A senator from Maryland bought from me on my stealth acount should I be worried

revenge · #23 06-10-2015

Why are you so paranoid?

Proverbs 28:1 and Proverbs 10:9

MM78 · #24 06-10-2015

Bluestraps, are you off any kind of medication that you should be on? I mean that seriously.....never knew anyone as paranoid as you my friend.

GhostOfAmazon · #25 06-10-2015

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Bluestraps, are you off any kind of medication that you should be on? I mean that seriously.....never knew anyone as paranoid as you my friend.

LMFAO.....this is exactly what I was thinking!

Seriously man...I can create 10 eBay accounts in 2 hours and all of them have "senator" "fbi" "police" "cops" "gonnasendyoutojailwhereyouwillgetraped" "Governor" etc etc etc in them somewhere.

Its more likely that someone from the forums here is playing a dirty joke on you than that a senator is targeting you for an investigation.

SENATORS AREN'T LAW ENFORCEMENT!

Read up on the US government. There are 3 separate branches. I can tell English is not your first language, so let me put it this way:

Senators make laws and vote on bills. POLICE go after criminals. Senators are NOT police! They aren't involved in law enforcement in any way.

Besides that, you have NO CLUE that this is a senator. Someone could just be jerking your chain, and in all likelehood, thats what's happening. Take a pill and calm down man.

Drugs to Treat Schizophrenia

jeffweico · #26 06-10-2015

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That's just the thing , "Jeffweico"". I read a story about a guy that " was from Baltimore( MD , here we ae in Mayryland again. in the United States has just been sentenced to 87 months in prison for infringing copyrights on more than 1,000 software programs including Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Mac OSX and Windows XP"

I don't understand. You have said you are not selling copied software or DVD's. And the example above is one of many, there was a lady in Illinois that got a couple of years for selling software downloads, like $350,000 worth.

It makes no difference to ME what you sell, but it is hard to give advice when you are all over the place like this.

Obviously, you are concerned that you item is either not legitimate, or may be perceived as not being legitimate.

If you TRULY do not know if it is legitimate or not, then maybe you should run it by a copyright or trademark attorney??? ICE and the FBI are not going after small sellers, they go after people - generally speaking - where there is reason to believe they have sold over $5,000 worth of counterfeit merchandise. I wish I had saved the link about this, but I didn't - I saw it years ago. I decided long ago not to deal with this stuff. It can be quick money, but it is not a way to build a long term business.

The bottom line is, if you are THAT WORRIED about it then cancel the transaction and either stop selling whatever this is altogether, or sell it on a different account.

revenge · #27 06-10-2015

Good luck dropping off the package at the post office.

MM78 · #28 06-10-2015

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Good luck dropping off the package at the post office.

Your Right....but should he be worried stepping outside his house? after all those FBI Agents might have the place surrounded, or worst....the house might already be bugged!

Dmshark25 · #29 06-10-2015

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First I must think why would a state senator be trying to involve them self in a action aainst me when they might really want the item im selling.. Not only wold it take up much time and effort,

The only other action is maybe to tell them that I cant go though with the transaction. and send their money back , one I just quit selling for a while , she wont look for the item again.

I can cancel , say the item was listed wrong or broken and send their money back. woud be automatic on paypal

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/canc...n-process.html

It's just a buyer like anyone , whether it really is a senator or not, not sure what u are selling but I'm sure if they are not satisfied they will do what every buyer does and return the item and not use their influence to open up a huge sting operation because they were not satisfied with their item purchased on eBay.

Chances are it's just a stealth account

bluestraps · #30 06-10-2015

Alright very funny some of you !! Im not crazy or schizo . senate-us2015. user id. Last name of senator in buyer info matches name of a senator. Ok its probably unlikely that she is after me or she would use influence. But Still treading carefully .

GhostOfAmazon · #31 06-10-2015

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Alright very funny some of you !! Im not crazy or schizo . senate-us2015. user id. Last name of senator in buyer info matches name of a senator. Ok its probably unlikely that she is after me or she would use influence. But Still treading carefully .

You're being paranoid.....who cares about the eBay ID. I could make an ID that said Mike Tyson and put his name and home address as the delivery place. Doesn't make me a boxer.

bluestraps · #32 06-10-2015

Do you wanna be helpful or just insult me. Im here for the reason all others are here for help and maybe a little advice. Just making it worse.

