Where, oh where, do they find these ebay dealers??

ksteelheader

I sniped a proof set off of MadMarty on Friday and paid immediately with PayPal. Last evening I got a message from the seller.

Maynard Mertz (mandc@daktel.com) has refunded your payment.
Note from Seller:My paypal account has not been working lately, I am gonna refund yourmoney. I.m sorrey but I am gonna close the account, please send a check ormoney order if you want your goods.
maynard

Now, my thought is this! If he was able to recieve and then refund my money, how could his PayPal account be "not working"?

Any thoughts on how to handle this, or what to do?

Ken

INXS

I would just take my refund and move on. If he lied about his account who knows whats next? Go by your sig line!

Inxs

08HALA20

That is what you get for sniping Marty---Bad boy.

Rookie Joe




Maybe Marty offered him twice the amount????

sliderider

If you think the coins you bid on are worth it, go through with the sale via snail mail and then don't deal with this seller anymore. Is it worth getting a non-paying bidder complaint and a neg over?

BigE

Marty e-mailed the guy and told him he would pay more if he gets rid of you----------------------BigE

Dog97

His PayPal account will receive your $$ & refund your $$ but doesn't work......what more does it have to do to work? (scratches head)
His problem is probably with his isp or the www & not pp.

NoGvmnt

Whats his feedback like? If it is on the up-n-up and you still want the set, go ahead and send him a Postal Money Order, that way you can use the "Mail Fraud" line if there are any problems.

Let the guy know by Email that you want the specific set shown in the listing if you still want the set.

Jim

ldhair

Could he have reached some kind of limit where he had to start paying fees?

Russ

Ken,

Tell him to keep the set. Looking at this seller and his very limited history, the hairs are standing up on the back of my neck.



<< <i>Could he have reached some kind of limit where he had to start paying fees? >>



He hasn't sold anywhere near enough in the last 30 days to reach the $1000 threshhold.

Russ, NCNE

ksteelheader

Russ, that's exactly what I told him. Keep the set!

Ken

relayer

It's highly possible someone named Maynard Mertz isn't too technologically advanced.

Perhaps he is expecting money to come out of his computer like an ATM machine

Russ

<< <i>Perhaps he is expecting money to come out of his computer like an ATM machine >>





Russ, NCNE

Bunker

Maybe his bank account is frozen...

291fifth

Walk away. Red flags are flying.