BEWARE on eBay draggin98sdime is seller

[gareterag]

If I left him bad feedback how quick would he leave me negative feedback as I would hate to go through this mess and still get a red mark against my feedback.

Are you sure sellers cannot leave feedback?

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by gareterag

Are you sure sellers cannot leave feedback?

This is correct, been this way for awhile, maybe 2 years that sellers can only leave Positive feedback or nothing.

[gareterag]

At this point I am so angry at this person and the mess that he is causing that I would rather warn others and if he ends up leaving me negative feedback maybe I can talk with eBay and have it removed as I paid him immediately and he has no reason to leave me negative feedback.

[D. Bergin]

Yes, sellers can only leave positive feedback for buyers, regardless of the circumstances.

Otherwise I'd leave negs for the dozen or so reneged bids I get throughout the year.

[Butter]

Sellers can only leave positives, but sometimes they leave "false negatives." For example,

Positive Feedback
Message says: ***** Neg: BUYER SCAMMED ME OF MY CARD WITH FAKE CLAIM!!! DIRTBAG LIAR! SELLERS BEWARE!!!!!****

[ctownboy]

While reporting the seller to eBay you should also report him to your Police Department, his Police Department and the US Postal Inspector.


David

[gareterag]

I had to open an incident report with my police department earlier in the week and met with detectives yesterday to go over all the details and they have his name and address from the package....thats to say he used his actual address. The only problem was that the detectives were pretty negative about recovering money from scammers on eBay and said its pretty hard to get your money back in most cases.



I am hoping that eBay will come through for me and not allow this jerk to take my money and send nothing.

[bobbyw8469]

He responded to your negative by saying that you are the one trying to get over on Ebay. However, you can leave a "follow-up" feedback below his that will give you the last word if you so choose....

[T205]

Red Flag 1:
I'm selling bits and pieces of my grandfathers baseball card collection. This collection ranges from the early 20's to the mid 60's. most of the cards in the collection are in really great shape for as old as they are.

9 out of 10 times when a seller says that he is selling his gradfathers baseball cards that was found in the attic are a scam

Red Flag 2:
And for all you doubters that are going to tell me this card is probably a reprint....... I've taken this card to a very knowledgable card dealer in my area and he told me he's almost 100% sure it's real and he has already made me a very generous cash offer for the card.

He went out of his way to make sure that the buyer doesn't have any doubt that the card is a reprint. When I looked at it that was the first thing I thought. The whole story with it being found in a old 1951 newspaper doesn't help his case either.

Red Flag 3:
a 55 topps mantle card, a 54 bowman ted williams, and a few other less famous players. FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME WITH OFFERS AS WELL. I"M OPEN TO SERIOUS OFFERS

There is no such thing as a 1955 Topps Mantle card. The seller could mean a 1955 Bowman Mantle but someone who is selling such a high priced Paige should know the difference. He knows enough about the hobby to know that the Paige is a rare card.

Delivery confirmation and insurance will be included, and card will be packed EXTREMELY carefully!

Did you sign for the card when you got it? This could be used by the seller to claim that the card was delivered to you and after you opened it you claimed the package was empty.

Ebay might side with the seller on this one. Best of luck in your case

[lharri3600]

Originally Posted by gareterag

I had to open an incident report with my police department earlier in the week and met with detectives yesterday to go over all the details and they have his name and address from the package....thats to say he used his actual address. The only problem was that the detectives were pretty negative about recovering money from scammers on eBay and said its pretty hard to get your money back in most cases.



I am hoping that eBay will come through for me and not allow this jerk to take my money and send nothing.

be careful here. i believe you stated earlier he had a tracking #. ebay may say as long as a tracking # was provided he sent the item even if the package was empty.

[gareterag]

I will be glad to send eBay a tracking number as well and let them know I sent the package back to him.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by lharri3600

be careful here. i believe you stated earlier he had a tracking #. ebay may say as long as a tracking # was provided he sent the item even if the package was empty.

A tracking number means nothing to ebay. Proof of delivery via a delivery confirmation means nothing to ebay. Ebay has become incredibly slanted toward the buyers now and honest and reliable sellers bear the brunt of this policy. It all began with that woman whose policy wrecked ebay while she was in charge, I forget her name but didn't she run for governor of California (and lost thank God).? Whitman?

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Butter

Sellers can only leave positives, but sometimes they leave "false negatives." For example,

Positive Feedback
Message says: ***** Neg: BUYER SCAMMED ME OF MY CARD WITH FAKE CLAIM!!! DIRTBAG LIAR! SELLERS BEWARE!!!!!****

If a seller leaves a positive like this, you can get Ebay to remove it. It violates the TOS to leave false positives.

Tabe

[gareterag]

EBay contacted me and decided in my favor. After a couple of stressful weeks I finally have closure and Ebay is refunding my money. Logic does prevail and I just wanted to let everyone know the system does work for the most part and I truly wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who sent me messages with advice and I really wanted to say THANK YOU to Ted who took time to speak to Ebay on my behalf.


Thanks so much Ted for taking time out of your day to help me out.


Garet

[Anthony S.]

Awesome news. Congrats.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Congrats, Garet. I hope this scammer also faces legal action.