Ebay help, I've been conned!

terra_ferma

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.

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!

you feeling guilty? why should you, you are the one who got one lego and nasty emails. Even if it was true, someone leaving a nasty crook of a teenager to look after their ebay sales does not deserve any sympathy.

terra_ferma

ltn wrote: »

OP can leave them neutral feedback stating there was a problem, but that seller made amends-this is stating the facts.
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Neutral? definitely a neg this one!

Crowqueen

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

OP can also leave them a neg saying they tried to scam them but were caught out - the lego brick by recorded post suggests that they weren't entirely acting in good faith and that would have me negging them before it was all settled.

As others have said, it's possibly a test by someone wanting to see what they could get away with. The tone of the comms suggests to me that amends were made only when the seller realied they couldn't get away with it and therefore there's no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.

marleyboy

ltn wrote: »

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.

So long as buyers dont take your advice of giving a Neutral of course

mcjordi

dont mention scam/paypal/ebay etc in the feedback or they can get it removed..
glad its sorted

Strapped

Neg his !!!. Pick your comments carefully though so they don't get removed by eBay (don't mention PP dispute). Do mention that he sent one piece in an envelope instead of full set.

ltn

marleyboy wrote: »

So long as buyers dont take your advice of giving a Neutral of course

Seller hasn't actually been scammed though, have they?

If they had then of course they should leave bad feedback, and report to ebay.

All OP needs to do is state the facts, and it will be on record for all to see.

If there are any further problems, there will be a track record.

Otherwise you are just condeming someone who could be entirely innocent (badly organised/misguided or anything else you want call them), but not actually guilty of trying to steal from someone, as you suggest.

I simply don't believe in jumping to conculsions.

To falsely accuse someone of something is a really nasty thing to do.

chancesare_2

ltn wrote: »

Seller hasn't actually been scammed though, have they?

Even though a scam hasn't materialised quite how the scammer intended, it doesn't negate the fact the 'crime' took place.

If you try to rob a bank but the bank clerk recognises you, so you pull up your balaclava and say 'April Fool', do you think the crime never occurred?

Crowqueen

I don't believe that someone round here thinks this guy was not deliberately out to mislead.

marleyboy

ltn wrote: »

Seller hasn't actually been scammed though, have they?

If they had then of course they should leave bad feedback, and report to ebay.

Yes, fortunately OP did not listen to your advice of "wait n see", ensuring OP pushed ahead before the deadline. As a direct result of NOT following your advice, the OP (not the seller) has not been scammed.

The OP should now make it pretty clear what the seller attempted to do in their nice Neg Feedback.