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This guy is ripping people off on EBAY

jcard71jcard71 Posts: 37
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I was almost one of the victims...

SCAMMERS

When the auction ends, they ask you to send payment to alternate email address. Anyone know of a link to ebay where they can be reported?




I emailed the highest bidder, but sometimes they think you're trying to talk him out of bidding. I've had 3 other ebayers email and ask me about the feedback I left about the same 1959 Mantle he keeps selling over and over...they got ripped off.

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  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    Good day,
    If this is as you state, then can somebody explain to me why Feebay (E-Bay) doesn't have this gone already ??????
    Neil
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    Just keep reporting it to Ebay directly Emailing the high bidder is a bad idea, the bidder or seller could report you for auction interference and get you suspended from Ebay.

    Hopefully the high bidder knows what is going on and has no intention of paying or Ebay will catch up to him before they pay.

    The report link is right there on the active listing. It is still active because it has not been reported, with just a few hours left it is doubtful Ebay will pull it before it ends.
  • jcard71jcard71 Posts: 37


    I tried emailing ebay, but they have not replied nor do I expect them too!

    I though about bidding on the item again just so I could leave NEGATIVE again, but that could back fire...
  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    By bidding on it and driving the price up you set him up to offer it as a second chance and might get more victims involved. We saw this happen on a listing before where an actual bidder and a vigilante both got into a bidding war the vigilante won, but the bidder took a second chance offering and got scammed. It can also bite you if he reports it for auction interference, bidding with no intention of paying if you win is no better.
  • jcard71jcard71 Posts: 37


    << <i>By bidding on it and driving the price up you set him up to offer it as a second chance and might get more victims involved. We saw this happen on a listing before where an actual bidder and a vigilante both got into a bidding war the vigilante won, but the bidder took a second chance offering and got scammed. It can also bite you if he reports it for auction interference, bidding with no intention of paying if you win is no better. >>



    YOU'RE RIGHT, what was I thinking...:-(
  • artimusartimus Posts: 684 ✭
    wow..only 2 feedback as a seller and both negative!!.......one was for another 1959 mantle.....sounds like the same card.....
  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    What I dont understand is how Ebay can let people like this stay in business. Two auctions and two negatives where people get riped off? Thats when you shut down their account. Should be interesting to see how this transaction turns out. I bet they are batting 1000 after this 3 for 3.

    Should say

    PLEASE ALLOW 7-10 business days for shipping. AND PLEASE CONTACT BEFORE SENDING PAYMENT SO I CAN SCAM YOU AND GIVE YOU THE SHAFT!
    Cory @iamfur72 https://twitter.com/iamfur72

    My Sandberg topps basic set
    My Sandberg Topps Master set
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  • killingdreamkillingdream Posts: 232
    It really is amazing how ebay lets people get away with this. Why , oh why would anyone do a $100 + deal with someone that has 0 feedback. I personally would not spend a $1 with someone that has no feedback. Seeing that this guy has 0 due to two scammer negs negating two positives just makes it even more preposterous that anyone would bid on this guys stuff. I guess $100 isn't a big deal to some people. To me that's a lot of cash.
  • OSClabsOSClabs Posts: 358
    Ebay needs competiton... this is getting stupid!

    Collecting Dallas Cowboys Rookies and Team Sets 1960-1989
  • killingdreamkillingdream Posts: 232
    I think that they really need to require more ID especially of the sellers but the buyers as well. I am thinking of a copy of ones drivers license for example. I was just talking about this very topic earlier today.
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    seems as long as ebay gets paid, they dont really care a whole lot, i ve had fights with more than one of em on the phone since 1999, just keep asking for their boss till you talk to somebody with some brains there,(sometimes its hard to do)image
  • jcard71jcard71 Posts: 37
    WELL, now he's -1 in his feedback rating.

    I got another email from a buyer explaining how he also got ripped off on the same 1959 Mantle...

    I can't believe with all the competiton in every damn industry, that someone hasn't taken on EBAY?!?!?!?
    I mean c'mon!
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    i didn't know you could get a -1 feedback

    WOW
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    You can go as low as -4 before Ebay automatically suspends your account.

    He will be suspended before long. Just as much blame needs to be put on the buyers for not researching before buying. Of course the human greed factor comes into play with these buyers they know deep down they will not recieve the item but bid and pay anyway on the chance it may happen. Then again it could be vigilante bidding on his items as well.
  • gamehuntergamehunter Posts: 181
    <You can go as low as -4 before Ebay automatically suspends your account.

    mario23g is still a registered user and has a -26 rating

    grannyvon10 had a -19 before she got kicked off eBay

    jammin-garage had a -17 before he got thrown off eBay
  • jcard71jcard71 Posts: 37


    << <i>You can go as low as -4 before Ebay automatically suspends your account.

    He will be suspended before long. Just as much blame needs to be put on the buyers for not researching before buying. Of course the human greed factor comes into play with these buyers they know deep down they will not recieve the item but bid and pay anyway on the chance it may happen. Then again it could be vigilante bidding on his items as well. >>





    Actually, that WAS NOT THE CASE on my part. I put a bid through paypal and paid the jack AXX and then he sent me an email asking to pay a different email address, which I explained to him I would not
    because it wasn't part of our ebay transaction.

    The other two buyers made the mistake of paying the "alternate" email address...
  • cravetoppscravetopps Posts: 1,134
    <<<Just as much blame needs to be put on the buyers for not researching before buying>>>

    anyone bidding on items from a seller with less than a 99++ feedback rating is asking for trouble and if you bid on items from a seller with a negative fb rating, you're begging for trouble.

    and yes, ebay can do more. It can't be rocket science to ban sellers who do not meet a minimum feedback "bar". In fact, it should be a feature on ebay where a buyer or seller can set a minimum feedback bar for auctions they bid on. The current sellers feature for blocking low feedback bidders is completely inadequate.
    Mark B.

    Seeking primarily PSA graded pre-war "type" cards

    My PSA Registry Sets

    34 Goudey, 75 Topps Mini, Hall of Fame Complete Set, 1985 Topps Tiffany, Hall of Fame Players Complete Set
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