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Being blackmailed on ebay

emweaver
emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
I sold a toy for peanuts basically and the buyer wanted to buy 2 of my other toys, 1 which was unsold for 99p with free postage basically. I said I would sell the 1 to her but not for 99p.

Anyway, she has sent me emails blackmailing me, saying if I didnt agree she would report me for offering to sell outside of ebay and refuse to pay for the item she won. I assume she will now also give me negative feedback!

Is there anything I can do? She has now emailed to say she has reported me now. I am so annoyed
Wins so far this year: Mum to be bath set, follow me Domino Dog, Vital baby feeding set, Spiderman goody bag, free pack of Kiplings cakes, £15 love to shop voucher, HTC Desire, Olive oil cooking spray, Original Source Strawberry Shower Gel, Garnier skin care hamper, Marc Jacobs fragrance.
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  • kiddy_guy
    kiddy_guy Posts: 987 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Report her for feedback extortion.
  • montyrebel
    montyrebel Posts: 646 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    report her to ebay saying that she has blackmailed you and it is aginst their extortion rules and let them handle it
    mortui non mordent
  • emweaver
    emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite
    Ive gone to contact us and sent an email but cant see how to report for this specific thing?
    Wins so far this year: Mum to be bath set, follow me Domino Dog, Vital baby feeding set, Spiderman goody bag, free pack of Kiplings cakes, £15 love to shop voucher, HTC Desire, Olive oil cooking spray, Original Source Strawberry Shower Gel, Garnier skin care hamper, Marc Jacobs fragrance.
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    emweaver wrote: »
    I sold a toy for peanuts

    why didn't you sell it for Money?:D
  • fairylilly
    fairylilly Posts: 143 Forumite
    is she daft? obviously you still have her emails to prove your case.
  • emweaver
    emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite
    :confused:Maybe she knows how ebay dont care about their sellers and only their buyers
    Wins so far this year: Mum to be bath set, follow me Domino Dog, Vital baby feeding set, Spiderman goody bag, free pack of Kiplings cakes, £15 love to shop voucher, HTC Desire, Olive oil cooking spray, Original Source Strawberry Shower Gel, Garnier skin care hamper, Marc Jacobs fragrance.
  • cyril82
    cyril82 Posts: 948 Forumite
    a buyer recently tried this with me, he wanted to use his own courier to collect, i refused stating it would be posted as stated in the listing.

    the buyer sent me a message on ebay threatening to leave me a neg if i didn't allow him to buy minus my postage charge.

    I simply replied thanking him for his message as it will be very useful in reporting him to ebay for feedback extortion and having any negative feedback he leaves removed as such feedback blackmail is against ebay policy, expecting to be paid the full price of the listing isn't.

    He quickly changed his tune and we came to an amicable compromise.
  • chja
    chja Posts: 913 Forumite
    Report her to eBay for abuse and inform her that you have done so.

    If the listing was active then she could have bid like anyone else. If it had ended then it's up to you how, and for how much, you sell it (if it was active with bids then that might be more complicated for you).
  • emweaver
    emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite
    Have reported her will see what Ebay say
    Wins so far this year: Mum to be bath set, follow me Domino Dog, Vital baby feeding set, Spiderman goody bag, free pack of Kiplings cakes, £15 love to shop voucher, HTC Desire, Olive oil cooking spray, Original Source Strawberry Shower Gel, Garnier skin care hamper, Marc Jacobs fragrance.
  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    emweaver wrote: »
    ...she would report me for offering to sell outside of ebay ...
    kiddy_guy wrote: »
    Report her for feedback extortion.

    They say two wrongs never make a right...

    ... but in this case we might see two birds killed with one stone :cool:
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
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