Please Post All Your eBay Issues Here (Please Read)

[sjw241]

No price was ever listed and it's the same for all his auctions. He just lets ebay predict international shipping. When I tried to pay right after I won it would have been like $10.51 and randomly calculated import charges (I have no idea if you pay them right on Ebay or once you receive the item) Shouldn't matter there's no duty on opened hockey cards. The only reason I asked for it was because of this, then all of a sudden the price was like $6.50 more after he invoiced it. I know if they post it you should pay for it a deals a deal. I don't want an infraction or an unpaid warning but how can ebay find this fair in anyway.

I personally think its because he got less than what he expected and he wants to try and make an extra 10 bucks to recoup.

I hear you. You could do one of two things. Pay for it and leave them a negative for gouging you on shipping. Or, request they cancel the deal.

[Cunnuc]

"Dear depechedepeche,

Hello , I gave you a refund on this card because you claimed it did not arrive , well i am a member of multiple trading card forums and have found you sent the exact same message that you sent me to other sellers claiming you didn't receive cards and need them for your fathers birthday , so either your mailman is a thief or you are .. either you give me my money back that i refunded you i good faith or this will be reported to the police and ebay so they can decided who the thief is.

- thehip_022"

I got the same message from this guy. About 1.5 years ago. Said he didn't received the package and he just wanted 2 detroit red wings cards for his father's birthday. Idiot me sent him more. They weren't worth much so I didn't really care that much about it. I have had great luck on FeeBay considering the horror stories I have read. 2000+ 100% feedback so I believe this is the first time I have been ripped off.

The only negative feedback I ever received was someone with 1 feedback (from me) and the card came back to me. 4321 Metrolpolitian Rd..... doesn't exist. I got the card back, he didn't ask for a refund. I essentially got $4.00 for negative feedback.

Interesting though ... I forgot about that guy and his father's birthday every day of the year :P

Good-luck, everyone should block him.

[13stepper]

And the list grows! Unbelievable. This one made a Best Offer and decided not to pay. bruinsfan772013

[subban7677]

And the list grows! Unbelievable. This one made a Best Offer and decided not to pay. bruinsfan772013

Well, his username is ​dripping with evil.

[JVW]

Well, his username is ​dripping with evil.

I was thinking the same thing! LOL

[RGM81]

Do yourself a favour and putting runningstar1986 on your block list immediately.

Between the harassing PM's, threats of negative feedback, abuse of the eBay feedback system, and outright childishness you're doing yourself a huge favour.

[centrehice]

No price was ever listed and it's the same for all his auctions. He just lets ebay predict international shipping. When I tried to pay right after I won it would have been like $10.51 and randomly calculated import charges (I have no idea if you pay them right on Ebay or once you receive the item) Shouldn't matter there's no duty on opened hockey cards. The only reason I asked for it was because of this, then all of a sudden the price was like $6.50 more after he invoiced it. I know if they post it you should pay for it a deals a deal. I don't want an infraction or an unpaid warning but how can ebay find this fair in anyway.

I personally think its because he got less than what he expected and he wants to try and make an extra 10 bucks to recoup.

Never buy from this type of seller, ever. If you see shipping to Canada that looks like an elaborate hoax to get you to pay more money, then it is exactly that, an elaborate hoax to get you to pay more money.

[30ranfordfan]

They've allowed a culture of impunity to arise over there. I've said it before and I'll say it again.

I'm more than willing to try to work with people that have issues with their orders. I'm not perfect and I certainly don't pretend to be; when there's a mistake made I own up to it and try to get it remedied as best as possible so that everybody comes away happy.

But when people who haven't even made payment are getting on my case trying to get this or that out of me...really doesn't sit well nor does it set a good tone for the transaction. A person shouldn't have to be on edge and worry about whether they've cow-towed enough to a buyer to get that +1.

I don't know, to me it's always been simple: if you get your stuff in the condition described in a timely manner, it's an automatic positive. You can quibble with the particulars through DSR's. The negatives that sit on my account are giant sore spots with me because in all cases the buyer received their stuff exactly as described. One guy damaged his own purchase and then threw a hissy fit when I wouldn't refund him. Another was from somebody that had an agenda to settle with my partner and took it out on my feedback. The most recent guy lived up to his last name. All of them flat-out state even in the feedback that they got their stuff. They are the reason that I don't leave buyers feedback until I see feedback on my account. Like I said in a previous post, just because you pay doesn't mean you're a good buyer.

