolted at this point , but looking at a sellers feedback can give you a better idea of character Negatives are never a good sign

+1

- also, I try not to deal with anyone who has so few ( 81 ) ebay transactions with any kind of feedback. Let someone else help them establish their track record as a seller.

[itjclarke]

Appreciate feedback, though all, do know I take full blame here. I saw red flags but decided to roll the dice. Had it been a little bit more and/or had I not been playing with fantasy basketball winnings, I probably would not have done it. I had also not been burned by one of these off eBay deals yet (burnt twice on BST), though typically use more caution.

This was not posted to be about me, more just to warn others about this guy... Or possibly to unearth someone who may know him. That said, I think eBay may have suspended his account following repeated calls. If so, I think his feedback, combined with the very clear eBay messages he sent routing me to his personal email may have done it. His user profile is still up, but all his items came down last night. Small victory.

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

Appreciate feedback, though all, do know I take full blame here. I saw red flags but decided to roll the dice. Had it been a little bit more and/or had I not been playing with fantasy basketball winnings, I probably would not have done it. I had also not been burned by one of these off eBay deals yet (burnt twice on BST), though typically use more caution.

This was not posted to be about me, more just to warn others about this guy... Or possibly to unearth someone who may know him. That said, I think eBay may have suspended his account following repeated calls. If so, I think his feedback, combined with the very clear eBay messages he sent routing me to his personal email may have done it. His user profile is still up, but all his items came down last night. Small victory.

hopefully you never ebay messaged him agreeing to an "off ebay transaction" as they could punish both seller and buyer.
and some one like that would willingly throw you under the bus as well
if that were the case

Ebay deplores not getting their pound of flesh

[itjclarke]

Nope, no incriminating messages from my end, but I will say, I was amazed how well ebay has treated me the last few times I called. In this case, the seller simply offered me a different amount and suggested I contact his email (sent his email using multiple messages, and "at" instead of @). I was not the one to open dialogue (simply had sent best offer), and didn't acknowledge via ebay. I did come clean to eBay though, telling them I'd been duped and had paid off line. They threatened no punitive action toward me but stated that he may be suspended. They now appear to have taken action with him. On a couple other separate matters relating to bid bucks, they've given me benefit of the doubt and provided me bid buck coupons. I know many gripe about ebay, but I was actually pretty happy with this/these outcomes, and and near 100% in transaction success rates. I've actually for the first time started to sell a bit also and been smooth sailing thus far (knock wood).

[itjclarke]

Will add though, I know very well how dumb I was to fall for this. It's fully on me.

If anyone does see this Mantle listed again, know it was paid for already.

[clydepepper]

Lots of Mantles out there...be patient.

[gemmint77]

Glad I get to come here and read about others mistakes so it will not happen to me. Good luck with any returns.