Ebay help, I've been conned!

Ms-Money-Penny

He could be genuine, if it was me i'd wait to see if the lego turned up and if it did would send the payment to him.

Come on folks it's the season of goodwill.:)

CFKemp

boyosprey wrote: »

He is a fraudster as he said he photographed the item he sent you (later on he was not even there it was his brother)

Not that I'm suggesting this is the case but if he's saying he was away and his brother sent out the item he could also have been the one to have sent the emails.

The thing that stops me believing him at all is the way he has responded throughout though. As mentioned above, any genuine person would have dealt with the whole thing better.

Take the refund and leave it at that.

CFKemp

pearl123 wrote: »

Do you think it feasible - that the seller may have read this thread? I believe it is possible. From all that has been said the seller is probably a scammer. It must be tempting to take his gift, but I don't think one should. If you did take the gift - this story could twist and turn even more!

He reminds me of a snake.

This occurred to me too but tbh I didn't credit the seller with that much intelligence!

thistledome

happymumto2 wrote: »

The money has been refunded back to my account :j

I also received another email

Hi
I have refunded your money in full as I understand you have no faith in me as a seller. I would like the opportunity to make amends and prove I am a genuine seller, with this in mind I shall be posting the item out this afternoon with next day delivery, so you should get it tomorrow. I hope this meets with your approval, if you wish to pay towards the item after it arrives I would be very grateful, if not please keep it with my compliments for any distress caused.

In other words: please don't leave a neg saying I'm a scammer because then I can't scam anyone else.

Am starting to feel a bit guilty now incase their story was true, we shall see tomorrow, although we have heavy snow forecast for tonight and the next few days!

Please don't feel guilty! The scammer certainly won't be. The story about the brother playing a prank is a load of baloney IMO.

Glad you got your money back.

mikey72

Hands up who's got teenagers?
Sounds quite possible his brothers sent the previous emails. See what arrives, and if it's a genuine offer accept it.

pearl123

You had fairly a fairly unpleasant email from him at first regarding receiving only one piece. His tone changed dramatically once he was caught out.
It got clever scam written all over it to me.

spugzbunny

Regarding the seller sending you the package anyway - I would probably not accept it so that you can just close the matter. I would await Soolin's advice on that one as she will know the ins and outs of ebay/paypal liability for receiving it.

I completely agree that this sounds like a test scam. Dodgy dodgy. I don't know whether you sell on ebay but I would add them to your blocked bidders list too.

shellsuit

Ms-Money-Penny wrote: »

He could be genuine, if it was me i'd wait to see if the lego turned up and if it did would send the payment to him.

Come on folks it's the season of goodwill.:)

This is a joke, right? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Genuine?

Season of goodwill?

I think your post is meant to be directed at the seller, not the OP.

marleyboy

I am so glad this issue is now resolved, it sounds to me like the Sel---Scammer got cold feet, I am guessing you were a testing ground but it backfired (nearly clever), I have no doubt he will scam again, once he has ironed out the rough spots to his plans, in the interests of any future potential victims, I would urge you to have NIL sympathy and make this clear in a NEG.

As others have said, I would urge caution on receiving any future parcels from this seller (whether or not for free).

Should you decide to take the free gift (as it is tempting) I would urge you keep all historical information and contacts you have had from this user, with preparation to show them to Paypal or Ebay as evidence (including the offer of a free gift) should they be needed as a result.

That he resolved this in the space of one evening (early hours at that) leads me to believe he knew only to well he had been caught out and panicked.

Good result OP :D

ltn

cyberbob wrote: »

We all live on Planet Earth. Why don't you come and Join us.:D

I don't know what planet you're on but I certainly won't be you joining you! :eek:

Relax CB, you're going to give yourself (and others) an ulcer.

OP has their money back, so problem solved. No need to get excited.

If the seller wants to send the lego let them. They cannot chase for payment of goods they have sent which are unsolicited. They have offered them free of charge. End of story, if they tried to persue OP for payment they wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

OP can leave them neutral feedback stating there was a problem, but that seller made amends-this is stating the facts.

If seller really is the evil Lego scam-monger you've decided he/she is, they will soon get bad feedback and be found out, and that'll be that.