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Please help with weirdo dodgy seller!

hi I bought a buy it now item and paid immediately via paypal and was told the item would arrive in two days with a disclaimer saying the seller was not responsible for items lost in the post. Anyway, the item didn't show up so I opened a paypal dispute.

The seller was not happy with this and was quite rude. Anyway, he has since opened an unpaid item dispute against me, and put the price up somehow? !!!!!!?!

can he do this? my original paypal payment is blatantly obvious, so where do I stand? and is it allowed for him to put up the price?

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  • angelfire
    angelfire Posts: 870 Forumite
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    I don't believe this - the seller has issued an unpaid item strike!?! Can he do this?!
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,431 Ambassador
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    Apeeal, use either the ebay help system or log in and talk to livehelp. The paypal transaction number of your original payment should be enough to cancel the strike, be persistent with ebay and they will remove it.
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  • milliemonster
    milliemonster Posts: 3,708 Forumite
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    Yes he can, this happened to me a couple of years ago, I bought and paid immediately for an item, received the wrong item, sent it back recorded delivery and never received anything else even though seller kept saying they would send the right item. So I opened a dispute, got my refund then the seller opened a NPB dispute against me (!!!!!!??) so I just had to email Paypal the details of the payment and it was cleared.
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  • angelfire
    angelfire Posts: 870 Forumite
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    Live help is a waste of time, just tried and it isn't a person, just a series of standard answers to questions...
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,431 Ambassador
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    !!!!!!!!! wrote: »
    Live help is a waste of time, just tried and it isn't a person, just a series of standard answers to questions...
    Try again, I have always had a real eprson as they don't just go round in circles.

    The last time I talked to them I was having log in problems and they managed to sort it all out, put a note on my account that I was who I said I was and re log me in safely, and I haven't had another problem with log in since.
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • chja
    chja Posts: 913 Forumite
    Surely you just respond to the unpaid dispute with your PP transaction id ?
  • Tallymanjohn
    Tallymanjohn Posts: 1,060 Forumite
    Yes, try LiveHelp again. I got through to them last week & my problem was resolved in minutes. There are a couple of hoops you have to go through to get to them but it's worth it.
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