Oh how I wish eBay would create DBR's.

Very well said.

The only time I've got anything other than positive... was a neutral. It was on a lot of 9 Ovechkin cards... low end inserts, kind of thing. I believe I sold it for $2 + $2.50 for s/h.

I was in Cambridge at the time, and the buyer was in Brantford. They asked if I would be willing to meet them at the mall in Cambridge, and do a cash exchange instead of shipping to them. I said I could not.... and let's be honest here, if it was a $50 transaction, I probably would have - and even offered to buy the guy a coffee when we were doing the exchange (I have met up with local people for buying or selling before, when the transaction warented it). Imagine my surprise when when I get neutral... but the comment is something like "nice cards, fast shipping. Thanks". I sent him a message, asked if the neutral was a mistake. No reply. Contact eBay, they won't do anything - but suggest I submit a request to have the feedback changed. I do that.... you can't write a whole lot on that form, so I had to write something like "How is 'nice cards, fast shipping' anything by positive?". A day later the feedback was changed so it simply read "nice cards".

That is they way eBay does business though. It's all about protecting the buyer, and sticking it to the sellers. I've listed cards in the last couple of weeks for the first time in months. I didn't realize how stupid the system has become, with needing to create "shipping policies", entering the dimensions of your package, etc. If it wasn't for the fact that it is still a great place to get lots of views on your items - and a good chance to get a good selling price.... I'd just quit trying to sell there all together.

I sent him this response:

Take note. You sent me the exact same email October 23rd 2013. I have reported this activity to ebay. I will also be contacting the Quebec Provincial Police regarding your blatant fraudulent activity. I don't care if you leave me negative feedback, ebay has already assured me it will be removed right away.
You are going to be all over the sports card forums and outed as a scam artist. I hope you realize who you are dealing with here. I take this seriously. I work in law enforcement and will make sure every legal action will be taken against you. I have friends in the RCMP who will be told about this. There are laws against internet fraud. Read up on them. It can't be worth it to steal cards worth $10 or less.

Their response, a few minutes ago:

Dear sjw241,

its was a mistake
forget this message

- depechedepeche


Ebay was contacted and are "investigating" I will be calling the Quebec Provincial Police tomorrow as well. Beware of this scammer! Block them now!

Good for you! Scum like that is what ruins the system for the rest of us.

So I sent the buyer an email, a couple days after responding to the claims. I asked if he found the cards, and explained they are all in the same top loader with the Fleury card he said he received. I get this as a reply:

Well I had the cards sent to COMC.com. I wont know until they have processed the items if the cards are there or not. I will know in the nearest week. I'll end the cases immediately when I know they have been found.

I know what COMC.com is, but I didn't realize people get their stuff sent there. Now it is in the hands of a third party, who can essentially tell my buyer that the cards aren't there and keep them for themselves. They are all low value non serial numbered cards, but the point is, I am on the hook if they lie about it. Anyone have any dealings with COMC.com? Are the honest?

This post was quite old (three weeks back) but hope that worked out okay for you. The buyer sounds like he's full of it.... putting multiple cards into a single top loader is pretty common shipping practise - and if I got a package where I could not find the other 4 cards, that's the first place I'd look.

COMC though, I've been using the site - and I can't say enough good things about them. Very good to deal with, respond to everything quickly.

[centrehice]

eBay has a fundamental point that they teach all employees. That tidbit of information, is "Their Kool-Aid" and it's some of the worst in the corporate business World.

I had an actual eBay Manager say over the phone to me "The person that bids on your auctions, or buys them outright is our "Ebay Customer", not yours!

Can you believe this? I countered with. "Then does this person that bought my goods, pay the invoice that I am sent each month from eBay?"

He did not answer, so I said, "Please allow me to make this simple for you." "If the customer that just bought my goods, is not my customer, but eBay's customer, then who's customer am I?"

Once again, no answer, only Crickets.

[centrehice]

Impatient Buyer.

4 Business Days today. I shipped the card at 3:00pm November 25th First Class. Today they opened a case. Day 5 from shipping.


My House in Oregon >>>>>> Their House in Philadelphia - 3,600 Miles that's all.


Block Them Forever: eBay user ID: jdl9403

There is nothing worse than a buyer that is irrational and impatient.