MM78 · #33 06-10-2015

My question is, Why are you worried/scared? I highly doubt she will sick any law enforcement on you if she doesn't like the product. Send her the product, wait to see what happens...which will most likely be nothing at all.

revenge · #34 06-10-2015

Hopefully Dr. Phil makes a purchase on eBay very soon. Your blue straps may be on too tight. Is that a helmet? Lol.

You need to relax, it's not that serious.

bluestraps · #35 06-10-2015

Probably because Im cynical anyway. With my luck she sends off to ebay on me and not only I get kicked of ebay again.

bluestraps · #36 06-10-2015

Found this on the copyright office site

"Serving primarily as an office of record, the Copyright Office is not charged with enforcing the law it administers. Copyright infringement is generally a civil matter, which the copyright owner must pursue in federal court. Under certain circumstances, the infringement may also constitute a criminal misdemeanor or felony, which would be prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice. "

so the person claiming copyright would need to persue a claim before an investigation.

jrandleww · #37 06-10-2015

senate-us2015 does not return results under an ebay user id search.

bluegrass1 · #38 06-10-2015

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Originally Posted by revenge

I encounter more celebrities customers on Amazon then ebay. I got use to it. Just use signature confirmation as a trophy, lol. Then frame it.

Funny thing I sold "grandma's old hip" A hip replacement I found in a storage unit. to jay leno then it was on the tonite show sold or unsold if anyone remembers that lol you can google it lol guess my 15 mins of fame lol

GhostOfAmazon · #39 06-10-2015

OP: You have been given advice.

Several members have told you not to worry about it. What do you want us to say? Retain legal council? You're free to do so if you wish, but I wouldn't even think twice about it if I were in your shoes.

If it really bothers you that much, stop selling the items that are causing you this stress. Problem solved.

jeffweico · #40 06-10-2015

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Originally Posted by bluestraps

Found this on the copyright office site

"Serving primarily as an office of record, the Copyright Office is not charged with enforcing the law it administers. Copyright infringement is generally a civil matter, which the copyright owner must pursue in federal court. Under certain circumstances, the infringement may also constitute a criminal misdemeanor or felony, which would be prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice. "

so the person claiming copyright would need to pursue a claim before an investigation.

Copyright and trademark infringement are very simple.

If, for example, Warner Brothers wants to go after you for copyright infringement, they can only sue you in civil court. Only the government can pursue you criminally. Now, Warner Brothers, if they have evidence, CAN ask a federal prosecutor to go after you, but whether or not to pursue it would be at the prosecutor's discretion.

Now, let's say you try to import 10,000 counterfeit Warner Brothers DVD's. That is probably big enough that the GOVERNMENT is going to come after you.

You seem to be looking for some sort of logical progression, like: 1) eBay warning, 2)copyright lawsuit, 3) criminal case, but the fact is any one of these things can happen at any time. There is no requirement that one thing happen before the other thing. It all depends on HOW you got caught and HOW MUCH you got caught with.

Again, I am not an attorney or a legal expert, but I have seen plenty of cases where eBay sellers thought they could sell counterfeits and never pay any price for it, only to find out they were wrong. Yes, many people MAY get away with it, at least for a short time. But there is NO guarantee that if you sell this stuff you will be safe.

RoxJox · #41 06-11-2015

Not a legit Senator IMHO. If you're REALLY curious, do a property search of the address you're shipping to, and see who owns it. Sounds like a competitor trying to see what you're offering.

GhostOfAmazon · #42 06-11-2015

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Originally Posted by RoxJox

Not a legit Senator IMHO. If you're REALLY curious, do a property search of the address you're shipping to, and see who owns it. Sounds like a competitor trying to see what you're offering.

9/10 chance it's a member of this forum and he/she is laughing his @ss off right now at this thread.

I kind of wish I had thought to do it.

mat_tz · #43 06-11-2015

This could also just be a (new?) method of stealthing. Maybe a stealther is testing the waters with using a high profile identity (hopefully fictitious) and making a high risk purchase to see what happens.

I think eb would be hesitant to manually suspend a senators account ha

bluestraps · #44 06-12-2015

In fact I asked if she was a senator. she relpied by saying the info is correct ( adderess name to ship to Senator Carter . Carter is her -hyphenated maname . not by saying yes I'm a senator. Also In two different emails one she had improper English in her second email it was like a nother person. Very suspious. I canceled the order and im stopping my activities , which may be perceived as bad depending on perspective. . I don't think you all understand psychology , Bt the more questions you ask of a situation, the more clear the awnsers are . I hadn't thought past the part that maybe the ramifications go beyond just seling something, but why and if it is really worth making a comprmise. Just as stealth my be bad to some, excuse the noise .