Is This Too Good To Be True?

TheRainman

Well that wasnt a great success, they told me that I need report him to my local consumer advice office in Scotland, Im sure they will be interested. Anyway I'll give them a call and follow procedure. Its just the last time I had bother with a purchase on ebay I contacted the sellers local trading standards in Newcastle, got through to a trading standards officer who promptly put the seller out of business.

Sugarhigh

I am so glad to have found this thread although under such terrible circumstances.
I too was about to buy the Ultima 8 in 1 frrom this guy today but was reading around a little first and so bloody glad i did!

k-man

Hello everyone. This happened to me too, i am so mad and upset i have always trusted Ebay but never again! I cant beleive this seller would be so callous, stealy money off young mothers and mothers to be! tried ringing paypal but they really wasn't very helpful at all. Just hope i get the money back. :mad:

Sugarhigh

I think all that can be done is reporting it to paypal, ebay aswell as watchdog and maybe even the police?

soolin

Sugarhigh wrote: »

I think all that can be done is reporting it to paypal, ebay aswell as watchdog and maybe even the police?

Have you had any success in actually tracking the guy down yet and working out what his real name is? Does the business address check out when you search for it, does it look like a storage place or a street address when you check the postcode, actually working out who this guy is should be your first step, no one else will do it which is why I suggested setting up a user group somewhere so you can co ordinate who does what to track him.

if you had an easily contactable group of members then maybe two or three could go check out the address discreetly, I would NOT sugegst any vigilante operation or confrontation, just go and take a look as to whether it looks inhabited or not., take photos. You may have to do some leg work here. Start by having a simple Yahoo or google group with a moderator to keep an eye on the posts to ensure that it doesn't get silly, then share inormation and track this scum bag down.

Look at the excite thread, people actively sought that scammer and tracked him down and he is now in custody where he belongs.

Sugarhigh

the post office have him down as "gone away" from that address

STFCFAN

ive just tried to leave my neg feedback but im too late as the listing is removed,not that it would make much difference but it would make me feel better!

TheRainman

Can anyone be so kind as to post the link to this "excite" thread people are making reference to where the scammer was tracked down ? Thanks in advance

STFCFAN

it seems loads of people have been stung by this lowlife.im feeling quite positive about the situation now i see how many people are involved and how determined everyone is to see this through.chin up everyone:T

soolin

I'm terrible at links, hopefully this is it:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=995959&page=10

The difference here though is that the scammer seemed less 'professional' and was tracked down through various names and addresses. I am concerned at the pram scammer as without a real name and address all the complaints in the world are not going to help..someone has to do some real work to find him.