Fraud Buyer Alert

[tschiraldi]

Do not sell to this buyer. They bought a Sasieni pipe from me, then claimed I sent her a pair of shoes. She requested a return, meaning she was going to send me back a pair of shoes, keep the pipe I sent, and get the money she paid back! I won the appeal. Be careful out there!

 

[Servant King]

Awful, just awful. And even with the correct result, still such a waste of everyone's time and energy.

Careful indeed.

 

[Sea Lord]

Thanks for informing us, and sorry to hear what happened. I hope you`ll fight this with all your might!

The shite some people come up with to defraud other people is amazing. If only this creativity was put to use for the betterment of humanity, but, no......

 

[spearheadbill]

Thanks for letting us know

 

[greeneyes]

So whose "wife" is "Melissa Francois"?

I'd wager you can do a reverse lookup on the shipping address (which may not be fake) and the results often show a "who lives here" entry. I can point you to the websites if you need help finding them.

 

[ThermionicScott]

You sold a $600 item to an eBay account with all of two transactions under their belt?

 

[anotherbob]

I think it's Servant King. And it's not fraud he's just totally off his rocker. He smokes tobacco out of clogs and wears pipes on his feet and thinks he's a french lady sometimes. At least that's my theory.
Actually that's some massive b.s..

 

[tschiraldi]

So whose "wife" is "Melissa Francois"?

I'd wager you can do a reverse lookup on the shipping address (which may not be fake) and the results often show a "who lives here" entry. I can point you to the websites if you need help finding them.

I’m good, but thank you. I won the appeal, so all is well in the end.

 

[Servant King]

I think it's Servant King. And it's not fraud he's just totally off his rocker. He smokes tobacco out of clogs and wears pipes on his feet and thinks he's a french lady sometimes. At least that's my theory.
Actually that's some massive b.s..

Why would a French lady wear British pipes? You must've cut 9th grade history class that day. On the plus side, I'm sure the Slowdive concert was worth it. Did they play Souvlaki Space Station?

 

[tschiraldi]

You sold a $600 item to an eBay account with all of two transactions under their belt?

They bid and won, and paid immediately. What was I supposed to do???

 

[doctorbob]

And that is why I stopped selling on eBay. Pretty much stopped selling altogether, for that matter.

 

[anotherbob]

Why would a French lady wear British pipes?

That's clearly a question for you to answer. Despite thousands of dollars in grants and too many hours of study, we still can't fathom the inner workings of horse owning, pipe smoking mad men.
The current working theory is they're following that rumor that Dunhill is secretly a French poodle with mild alopecia and a misplaced accent, and by extension all British pipes are actually Dutch. I've heard flimsier arguments and theories from guys that have a thing for frogs.

You must've cut 9th grade history class that day.

I've never cut class a day in my life. Especially a fun class like history. Sometimes they even let me give a speech in front of the whole class. Like the time I got to dress up like Edgar Allen Poe and talk about his biography.

On the plus side, I'm sure the Slowdive concert was worth it.

How could it not be? I could gaze at shoes all day.

Did they play Souvlaki Space Station?

I wouldn't know. And even if I did I'd put that info behind a paywall.

 

[xrundog]

What a dastardly scheme!

 

[ashdigger]

It would’ve been funnier if the buyer was Imelda Marcos

 

[BigR]

Ebay is full of scammers. I'm glad that you won the appeal.

 

[anotherbob]

It would’ve been funnier if the buyer was Imelda Marcos

she'd have done it the other way round. Rob here own people buy shoes and claim she was sent a pipe. Though to be fair it's just a matter of state that the first lady needs more shoes then she could wear in a lifetime even if the people are starving.

 

[anotherbob]

Ebay is full of scammers. I'm glad that you won the appeal.

life is full of scammers. E-bay is just one of their workspaces.

 

[paulfg]

You sold a $600 item to an eBay account with all of two transactions under their belt?

that would be a big "red Flag " to me

 

[paulfg]

They bid and won, and paid immediately. What was I supposed to do???

you can set a minimum number of transactions in the settings on ebay.this means no bids will be accepted from buyers with below the set number,not a guarentee but worth doing if selling something valuable in my mind.

 

[tschiraldi]

you can set a minimum number of transactions in the settings on ebay.this means no bids will be accepted from buyers with below the set number,not a guarentee but worth doing if selling something valuable in my mind.

I’ve never seen that setting. I’ll have to look more closely. Thanks.