eBay member to avoid

[phil24_7]

Bought a rear, side panel off of this guy to replace a damaged one on my sv, the ad say's excellent condition, ready to fit when in reality, it has an led mounted in the underside and 2 x 2" scuffs on the outter edge.

The guy says it was mint when it left him and is refusing to do anything about it, not even a reduction in the final sale price.

He said that negative feedback would hurt me more than it hurt him so I can't do anything about it to warn anyone else, but I can warn you guys.

His user name is wwwbhpbreakerscouk (http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/wwwbhpbreakerscouk).

Feel free to place phantom bids or retract bids or anything else to cause him grief if you so choose, I plan on setting up a few accounts and seeing how many items I can win before he stops accepting bids from people with no feedback!!!

[Marksv]

just open a dispute with him either through ebay ( not reccomended) or through paypal if thats how you paid, had a lot of experience of disputes

[gettin2dizzy]

Ebay have changed the rules to protect the buyer for this reason. You can leave negative feedback but he won't be able to.

[21QUEST]

Bought a rear, side panel off of this guy to replace a damaged one on my sv, the ad say's excellent condition, ready to fit when in reality, it has an led mounted in the underside and 2 x 2" scuffs on the outter edge.

The guy says it was mint when it left him and is refusing to do anything about it, not even a reduction in the final sale price.

He said that negative feedback would hurt me more than it hurt him so I can't do anything about it to warn anyone else, but I can warn you guys.

His user name is wwwbhpbreakerscouk (http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/wwwbhpbreakerscouk).

Feel free to place phantom bids or retract bids or anything else to cause him grief if you so choose, I plan on setting up a few accounts and seeing how many items I can win before he stops accepting bids from people with no feedback!!!


I agree with all you have said bar te highlighted.

The highlighted for me, is at best childish and verging at a 'Titty'(that a word? ;) ) thing to do. It's people like that, making it a pain for new buyers starting off on Ebay.


Ben

[21QUEST]

just open a dispute with him either through ebay ( not reccomended) or through paypal if thats how you paid, had a lot of experience of disputes

Mark, why do you say that? I'm genuinely interested as I've just opened a dispute myself.

Mind you a dispute, I opened via paypal a while ago was like a frigging merry go round. In the end, considering the amount involved, I just couldn't be arsed.


Ben

[dizzyblonde]

I hate dodgy ebay sellers, scoundrels....I was looking at SV forks the other day, and saw some in reasonable nick
Looked at his feedback, and there was such things as......................
this guy is a thief,don't buy off him
This bloke is wanted by the police
*his name* stole £322 off me,don't buy off him..poice informed
I'm still waiting for my ohlins shock

and yet he had some good feedback, but most of it was from people he'd bought from,

[Camel]

You have to leave him negative feedback, otherwise whats the point of the feedback system?

And I'm all for you setting up phantom accounts to screw him over. After all, he screwed you over. Why not do it back? You're not hurting anyone else in the process, just giving him a taste of his own medecine.

[21QUEST]

I hate dodgy ebay sellers, scoundrels....I was looking at SV forks the other day, and saw some in reasonable nick
Looked at his feedback, and there was such things as......................
this guy is a thief,don't buy off him
This bloke is wanted by the police
*his name* stole £322 off me,don't buy off him..poice informed
I'm still waiting for my ohlins shock

and yet he had some good feedback, but most of it was from people he'd bought from,

.....hence why people should try and be brave enough to leave feedback.

With the dispute I've got going, I'll more than likely get negative feedback in retaliation but what is one to do ? Leave off leaving feedback because I'm worried about retaliation or leave an honest one.

Usually, I'm more than happy to sort out any issues with a seller or buyer but on this, have had no contact at all.



Ben

[Marksv]

not reccomended through ebay ben because they dont oversee the dispute, and it just ends up as a shouting match between the two parties, when its opened through paypal they are actually involved(although sometimes it doesnt feel like it it). hth
cheers mark.

[xXBADGERXx]

Do it via PayPal , I had a German guy try to wriggle out of giving me 950 quid for a guitar I sold him . He was making loads of stuff up and basically blackmailing me into sending him some money back . Unfortunately for him , I saved every email and never send emails unless they are through eBay . I had described the item perfectly etc etc and he was the one that came unstuck in the end , PayPal did a good job there and they have sorted me out when I`ve bought stuff that wasn`t as described . As far as feedback goes , I`d wait til PayPal have gotten involved

[ooger]

The whole negative feedback vs. personal threats thing was on Watchdog a few months ago IIRC.

As above, eBay changed their policy to make it fair and less life-threatening.

Go ahead, leave a negative. I would.

[ethariel]

\DERAIL INCOMING!!!!!


Boll*x to ebay and pay pal, 2 items bought, 2 items 'sent', nothing delivered, now either its 2 scammers or i have a thieving wan*er for a post office van driver (tho i suppose i do, thats 3 bike related parcels sent to me by royal mail that have never attived, couriered stuff arrives next day).

Anyone got friends in the Royal Mail internal invertigations folks willing to look into it?

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[Malfunctioning-eddie]

\DERAIL INCOMING!!!!!


Boll*x to ebay and pay pal, 2 items bought, 2 items 'sent', nothing delivered, now either its 2 scammers or i have a thieving wan*er for a post office van driver (tho i suppose i do, thats 3 bike related parcels sent to me by royal mail that have never attived, couriered stuff arrives next day).
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derailed again

personally whenever I sell anything on eBay - I post on a tracked and insured service - like RM special delivery - as soon as I post the item, I email the buyer and give them the tracking number so they can check progress of delivery themselves on the RM website - so any delivery problems they don't need to hassle me - any damage done by the post, we are both covered.

same goes for buying - before I bid on anything of value on eBay I'll contact the seller and insist that they use a similar service (and offer to pay a bit extra to cover the cost if need be) and provide me with a tracking number - if they refuse - I don't bid - if they turn out to be a scammer (never had one yet) my @rse is covered on a dispute as they won't be able to produce a valid tracking number to back up any claim of goods being sent.

back on the tracks now - sorry

[phil24_7]

I know eBay were changing the feedback system but didn't think that was up and running yet.

I know it's childish to set up fake accounts and p him off but he wasn't willing to do anything about the issue and even called me a liar. Alls fair in love and war!