Fraudulent seller on Ebay - AFL

[kuzjuxcan]

Hi this is only specific to the AFL card section of ebay.. but there have been a few Fraudulent sellers - on ebay just doing a mass listing of high-end cards, DPS's hoping to get payed and then disappear off with the money, probably with a fraudulent credit card..The seller was .. barrydye.. so if anyone has got anything to with him stop.. lucky for me i got outbid on this..

See below for ebay notifcation
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MC015 Important Message from eBay Loss Prevention Department
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Hello kuzjuxcan (jim_a_taylor@bluebottle.com),

Thank you for your bid on the following listing:

180247132567 - 2007 select nathen brown draf pick signature in mint

However, eBay has had to remove the listing and suspend the seller's account. All bids or offers have been cancelled. As a result you no longer have any obligation to purchase this item.

We hope you understand that due to privacy reasons we're unable to discuss the details of why this listing was ended.

*Important*
We strongly recommend that you do not go ahead with the purchase however if you have already paid for this item but haven't received it, you need to act quickly to get your money back.

- Contact your bank to stop payment if you paid by cheque or bank deposit.

- Contact your credit card company if you paid by credit card.

- If you paid with PayPal, you may be eligible for up to $3,000 in PayPal Buyer Protection. To file a dispute go to the Dispute Console in My eBay and click on Report an Item not Received or Significantly Not as Described.

If you have any questions, please contact us at:

eBay: Redirect

Regards,

eBay Trust & Safety team


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[CPava]

Yeah I got the same e mail. Lucky I was outbid as well for the Dale Thomas Rookie card.

 

[jestero12]

Got the same email. But payment was through paypal. If he doesnt send, cant you just retrieve the payment?

 

[kuzjuxcan]

ar oh... did you pay already.. contact you bank/paypal or card credit company straight away. i would contact my credit card company..

What did you win?.. Seems like quite a few people got sucked into.. cheap prices.. I had a strong feeling he was dodgy.. Just had to look at his listings for that.. No photo, no description just the title which was always mis-spelt.. and Also he had '0' feedback... that was all screaming dodge.. but ppl still bid on the cards.. i did..

I sent a question. and got a one word 'YES' Answer... how more dodgy a seller you can get.. I then sent him trick question about a goldsack rookie card.. I asked him what number out of 450 was the card stamped with.. He replyed a one word answer 242. the things is those rookies aren't stamped. So i immediately knew he was dodgy.. Pruey won something off him too. I should of probably reported him about that.. oh well looks like someone else has got clued into him... That **** really pisses me off

 

[Darpy]

Yeah I got the same e mail. Lucky I was outbid as well for the Dale Thomas Rookie card.

gee you had me worried there. i won a dale thomas rookie and paid a week ago and havent received the card. the seller only accepted bank deposit, so i was worried it was me, but not same user name

fingers crossed it shows tomorrow.

 

[jestero12]

Nah didnt pay. Ebay took his item off the won list. But my fallback was gonna be paypal payment retrieval.

was just wondering about it....

so looked at the site



PayPal Buyer Protection

Up to $3,000.00 AUD purchase protection at no additional cost.

You are eligible to receive purchase protection on:
An eBay item that you paid for but never received
An eBay item that is significantly different from what was described in the listing
Guidelines:
You must send payment to the PayPal account associated with the eBay listing
You purchased a tangible item
Your claim must be filed within 45 days of payment
You may only file one claim per PayPal payment
The amount of coverage you're eligible to receive is determined by the eBay site where you purchased the item. Coverage amounts may vary.



Not sure about that last bit...

but you still should get the bulk of the cash back if you paid.

Gotta admit though the guy did look very dodgy (with 0 feedback, no pics and **** descriptions) - but it was too hard to resist a bargain!

 

[kuzjuxcan]

yer thats cool, we all got sucked into it which is funny. and nothing bad happened out of,, jsut take it as learning experience to be a bit more wary next time someone looks dodge..

i didnt know that about the buyer protection thats a lot of money.. there would be a limit on claims though.. and after all the money we fork over to ebay, i guess some of that should be like paying insurance..

Going a little of topic.. but ive just got a problem with a seller on ebay at moment.. I bought a Joel selwood rising star gold medal AFL chipz which I recieved the mail the other day and the side of envelope was sliced and all contents removed.. was not happy.. but on looking at the envelope.. and slice which was very small the only way the person would of know what it was if they seller had not used and packaging at at all and just chuck it into a envelope with out any protection, the envelope was a super thin one and can just see straight through it.Just asking for prying eyes to pilfer it.. and the slice is super small so doubt there was any packaging at all.. just enought to squeeze out a width of a chip.. so ive let him know how i feel he has failed in the regard to assuring item was packaged well enought to ensure safe delivery.. That is why you use thick card,, so ppl dont now what is it the padded bag or envelope and im ask for a replacement or money back.. I dont think he will do anything.. has anyone had a similar situation.. could some help give me some advice on what i should do??

 

[Pruey91]

was bidding on a didak but lost. wonder what this seller did.

 

[Clegs11]

Saw this on the Select website:

"5/28/2008
Ebay Sellers


Select would like to inform our collectors that there are a number of ebay sellers who are using the Select name as user names.

We have contacted the security department of ebay to have such user names removed.

Select has no association with such sellers."

 

[kuzjuxcan]

jesus, there some dodgy stuff going on ebay.. everyone be careful and aware of who you buying off or even selling too.