Ebay Scammer Alert!

[RenegadeLonghorn]

What do you mean something else? This guy stole my money, and it has been over 3 weeks. I still don't have the card! If you think that stating my opinion is slanderous well then thats your opinion. Mine is that he is a crook and a scammer.

it took almost 3 weeks for one of my orders to arrive as well. I believe I sent him an email or two but never got a response. I would get an email a week after my payment saying payment was received and a few days a later an email saying item has been sent.

[goutnout]

I think this post should be taken down, the is clearly not true. He has had 20192 different people leave him feedback on 100,000 auctions plus. This looks to be someone who is upset about something else. Looks like slander to me.

visit the link and repost your newfound informed opinon.
http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs...ountcardz&v=60

[RenegadeLonghorn]

so how about this guy? I've bought from him several times and got the cards promptly.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...=STRK:MEWA:SFS

[goutnout]

his records look pretty crappy especially last 90 days
http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs...imesports&v=60

i guess the point is not everyone gets ripped off but many do, i usually like to see how people have been acting in the past 30 days that way i know how to expect my service everyone goes through rough times but id rather they are sailing smoothly if im buying. id like my chances to get my card to be as good as blackjack opposed to craps.

[Star_Cards]

who said anything about slander?

I agree with the "stay away from huge sellers" comment. It makes sense. He's probably still acting like he's selling 10-25 items a week and getting behind. That's no excuse. He needs to step it up. seems like he should definately hire some help.

Just don't let this ruin you ebay experience. there are a lot of good sellers out there.

and to the ebay not caring about the buyer? I believe they do. Although they probably could have some other regulations to help. I think they kind of fall under the same situation as being too big...It's great that they are because you can find anything you want...but when problems arise, it's tough to get ahold of them. Plus with the paypal refund without DC, I hear it's pretty easy to get a refund back if the seller is scamming. I'm sure a lot of sellers have been ripped off from that as well.

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[TurdFerguson]

To clarify something here, this could not be slander. Slander is spoken. Libel is written or printed. However, I personally do not think this could be considered libel either as it is stating what has actually happened to Tri Fecta.

[Tri_Fecta]

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[bostonwayno]

I would not say this seller is a scammer. A bad bad seller, yes. The feedback rating would be enough for me to not by from them, but there are several other things as well. A seller that does such a high volume of transactions that they can not keep up either needs to, hire some employees or cut down on sales to a level they can handle. This seller is just that, overloaded.

It takes a lot of work to keep up with 20 or 30 transactions a day for me, but I also work full time. If I didn't work full time, I still couldn't see myslef being able to handle more than 60 or 70 a day by myself. I still could see a large possibility of error or forgetting something. I like to consider myself fast and efficient when it comes to selling, but I still like to know that I got it right the first time. I don't see how a seller can bog themselves down like that, and expect to maintain a profitable business or even a good business at that.

He also charges a ton too much for shipping. $3.00 plus $0.50 shipping is robbery. It's alright for a couple cards, but if you buy 10 or 15 cards from them, and that adds up fast.

As far as the same people leaving a ton of feedback, that's normal. I used to have 6,000 cards in my ebay store, and people would buy 25 or 30 from me at a time. Then when they got the first batch from me, they were happy and would return for another 25 or 30 cards. So, it is not uncommon for the same person to leave several feedback in a row on several different occassions. It is just repeat business that was happy the first time they purchased. Besides, as someone else mentioned earlier. It goes by unique feedback, not accumulative. They have over 99,000 total positives, with over 19,000 unique.

As for the slow delivery, or no delivery, I believe PayPal requires the seller to ship within 7 days from the date of payment. The seller is also required to use delivery confirmation to prove when the item shipped, and when it was delivered at it's destination. If the seller does not comply, PayPal will find in the buyers favor and refund the buyer.

If another form of payment was used, there are different avenues that can be taken to get your money back, but not as simple. If you used a US Postal Money order, and it was cashed by the seller, and you do not receive your items, it becomes Postal Fraud and the Post Office will investigate for you.

Otherwise, I believe you have to go through eBay and the Police.

