Massive eBay Scam

originaladidas

Just thought I'd let you know how you can never be too careful on a sellers feedback...

Seller had a feedback score of 2200+ 100% and an eBay top rated seller badge has just scammed about 200+ people out of non existent training shoes.

Nothing in the sellers history would have ever pointed out there would ever be a problem

About 30 people have already posted negative feedback so far that they know they have been scammed and no-one has had any replies from contacting the seller, I should know cos I'm waiting as well!

Cant open the non-received item until 11th, but I reckon this one will run into the £4000 - £5000 fraud area.

You just never know do you!? Keep you posted on this one

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peter_the_piper

Hacked account???????

luvvlyjubbly

Can you tell us who it is please.

Taadaa

Not condoning it at all but maybe they got fed up with eBay siding with buyers that take the !!!! and decided to go out with a bang. You only have to look at the comminity boards to see how many disgruntled sellers, particularly business ones, there are these days.

originaladidas

Well you could be right but personally I hope the seller ends up behind bars. Its doenst make anything of what they've done justifiable. If you dont like how eBay is going for you dont use it any more.

Buyers have too many ways of scamming sellers, but the same goes for those using the PO or courier firms. I bet 50% of people who claim they havent received have actually got them.

Cover yourself as best you can, send it recorded, its costs more but just explain to buyers in your listing why youre doing it. Covers you and them. This one is a disgrace tho...

sham63

I'm wondering if there's more to this? It's an odd pattern of behaviour given 2000 positives & good stars and then 32 negs all in the last few days. Maybe somthings happened to the seller?

As a scam, it's also pretty poor - 32 negs for £30 trainers = £960, not a vast amount. You would think a real scammer would have sold high value items if the idea was to take the money and run? Surely phones or laptops would have been more lucrative?

At least everyone will get their money back!

bris

Happened to me about 10 or so years ago.
It was for a pentium processor, guy had 1000+ feedback, but I didn't look at the history just took the feedback at face value, turns out the feedback was for goods all under £1.
Suddenly this guy and had listings in all the big electrical boards with everything from processors to video cameras, all at about 30%off rrp. He got me for £250, of which ebay policy was only £150 protection at the time. The guy scammed over 50k all BT, and he wasn't the only one pulling these scams back then, this may be why paypal is forced onto Ebay these days, it would be hard to pull this same scam now.

originaladidas

sham63 wrote: »

I'm wondering if there's more to this? It's an odd pattern of behaviour given 2000 positives & good stars and then 32 negs all in the last few days. Maybe somthings happened to the seller?

As a scam, it's also pretty poor - 32 negs for £30 trainers = £960, not a vast amount. You would think a real scammer would have sold high value items if the idea was to take the money and run? Surely phones or laptops would have been more lucrative?

At least everyone will get their money back!

He's sold the trainers in all sizes from 7 to 11! 38 in size 10 alone! Plus there was another load of listings for another load of samba trainers in the black leather model, same thing 7-11.. it'll run to thousands trust me!

Theyre a very popular shoe and it was a on the face of it a no brainer at that price, it looked as tho he had got a load of catalog returns or the end of the line of the shoe from damaged boxes pairs that were left as the stock was running down?

Yes something could have happened to the seller and yes people will eventually get their money back, still makes you feel like swerving eBay altogether when such events go on!

Like I say I'll keep you posted on this one but just shows how you cant always trust such great feedback. A friend of mine also had this happen to him not long ago on another seller doing trainers. Again I think the feedback was over 2000 with 99%, nothing ever received and no comms from the seller...

RFW

originaladidas wrote: »

Yes something could have happened to the seller and yes people will eventually get their money back, still makes you feel like swerving eBay altogether when such events go on!

Looks to me as though he could have gone into liquidation, this can happen to buyers on and off Ebay, at least with Ebay there is a level of cover for a refund. There are still plenty of people with gift vouchers for Woolworths, Peacocks et al that aren't worth a sausage.

RFW

Taadaa wrote: »

Not condoning it at all but maybe they got fed up with eBay siding with buyers that take the !!!! and decided to go out with a bang. You only have to look at the comminity boards to see how many disgruntled sellers, particularly business ones, there are these days.

These days? Sellers have been moaning on Ebay since Ebay started, online selling and rules on and off Ebay don't suit some people, they aren't always smart enough to realise.

sham63

RFW wrote: »

Looks to me as though he could have gone into liquidation, this can happen to buyers on and off Ebay, at least with Ebay there is a level of cover for a refund. There are still plenty of people with gift vouchers for Woolworths, Peacocks et al that aren't worth a sausage.

I bought an item (£160) from an online retailer who went into liquidation. I didn't get anything back.

At least with Ebay you're likely to get all your money back.