Off Ebay Sale Shenanigans

[wal32r]

Check it

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Eb...45#entry5490045

What do i do?

[Trozzle]

Check the reply brah, has handy links in it.

More or less, keep any emails and text messages you've received from him discussing the sale, then take the information to wherever it needs to go. Go down the legal path, because you can get them especially given the information you have on them.

Make sure to give them the heads up first, so they have the opportunity to give you your money back.

[wal32r]

ok cheers man, just wasnt sure what to do

[Trozzle]

hehe no worries. Read enough stories about this shit....facts and proof will prevail man. Any receipts of payment via bank transfer, all copies of discussion and agreements, etc. Tell him you're going to make the assumption he has no intentions on delivering his side of the agreement, and what he is doing is illegal (chuck in the word fraud if you want, I'm not actually sure what kind of law he's breaking though so this might be the wrong word). Make sure you make it clear that you WON'T pursue the matter any further if he promptly refunds you your money - but if he does not contact you to discuss this immediately, you will take matters further with legal action.

Hell, even if you technically couldn't do shit against him, it all comes down to how you present your argument. Thankfully in this case, I'm 99% sure he's up shit creek.

[TM7GTR]

just wondering, if the bidding was starting at $100 why did you ask for an off ebay sale price (it actually ended with 0 bids anyway)? Did you pay via paypal or bank transfer?

[TM7GTR]

just wondering, if the bidding was starting at $100 why did you ask for an off ebay sale price (it actually ended with 0 bids anyway)? Did you pay via paypal or bank transfer?

hate to add more, but his feedback score is also only 90.9%... when you click into it there are 2 negative feedback scores from 2009

• Paid for item and never received, poor seller communication , bad ebayer - SR20DET coilpack cover (#250508441586)
  
• slow delivery, no web cam, Password protected, power issue, all round crap - Compaq C700 (#250475610462)
  

the positive feedback score underneath them also list "deliveries very slow, poor communication"

I don't want to sound rude, but i think you should maybe play it safe and check this stuff out next time before you make a deal.

[wal32r]

Thanks for the advice Troy.

As for Tom,

I paid via bank transfer.

I had been searching for trims for a long time, wanted them asap for the 21st bday

cruise as mine were hacked previously for speakers, so I immediately jumped on them,

As I am an ebay and overall online purchasing rookie, I looked past the small details, and

rushed into the sale, I made the purchase unaware that someone would rip me off over $140,

I now realise that I made a mistake and have seen the feedback etc.

I am trying to find the right avenue to sort this shit out, have gathered the information I have and

plan on handing it to someone that can do something about it.

Unfortunately I've lost all trust now and will be wary of handing money over, I have learnt my

lesson now though I guess.

Your response to the situation is far from constructive, unlike Troys, so I am assuming

that you do mean to be rude.

[GTRKat]

Ebay can be a big pita at times but at least if you use them and pay via paypal they'll actually support you in terms of getting your money back.

I've been an ebayer for a long time (I am the shopping master ) and I've only had issues once but I had the full support of ebay behind me when I had to take it further and even though the amount was small I did get it back.

[wal32r]

Yeah unfortunately I can blame nothing but my rookieness for gettin me in this mess,

Won't make the same mistake again

Its a fairly small amount, but an amount none the less, just wish I had my trims

[GTRKat]

Don't be put off ebay, there's much goodness to be had!!

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

Thanks for the advice Troy.

As for Tom,

I paid via bank transfer.

I had been searching for trims for a long time, wanted them asap for the 21st bday

cruise as mine were hacked previously for speakers, so I immediately jumped on them,

As I am an ebay and overall online purchasing rookie, I looked past the small details, and

rushed into the sale, I made the purchase unaware that someone would rip me off over $140,

I now realise that I made a mistake and have seen the feedback etc.

I am trying to find the right avenue to sort this shit out, have gathered the information I have and

plan on handing it to someone that can do something about it.

Unfortunately I've lost all trust now and will be wary of handing money over, I have learnt my

lesson now though I guess.

Your response to the situation is far from constructive, unlike Troys, so I am assuming

that you do mean to be rude.

Being wary of handing over your folding stuff is a good thing though.

ebays great, just have to realise that in the auto part of it everyones a flamin mongrel and you'll be right.

on a side note, i have some door trims if you want. accept my offer,I lives in Darwin and i am selling this as a gift for my dad..I am not in the state presently to complete the transaction locally,I am only interested in working with serious legitimate buyers. Because of so many scams I accept payment via paypal ONLY.If you are comfortable with that please email me back your pay pal email address and name to set up purchase.If you don't have a paypal account set up,please kindly log on to www..paypal.com.au and set it up,i will arrange for pick up after the payment sorted.

P.S im on a oil rig. so my big hairy russian friend will deliver the wheels to your house. when will you be home, and how long for?

[wal32r]

lol

[TM7GTR]

Thanks for the advice Troy.

As for Tom,

I paid via bank transfer.

I had been searching for trims for a long time, wanted them asap for the 21st bday

cruise as mine were hacked previously for speakers, so I immediately jumped on them,

As I am an ebay and overall online purchasing rookie, I looked past the small details, and

rushed into the sale, I made the purchase unaware that someone would rip me off over $140,

I now realise that I made a mistake and have seen the feedback etc.

I am trying to find the right avenue to sort this shit out, have gathered the information I have and

plan on handing it to someone that can do something about it.

Unfortunately I've lost all trust now and will be wary of handing money over, I have learnt my

lesson now though I guess.

Your response to the situation is far from constructive, unlike Troys, so I am assuming

that you do mean to be rude.

Nathan,

I'm sorry if my response came across as rude, i was just trying to find out some details. Like Kat, I have been a regular user of eBay as i regularly buy and mostly sell items on the site. I'm only relaying information that you would already know now, but as a few others have said it is best to buy and sell through paypal as opposed to bank transfers. Paypal protects you for online purchases of up to $20,000 so if someone does happen to try and rip you off, you'll either get your money back from the seller or Paypal will pay you the money. It's also best to buy from sellers with feedback no lower than about 98% on average as anything lower than that is actually quite rare (i.e. they are a bit dodgy). I now understand why you decided to try and make the purchase off the site which is completely understandable, my mistake for jumping the gun. The best thing to do would be to contact eBay about him and they will more than likely ban his account as well as do their best to organise getting your money back, but eBay can also come across a bit rude as i did, because they will more than likely give you the usual talk of "we encourage you to only purchase items through the site with paypal blah blah..." Apologies again for my above comments.

cheers, tom

[wal32r]

Ok cool, i understand, as i said i will be wary in the future and recent events have opened my eyes to finer details that

i definately need to pay attention to

As for an update on the situation. I sent a text to him yesterday explaining that the matter will be reported to the police,

about an hour ago i received a text message.

"it is being sent off today"

Not sure if it was the FB message to his girlfriend, or the threat of police action.

Lets just hope its for real and this mess can end. I politely asked for the toll consignment number and he said that he will

get it for me.

[Trozzle]

wow. He might as well freely admit that he was scamming you. What a kunt.

[wal32r]

Yep, oxygen thief

[mid life crisis]

salisbury is not far from me do you have his addy ?

[wal32r]

Yeah I do, don't know if its real though, and dont want to post it here, will probably get in

shit for it.

Ill see how everything pans out, if all goes well I should have them in a few days to a week,

If not I will let you know.

[Trozzle]

Just PM it to him.

Don't post it in public view

[GTR-N1]

Hmmm...

I'd send a PM to Dean.

I did a scouting trip for an interstate SAUer last year > collected some info