Buyer trying it on

Adams1

emweaver wrote: »

Well strangel shes advised me shes now gone to ELC after mine arrived and bought the house

I'm sorry, I'm a little confused. She's now bought... 3 doll houses?!

bris

Buy the one she is selling and do the same to her.

terra_ferma

Don't assume that just because something is sealed coming straight from the manufacturer/stockist it means that it's in perfect conditions.

I try not to sell anything without inspecting, and I find all sorts of problem... damage, wrong specs, wrong item altogether, filthy etc etc

PS ignore the previous poster's advice, you may end up being the one getting caught for malicious behaviour towards a competitor...

pulliptears

I think my reply would go something like this:

Dear Buyer,
I am concerned that you claim the house you received from me was damaged, whilst the image I used to illustrate the auction was a stock image, I am sure you will appreciate for my own peace of mind I thoroughly photographed the house from every angle, with a dated newspaper before it left my hands and I can assure you it was in perfect condition with no evidence of any scribbles or play wear. I do this as standard now after some unscrupulous buyer swapped an item I had sold a few years ago and not having photographic evidence I was unable to take them to small claims court in that case.

Please return the house, in the same condition it was sent to.....

Auntie-Dolly

Tell her you will check your invisible security marks on the returned item...

suited-aces

bris wrote: »

Buy the one she is selling and do the same to her.

:rotfl:with another account and friend's postal address if possible!

Mrs_justjohn

pulliptears wrote: »

I think my reply would go something like this:

Dear Buyer,
I am concerned that you claim the house you received from me was damaged, whilst the image I used to illustrate the auction was a stock image, I am sure you will appreciate for my own peace of mind I thoroughly photographed the house from every angle, with a dated newspaper before it left my hands and I can assure you it was in perfect condition with no evidence of any scribbles or play wear. I do this as standard now after some unscrupulous buyer swapped an item I had sold a few years ago and not having photographic evidence I was unable to take them to small claims court in that case.

Please return the house, in the same condition it was sent to.....

Unfortunately even if you had carried out this ludicrous claim paypal/ebay are still likely to find against you!

pulliptears

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

Unfortunately even if you had carried out this ludicrous claim paypal/ebay are still likely to find against you!

I'm fully aware of that, having been buying and selling since 1999, but if the buyer is stupid enough to try this scam on, she's stupid enough to believe that the item has been photographed isn't she?

Its called 'bluffing'.

Mrs_justjohn

pulliptears wrote: »

I'm fully aware of that, having been buying and selling since 1999, but if the buyer is stupid enough to try this scam on, she's stupid enough to believe that the item has been photographed isn't she?

Its called 'bluffing'.

Unfortunately I don't believe the buyer to be stupid - dishonest yes but stupid no. They are smart enough to know how the scam works and that's all they need to know. The response that you drew up would do one of two things in my mind

1. If she were honest and the item was in someway damaged (which I doubt) then that would get her back up and she would pursue the claim, win and then neg you.

or

2. If she is dishonest (which I am sure she is) she will not care of your threat of small claims court. She has probably done it before and will know that most SCC threats never happen. She will pursue the claim, win and then probably neg you (depending on whether she wants to draw attention to her scam.

Just my opinion drawn on my 12 years of buying and selling on ebay.

pulliptears

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

Unfortunately I don't believe the buyer to be stupid - dishonest yes but stupid no. They are smart enough to know how the scam works and that's all they need to know. The response that you drew up would do one of two things in my mind

1. If she were honest and the item was in someway damaged (which I doubt) then that would get her back up and she would pursue the claim, win and then neg you.

or

2. If she is dishonest (which I am sure she is) she will not care of your threat of small claims court. She has probably done it before and will know that most SCC threats never happen. She will pursue the claim, win and then probably neg you (depending on whether she wants to draw attention to her scam.

Just my opinion drawn on my 12 years of buying and selling on ebay.

Pointless argument really, given that neither of us will find out which of us is right.
However, I have bluffed a suspected scammer with success before, but thats just my opinion drawn on my experience.