| wizardhat | 06-25-2012 04:01 AM |
Buyer scam but I won, be careful!
Be careful selling high valued items to people online. The top price for the average item I sell is only 10 bucks, I tried to be risky and it came and bit me in the ass. I sold a $700 dollar used camera lens, the buyer claimed he never received it. When I shipped the item out to the buyer I added "Signature Confirmation," well the buyer opened up an A-Z claim with Amazon claiming he never received it. I claimed my case and lost miserably to the person, the buyer refused to send me back the lens. After ten messages or so, the buyer said in a message he barely received it and he won't be sending it back. Sounded fishy, because it shows the buyer received the item over 30 days ago! I contacted seller support like a hundred times trying to have them read my messages to prove he got it. They did nothing..
Well, I got tired of dealing with Amazon and I took matters into my own hands. The buyer lives in the same state as I do, about 120 miles away from where I live. I wrote the buyer by mail a few times trying to get him to call me or talk to me, no luck. So, I gathered all the evidence I could against this buyer and took him to small claims court and won back my $700 dollars. This guy was the biggest POS, the look on his face when the judge ordered him to pony up was priceless.
These tips might help somebody...
1) Try to avoid selling anything over $50 bucks. High valued items tracks the attention of every scammer across the globe.Try selling it on craigslist first =/.
2) If you do decide to sell high valued items, do your research on how buyers scam sellers. Arm yourself so you wont fall victim to some moron living in his parents basement.
3) Sell the high priced items on eBay, not on Amazon. On eBay you can see the buyers feedback history and with Amazon the buyer doesn't have feedback, you don't know the buyers history at all.
4) Always include signature confirmation with high valued items, it can help you win a claim. ... Sometimes... | 