I see a pattern there myself, but I am not sure that it is a scam. I think it is more of a case that the seller is too busy to keep up with all of the items that sell. They need employees. Keeping track of who has paid, when they have paid, what they paid for, when checks clear the bank, printing invoices, pulling cards, packing and shipping, takes a lot of time for small sellers, even more for big sellers. It's not an excuse, but that's the way it is.

If you paid with PayPal and can not get a response from the seller, file a claim with PayPal. I have had to do it before. A seller scammed me out of $850.00 for 2 cases of Topps heritage pre sell on eBay, and PayPal got my money back for me. So, if they find the seller can not provide the proper info, they will find in your favor and you will get a refund.

I would like to consider myself a bit of an ebay veteran and I know alot of the warning signs. Cubsfan summed it up the best (as shown above). Just the amount of negatives he has is a definite bad sign. But I dont feel hes being dishonest.

Remember the number #1 rule when buying off ebay: Don't send money orders, checks, or cash. Pay with paypal AND BE SURE TO BACK IT WITH A CREDIT CARD!!!! Credit card companies are your best allies when it comes to disputing charges and getting your money back. They are out the money as well so they are going to try to resolve the matter on your behalf.

Happy ebaying!

Wayne

[BlackDiam0nd66]

I can't believe people buy from this seller. 97 percent is totally unacceptable as a seller with over 100 transactions IMHO.

I have no idea if he is a scammer, but anyone that takes on that many auctions needs to have a number of people helping, and I doubt this is the case.

Maybe my expectations from a seller are on the high side, but in all my transactions on ebay I have been ripped off 3 times...all before the % was kept next to the sellers name. If the feedback is 99.5% or less, I generally move on.

I hope you get this settled Tri Fecta

Peace~
Rima

[DCool]

As a relatively young E-bayer (only 125 feedback points) I totally agree with Blackdiamond and bostonwayno. To sum up what they are saying, I believe it's a matter of common sense. We buyers, HAVE to protect ourselves just as sellers have to protect themselves against scammers who buy their stuff and even though they got it, they still file for Paypal refund. I personally go with the 99.5% rule and ONLY deal with Paypal. I also agree with who said that E-bay doesn't care about its buyers. A $25 fee to your refund is completely unacceptable. I'd understand if they charged that if the claim was proven unfounded, but if I was indeed scammed it's ridiculous I have to pay $25 for a proceesing fee. That shows their utter disregard to smaller buyers. When I file a complaint and they find it to be true, I am doing them a favor as well, for this guy will be tagged and they will be able to take away a guy who contributes negatively to the E-bay business as a whole. Fact is, E-bay is ridiculous with its policy enforcing capabilities. There is not a single day I browse through card auctions and I see sellers accepting Paypal, but no credit card payments. As some of you know, that's a direct violation of E-bay seller's policy, but the guys are there, roaming freely.

I like the way Paypal handles these things, as they are usually more buyer oriented. A lot of sellers complain about Paypal, but if they respected its rules, they'd come to the conclusion that Paypal can also protect sellers as well. Fact is, not many people bother to go through the terms of service/rules of the sites they work with. They think they can make up their own rules in their product descriptions and are free to do whatever they please. If a seller can't handle the amount of auctions he's having, then he's incompetent and greedy, at least.

To all of you who sell on E-bay, don't get me wrong. I've had some EXCELLENT experiences with E-bay sellers, and I'm usually a very loyal customer. If the seller treats me right, you can be sure I'll be back to buy other lots regularly, like mentioned before.

Bottomline is, Trifecta did a great job alerting us to this seller, but by the end of the day each and everyone of us will decide if we want to deal or not with this person, so I don't believe Trifecta should be criticized for what he did.

I'd also like to add that this is the second time in a couple of days I've seen this kind of post here. I'm still new to SCF, but I'm guessing this kind of post is very often here. My suggestion would be that a forum regarding these auction experiencs should be created here, where people could post their experiences (bad or GOOD) with dealers in auction sites, or somebody who sees an auction from a person can inquire other people's opinion about the veracity of the item or the reputation of the seller.