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Does this zero feedback bidder look suspicious to you guys?

RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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walterbreen319

Walterer Breen
3143 Sodomite Ave
Wheeling, WV 26003
United States
(304) xxx-xxxx (x'd because the number belongs to a real business).

He won one of my auctions last night. Should I be worried?

Russ, NCNE
eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC

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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Is the address confirmed?
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    123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Yes, I think you should be worrried.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is the address confirmed? >>



    Good one. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    StampAlarmStampAlarm Posts: 1,668 ✭
    Walterer Breen I can handle as possibly being legit. But added to Sodomite Ave makes the whole deal look funny. Maybe a board member or a friend of yours horsing around?



    Jerry
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    RBinTexRBinTex Posts: 4,328 ✭
    No info on whitepages.com: LINK LINK2

    No address match on mapquest either: LINK

    Perhaps the bidder is a brokeback moutaineer. image
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No info on whitepages.com LINK LINK2

    No address match on mapquest but here IS a 3143 Sodomite Ave. LINK >>



    Like I didn't already do all that last night, and there is no Sodomite Ave. You're reading the mapquest result wrong.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    RBinTexRBinTex Posts: 4,328 ✭
    "...You're reading the mapquest result wrong."

    I just realized that and was correcting my mistake as you pointed it out.
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    coinsomniaccoinsomniac Posts: 215
    Don't deliver it personally, Chris Hansen might be waiting for you.
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    CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    Seems the name does not exist, nor the address, Hmmmmmm....
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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't deliver it personally, Chris Hansen might be waiting for you. >>




    image

    It's got to be someone messing with you.
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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,175 ✭✭✭✭✭
    According to the USPS...address does not exist????

    The address was not found.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    well Russ, if you call him..................
    try to sound like a 10 year old boy.

    Ray
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>According to the USPS...address does not exist????

    The address was not found. >>



    This is one of the issues that pisses me off about eBay. It would be a simple matter for them to link to an AVS database system and reject registrations from bogus addresses. This is what electronic postage processing companies, such as Endicia, do. When you punch in an address for shipping, it automatically verifies it.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    BTW, in response to my Safeharbor report I got the standard cut and paste from a drone about giving the member a chance to correct their contact information. I eMailed back and told the drone to look up the word Sodomite.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    ModernCrapNutModernCrapNut Posts: 2,086 ✭
    Hmmmmmmmmmm Sodomite Ave. in West Virginia sounds dangerous. He may want you to squeal like a piggy.


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    coinsomniaccoinsomniac Posts: 215
    As you know well enough, Russ. Expect 0 from Ebay every time. They tell you that they operate like a newspaper advertisement. Only problem is, they want their added cut when the item sells. No newspaper does that.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>As you know well enough, Russ. Expect 0 from Ebay every time. >>



    Well, if I need to I'll bug my account rep about it. But, this one is so simple on its face that I think even the drones in Safeharbor can figure it out, (if I explain it to them several times. image ).

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,524 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>well Russ, if you call him..................
    try to sound like a 10 year old boy.

    Ray >>



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    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 24,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They'll never even tell you what the outcome is, either. Kinda makes one all warm & fuzzy to think that ebay is lookin' out for you, eh?
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All zero feedback bidders/sellers looks suspicious to me.

    But just like us, many of them are upstanding folk. And just like us, many of them aren't.

    When I started and had no feedback I remember e-mailing the seller ahead of auction close to let them know I was legit.....of course, the seller still had to take my word for it, but I certainly was aware that a big zero next to my handle looked suspect.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Well, as of now trust and safety still has done nothing. This fruit has just negged one seller, and is still bidding. I just got off the phone with my account rep, so hopefully something will get done.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    EnjoymintEnjoymint Posts: 300
    Good Luck Russ, I hope it work out at least neutral if not in your favor.
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    GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    You're safe but keep an eye on the kids image
    Ed
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    bestdaybestday Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>According to the USPS...address does not exist????

    The address was not found. >>



    This is one of the issues that pisses me off about eBay. It would be a simple matter for them to link to an AVS database system and reject registrations from bogus addresses. This is what electronic postage processing companies, such as Endicia, do. When you punch in an address for shipping, it automatically verifies it.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Another Ebay sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Has he asked you to sit on his lap yet?
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    NARU'd finally.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,175 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good job...image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    a039a039 Posts: 1,546 ✭


    << <i>NARU'd finally.

    Russ, NCNE >>




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