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scamming buyer
 

buyer buys phone i send it off the same day he receives it he opens claim not as described the reason he gave was gibberish a bunch of '%%&@' could not read it ebay accepts the return and makes me pay for the return shipping he sends it off i receive the package yesterday and he sent an empty box with bubble wrap in it ive sold hundreds of phones on ebay this is the first time this has ever happened i tell ebay what happened they decide in his favor and debit my paypal account so now im out 420 dollars :(

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Nothing you can really do. Mail him a giant box full of $hit without a return address. Maybe rig it up to be spring-loaded.

Or is he selling anything himself?

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file a police report online.

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This type of scam is pretty common these days and strange thing is ebay always takes side of the scammer/buyer.

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It doesn't matter what the reason is for the return. In fact, I have gotten returns with no comments at all, and even one that had gibberish text like you did with "abc123" in the comments field. They are auto approved and it's highly unlikely anyone other than you and your buyer will see them.

Filing a police report accomplishes nothing. Law Enforcement is so busy with other more serious cases 99% of the time they will just put into their files and not investigate.

I have other ways of dealing with problem buyers/sellers, but those methods are outside the scope of this forum.

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If eBay decided so nothing to do , I always prefer to sell not expensive items ( max 40-50 USD)

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Filing a police report and showing it to ebay will force their hands most of the time because they do not want law enforcement involved. Hence they will give the seller the money and let the buyer keep the item.

Ive lost only 2 cases out of the years of using ebay/paypal and dealing with scammers. And thats because It wasnt worth the cost of the item.

Im not understanding how people do not take precautions when selling high priced items. But then again, I dont sell anything over a certain amount on ebay. :ranger:

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what type of precaution could i have taken so this wont happen in the future im all ears

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Keep your item value under 50-100$ to avoid scams.
Add them to your blocked buyers with this link:
https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....dderBlockLogin
Mention in their feedback that they are scammers (even with a positive only feedback)

Taking pictures with the orders you ship doesn't help. We tried.
Filing Police Reports is time consuming and who would you file it under if you have a stealth account...

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good advice but keeping items under 100 isnt possible for me as i sell used phones and laptops thanks for the advice thou

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send him a ⊗⊗⊗⊗ eBay message to scare him

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Cost of doing Business....Retail Stores get robbed everyday..Not trying to be rude, i feel your pain and it sucks...in the end, it's just one of those things that is always bound to happen. Always make sure you can afford to take a hit or two to maintain Business such as re-ordering products, paying bills etc...

Also, be sure to memorize the scam buyers address, especially the city and state, if he gets over you one time, i would be paranoid of him or a friend of his to do it again.

You could search online and make up some court documents and send it to him looking professional...obviously money is out of the question but a small claims court threat or something in that nature unless item is returned in the order it was received.

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You got his name and address man go in real and talk to him like a man

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Common Scam by refunders, you can get your package weighted and take a photo before sending.

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file a police report, write to ebay formally requesting a refund due to buyer abusing ebay rules. After 10+ attempts ebay will probably refund you. Buyer will still keep the phone and refund, nothing you can do about it.

Send him a box of dog Sh!T with grasshoppers (ensure box is big enough for them to stay alive). This is the best way of going round it.

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Maybe it's because they know they're going to make money again when the scammer resells the phone on eBay next week.

:juggle:

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Filing an IC3 report can be done for stealth as well.
So if you have time to make a thread on this forum, you have time to file one and get a shot at getting your money back. :ranger:

The point is that the IC3 report will probably no affect the buyer (If even the buyer is stealth) but it puts ebay on blast that they are not protecting their sellers. The more IC3 reports file, the more unwanted attention ebay / paypal gets.


I used to sell higher ticket items and ran into scammers left and right. Thats how I dealt with them and got my money back.

If you still plan on selling high ticket items, use ebay for the traffic and try to get the buyers to pay via cash on meetup or off site transactions (Be in mind about ebays policies about contacting off the site though)

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I love it! :d

Heck with the grasshoppers.... I would send the scammer a box of cockroaches. You can buy them in bulk from many pet shops and online. :)

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just an update i filed an appeal last night with ebay over the phone and they are requesting a police report to continue

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send the faggot a free sofa with a bunch of fleas and bed bugs inside

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Do they sell the eggs of the cockroaches?
The eggs can be hidden in a toy so they will hatch in that bad buyer's house.

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Good that means they know you are taking it seriously.

File it, send it to them, you'll probably win now.:bounce:

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But it's stealth info, can he just let the police that know that he is just DBA? Or does that even matter.

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I don't think that matters much. I'd put time into something like this and not let that go

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I would call the police also.

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Well I mean if he's submitting a police report they would then already know.

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Agree - calling is not likely to do much since report has to be made, etc.

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911 what's your emergency? Someone stole my phone...come quick!

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Not so much a phone call that is needed as a report ;)

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The smart thing would be to charge it to the game & try to prevent it from happening again. Anything else will most likely cost you more time, effort, and frustration then its worth. But with that said I probably would show up at their front door. But I don't handle my anger well lol. I personally wouldn't involve the police in anything ever. The only thing I cant stand more than eBay and scammers is cops. Those pig *******s are pretty useless when you need them.

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I know sarcasm doesn't translate well online, but I thought I laid it on pretty heavy there

and what smiley face is that you used? Looks like its tryna finger blast someone lol

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Sadly, that's the only reason anything in America exist.

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The way I interpret it that's the no-no finger smiley.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aCs-X4F4jh...his-finger.jpg

And yeah you're right sarcasm conveys terribly in text-only format. I quit FB because nobody knew when I was joking heh.

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I know man, I know. It's all a cash grab. If it doesn't make money for the people on top, it doesn't make sense in America.

What can you do other than trying to make a little $ yourself.

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Well i got my money back! they asked to file a police report which i did and emailed it to them with a link provided well days went by so i submitted it again on saturday still no word so today i give them a call and they put me on hold for a few minutes and say they have decided in my favor and credited my paypal account take that scammers!

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Word.

Maybe now buy him a surprise mystery box from the dark web :bounce:

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We had an issue with a guy on eBay harassing sellers of a particular item. For over a year and a half this guy would message sellers saying their item was ⊗⊗⊗⊗ and saying he was reporting them to the police and eBay. He would also place orders from the same sellers with no intention of ever paying, just to leave bad reviews!

Little did this guy know that the sellers of these items were messaging each other about this troublemaker, including me. We exchanged information such as his name, address, phone number, etc. gathered from sales history. A group of us then decided to call eBay about this harasser on the same day- His account ended up going NARU (not a registered user) the next day, presumably because of the mass of complaints. :)

As great as eBay is, there are people who just make your blood boil.

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It's possible the scammer would be thrilled to receive a free box of drugs randomly.

:confused:

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Wait, I thought that you can't leave a negative feedback if you don't pay for the item.

And darn, a lot of work to nail one idiot. LIke they said I guess... 1 bad apple ruins the rest.

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Always nice seeing competition work together to stop a scammer...that in its self is a amazing act, especially on eBay.