Beware of eBay buyer everythingtreasure (Gary Stevens Jericho, NY)

[Leon]

Paypal giveth and Paypal taketh.

Originally Posted by bdecsports

In a time when there are so many eBay sellers selling “shady” items & scamming eBay buyers, this post is to warn eBay sellers & Net54 members of eBay buyer everythingtreasure (Gary Stevens of Jericho, NY). At the end of March, Gary won 2 of my eBay auctions, a 1920 Baseball Magazine with Ruth on the cover & a 1920’s Rogers Hornsby writing tablet, winning them for just under $300 a piece. The morning after the auctions, Gary wanted to back out on the Ruth magazine because he didn’t realize how rough it was, but he clearly didn’t read the description or look at the photos. When you state in the description "chipping along the spine, and the covers are loose & detached from the interior pages”, it’s pretty clear what you are dealing with. I declined his request, and he eventually paid for the items, but not surprisingly he filed a “Not as Described” claim with PayPal.

Paypal took his side & granted him a refund for both items, pending the return of both items in the same condition. Gary took the opportunity to keep the Hornsby tablet, just returning the Ruth magazine, and even that was in worse condition than when it was shipped to him, but he got the refund for both items. Luckily PayPal realized his scam, and after filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Center per Paypal’s request, they paid me for the two items.

Included is a picture of the Ruth magazine. Proceed with caution when dealing with Gary, and I will be avoiding his financial advisor services.

Regards,

Bryan Dec

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Why would I even "be aware" of this buyer?? You got your items back AND got paid. I wish that would happen to me....

Usually it's the other way around to me haha

[bobbyw8469]

Sounds like the buyer never returned one item even though he was refunded for it, and the buyer returned a magazine in worse shape than he received it. Was it the same magazine, and he just mucked it up, or was it actually a switch?

[JustinD]

Yes, I think people are missing that the OP had one item stolen as well.

Paypal took his side & granted him a refund for both items, pending the return of both items in the same condition. Gary took the opportunity to keep the Hornsby tablet, just returning the Ruth magazine, and even that was in worse condition than when it was shipped to him, but he got the refund for both items. Luckily PayPal realized his scam, and after filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Center per Paypal’s request, they paid me for the two items.

[Leon]

But, according to what you wrote below they paid the OP for both items. Stolen but no monetary damages, to the OP (hey Bryan), due to reimbursement?

Originally Posted by JustinD

Yes, I think people are missing that the OP had one item stolen as well.

Paypal took his side & granted him a refund for both items, pending the return of both items in the same condition. Gary took the opportunity to keep the Hornsby tablet, just returning the Ruth magazine, and even that was in worse condition than when it was shipped to him, but he got the refund for both items. Luckily PayPal realized his scam, and after filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Center per Paypal’s request, they paid me for the two items.

[bnorth]

Bryan sorry to hear of your troubles. I am really hoping to avoid the same thing.

I recently sold an item on eBay and the seller asked me to cancel the transaction because their bid was an accident. I PMed back and asked how they bid on accident. A man PMed back and said his wife bid on the item and he didn't need it.

So still being a smart a$$ I said I did not know how to cancel an auction because I had never done it before. Then I asked if he had canceled auctions in the past and if so could he tell me how to do it.

With in a half hour I received payment for the item and it was delivered a couple days ago. Haven't heard anything back from them and hope I don't.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Bryan sorry to hear of your troubles. I am really hoping to avoid the same thing.

I recently sold an item on eBay and the seller asked me to cancel the transaction because their bid was an accident. I PMed back and asked how they bid on accident. A man PMed back and said his wife bid on the item and he didn't need it.

So still being a smart a$$ I said I did not know how to cancel an auction because I had never done it before. Then I asked if he had canceled auctions in the past and if so could he tell me how to do it.

With in a half hour I received payment for the item and it was delivered a couple days ago. Haven't heard anything back from them and hope I don't.

Haha. Well done.