BEWARE on eBay draggin98sdime is seller

[gareterag]

I currently have a case open with eBay and didnt know I could leave feedback while a case is open.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by gareterag

I currently have a case open with eBay and didnt know I could leave feedback while a case is open.

You can leave a negative at any time. Go right ahead.

[jimq]

Seems like whenever I see a scam on ebay it comes with something like this

"Do to the fact that i was the victim of the old bait and switch on ebay before with a sale this card is 100% NON REFUNDABLE. i'm not going to be in a situation where i lose a very valuable card, AND the money that was paid for it. sorry for the rest of you HONEST ebayers, but one bad person ruins it for everyone."


I'm sure ebay will side with you but I still hate the stress of waiting for them to do the right thing. Good luck!

[bh3443]

I was very sad to read about your problem. I know what a beautiful and rare card this is and can only imagine the terrible feeling when you opened the box.

I have faith in ebay doing the right thing in this situation for you. Don't let the waiting game get to you. Stay positive and we are all hoping you get this resolved soon.

Ted Z is a great guy and I'm proud to be his friend here after reading that he'll help you in any way. The Net54 brotherhood is a great place.

Good luck and you are in my best thoughts,

Bill Hedin

[grundle20]

Never buy from a guy who's sellin' 80% tools and 20% baseball memorabilia. What a racket. When you purchased, it usually gives you the seller's name and address in an email from EBay. What was his name, and what town is he from? I'm pretty good at doing the whole dredge the internet thing and I can see if I can get you a phone number and such.

[grundle20]

whoops...

[Butter]

Originally Posted by grundle20

Never buy from a guy who's sellin' 80% tools and 20% baseball memorabilia. What a racket. When you purchased, it usually gives you the seller's name and address in an email from EBay. What was his name, and what town is he from? I'm pretty good at doing the whole dredge the internet thing and I can see if I can get you a phone number and such.

What do you use? I find pipl.com to be the best people search around.

[t206hound]

This is too late to help you now... but this is what I do. Whenever I get a high value package delivered, I video the opening of the package. I make sure that the video shows the sealed package with its return address and the confirmation/insurance labels.

Now, I've never had to utilize the video I recorded as the packages have always been as described. I also don't know if this technique would hold up legally, but it holds a little more weight than the 'his word against mine' scenario.

I've also heard of others who have opened packages in front of UPS or USPS carriers to serve as a witness.

Regardless, I hope that you are able to recoup your money without too much hassle.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by grundle20

Never buy from a guy who's sellin' 80% tools and 20% baseball memorabilia. What a racket. When you purchased, it usually gives you the seller's name and address in an email from EBay. What was his name, and what town is he from? I'm pretty good at doing the whole dredge the internet thing and I can see if I can get you a phone number and such.

What's the 80% 20% got to do with anything? When I was selling I sold a pretty wide variety of stuff all of it legit. And some of it happened to be sports stuff. Just because someone has a wider range of interests doesn't make them a scammer.

Here's hoping the law will teach the actual scammer a lesson.

Steve B

[tiger8mush]

thanks for the warning on that ebay seller gareterag. Sorry this happened to you.

Luckily for this instance, a fellow board member has the actual card being sold. What would happen if gareterag filed the claim w/o evidence that someone else owns the card, thus the seller could never have sold it? I could sell a card and the buyer could claim I sent him an empty case, who would win? its he said / she said. Who would win?