Ebay Warning
al032184
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Briefly, I am selling my Griffey PSA collection, and someone made last second bids on many of the cards to win the auctions. Today, I believe they tried to scam me by telling me the auctions were deceptive and wanted a refund. This, after winning and immediately paying for thousands of dollars worth of cards. In a back and forth, after trying to get me to refund them for the purchases, the buyer tried to tell me they were just a kid and using someone else's credit card for the purchases. I don't know if that is true, as I don't believe anything they told me and had previously lead me to believe through messages that they were much older, but it was enough to confirm my suspicions. Anyway, their user id is "agennert". Please act accordingly.
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Are you going through and sending the cards? Or?
They paid immediately, and I have already sent most of the cards they won. I did cancel one order they won which I had not sent yet.
Yeah do not refund obviously until you receive the cards back. It happens, probably buyers remorse or drunk bidding.
Also do not leave any funds in a PayPal account. Stick with consigning until this blows over. Good luck.
I would be concerned with the cards being delivered and then getting hit with a chargeback in which both PayPal and the newer eBay payment system will probably offer you ZERO protection from.
Can you try and have the packages intercepted and returned to sender?
The hobby used to be fun. Now it stresses me out
Thank You Brendan, I didn't even think of that. I just requested an intercept from the PO, so hopefully they can grab those before they get delivered.
I use e-bay as an absolute last resort. Which isn’t very often.
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
I hope this works. As was stated, best to get the cards back in hand before you take any further steps.
Nic
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If they do they send the cards back, be sure to video yourself opening the box.
open the box in front of a PO employee while film is rolling
get the address on box
seems something is up
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
Film does not matter in these cases. Signature confirmation is your friend.
Any luck with the package intercept?
The “New” issue I’m seeing more of , is a sale on as item and after receipt the buyer says unless you give me a discount on the price they are going to return the item. I just tell them send it back, 75% of them never do.
I was able to get USPS to intercept the package before delivery and had those items returned, so that was a big plus. To be frank, though, these auctions have been a monumental disaster and I see myself getting out of the hobby soon. I haven't really sold on ebay in a few years, and have been away from graded cards for most of that time, and this small step back into that market has been a crushing lesson.
I'm glad it worked out and getting items back. I'm feel the same as you. When it's no longer fun and it gives you stress, then it's time to get out.