eBay scammer

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

Not gonna happen, but his seemingly being suspended, or at least pulling all items makes me feel better.

I was flat careless, and put way to much faith in his agreeing to 50% down, 50% at delivery terms. Once things got weird, I looked much closer and saw virtually all his positives were as a buyer. He'd even tried to scam on eBay before with the same Mantle.

The guy himself is named Christopher T@ylor, and he's in Philly. If anyone has dealt with him, or comes across him under a different context or username, just know, he's a complete scammer.

Ian- It wouldn't hurt to contact EBAY customer service about getting a refund based on the Buyer Protection plan. It's worth asking anyway.

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[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Ian- It wouldn't hurt to contact EBAY customer service about getting a refund based on the Buyer Protection plan. It's worth asking anyway.

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Thanks Raymond.. however no refund possible here. The transaction occurred off their site. I did talk with them twice and at length, and do think they may have suspended him since my second call. I may try to call Paypal at some point, but doubt I'll have any success given I used FF. Stupid all around. Had I just requested standard Paypal, I either would be in a position for a refund, or the seller would have stopped trying to lure me, since he'd have been accountable to Paypal.

[chaddurbin]

in some instances you can get a refund with pp f/f...rare but it has happened. especially now that he's been suspended from ebay they can help you there with pp.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

in some instances you can get a refund with pp f/f...rare but it has happened. especially now that he's been suspended from ebay they can help you there with pp.

Thanks, I guess no harm in trying.

[Leon]

I moved this from the water cooler section because I feel one of the important aspects of this board is pointing out fraud. Almost all of us use ebay so pointing out fraud there, in our categories, does help our members. It has been said hundreds, if not thousands of times, how someone saw a thread and it saved them some hassles. As for this seller, scum usually sinks to the bottom .

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[Jantz]

One of the negative feedbacks he received 6 months ago was for a 1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle autographed card PSA/DNA. I have no doubt it was the same card.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Jantz

One of the negative feedbacks he received 6 months ago was for a 1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle autographed card PSA/DNA. I have no doubt it was the same card.

Yeah, I saw that one shortly after making my payments. Kicking myself, I wonder if I'd have even gotten the card had I purchased through eBay. Probably would have ended up with an empty box and a "it must have been stolen by PO" excuse.

I do think I'll take Quan's advice and at least give it a shot through Paypal, but don't really expect to get anything back on this. Either way, I'm going to keep eyes on his account to see if he's ever able to list again.