Should I get involved?

trigirl1979

In April I nagged a seller who was rude aggressive and frightening when I tried to return a toy. Ended up a dispute via eBay and they refunded.

Last week I was contacted by a buyer who had a similar awful experience. No joking this guy is not nice, I even worried one night about him having my address and doing something. I concluded he was just a bad egg, negged him and moved on. The buyer who contacted me wants me to report him to eBay.

I have noticed in the last few months he has had a lot of bad feedback, mainly due to aggression when dealing with returns.

I totally understand how this buyer feels as I was actually scared at what he might do but I kind of drawn a line and want to move on. should I add a line to eBay about him or not?

I also note he is selling toys as a business but claims he is private. But I figure it is between him and the tax man.

What are your thoughts?

techspec

I assume you are all leaving him negs and low DSR's - so why would people buy from him?

The person should be contacting ebay - although i admit they are useless. I kept hounding a guy trying to sell a cut n shut car, which i nearly bought. But when i received threats and reported him - i was told to pay for the car by ebay or I would get a strike - they were not interested in his dodgey dealings or threats.

If you were worried last time - leave it to the buyer and ebay. You did your bit, when you left feedback - which was a warning to others. If you do email Ebay - make surer the other buyer does not tell him you are involved. They have an habbit of saying "user **** agrees with me and is willing to support me against you with ebay". As you say - he has your address.

As for the tax man - he's probably a legit business/con man - but just does not want his name and address on ebay or to be held to distance selling regs/warranties etc - which is still illegal.

hermum

I would leave it if you were concerned about him when you had dealings with him.
Let the new buyer deal with it, if ebay are interested then they can read his FB & act on it if they feel it's necessary.
It doesn't sound as though he'll be on there long from the sound of it.

terra_ferma

trigirl1979 wrote: »

In April I nagged a seller who was rude aggressive and frightening when I tried to return a toy. Ended up a dispute via eBay and they refunded.

Last week I was contacted by a buyer who had a similar awful experience. No joking this guy is not nice, I even worried one night about him having my address and doing something. I concluded he was just a bad egg, negged him and moved on. The buyer who contacted me wants me to report him to eBay.

I have noticed in the last few months he has had a lot of bad feedback, mainly due to aggression when dealing with returns.

I totally understand how this buyer feels as I was actually scared at what he might do but I kind of drawn a line and want to move on. should I add a line to eBay about him or not?

I also note he is selling toys as a business but claims he is private. But I figure it is between him and the tax man.

What are your thoughts?

It seems to me that it's clear from their fb what sort of person they are, so buyers are warned and should stay away, if they don't it's their choice, they are taking risks by ignoring fb (I expect the % won't be great).
You've done your bit and suffered enough, they will go at some point, I'd stay out of it if it was me...

trigirl1979

Thanks guys thatswhat I thought, going to leave alone theft says it all!

Crowqueen

As for the tax man - he's probably a legit business/con man - but just does not want his name and address on ebay or to be held to distance selling regs/warranties etc - which is still illegal.

Long shot but you can report them to Trading Standards. If there are issues with the item they sold you and you feel they might be an actual danger to the public, then I'd say it was a duty to get involved. Apparently you need to contact their local Trading Standards, and the item location might reveal where they are actually located even if no address is visible.