DVD seller disappears

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

macfly wrote: »

Read the feedback. The great British public's answer is death or incarceration for this major criminal. For a tenner which they will get back.

You appear to be suggestion there is nothing dodgy here with this seller?

It may be a tenner each but look at the sales, you are talking thousands which will have been long gone from Paypal's clutches so us sellers will really be the ones paying for this through the fees they charge to cover fraud and buyer Protection payouts.

macfly

Read it again looney. Of course it's dodgy. Hardly worth getting in to a state about though is it?

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

macfly wrote: »

Read it again looney. Of course it's dodgy. Hardly worth getting in to a state about though is it?

Depends of whether you make a living on eBay and are concerned at the rate this kind of activity must drive buyers off the site and towards companies like Amazon. Yet another blow to independent businesses because eBay stuffs it's pockets with money rather than ensuring sellers are up to scratch before letting them sell thousands pounds worth of stuff.

As I say this isn't the first, nor the last, time this has/will happen. I've seen a very similar set up with expensive toys last year and this person could be doing this round and round raking in very serious money.

It's not of concern to the OP (as they have said, they aren't bothered it's a few quid that they'll get back) but the bigger picture is concerning yes.

Crowqueen

rather than ensuring sellers are up to scratch before letting them sell thousands pounds worth of stuff.

Yet when discussions of seller ratings comes up people howl about how unfair eBay/buyers are when they dare to criticise a seller's service.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Crowqueen wrote: »

rather than ensuring sellers are up to scratch before letting them sell thousands pounds worth of stuff.

Yet when discussions of seller ratings comes up people howl about how unfair eBay/buyers are when they dare to criticise a seller's service.

I was referring to some kind of vetting system rather than seller ratings.

This seller has proved seller ratings and TRS are worthless as they have very cleverly manipulated them to appear to be a trustworthy eBayer before pulling their scam.

Showing the TRS badge was part of the plan from the start.

RFW

plumface wrote: »

I know i dont think that way but,how is it that easy to pull off with linked bank accounts etc?

I can think of one or two ways that would possibly not even ever see anyone get arrested/prosecuted.

Think about the Christmas hamper companies that went into liquidation a few years ago. That was genuine, but hundreds of thousands of pounds of items paid for were never received by the buyers. It's not too difficult to recreate that short term, if you're a scumbag!

macfly

I wonder if this seller was part of the group that tried to import over a ton of cd's in to Manchester airport? All bent, from China.

Irn-Bru-Kid

According to goofbay:

Items Sold: 4659 (69.03%) Total Revenue: £34,381.23 + £0.00 shipping
Items Not Sold: 2090 Lost Revenue: £14,803.12 + £0.00 shipping

Someone will be having a very merry xmas at ebay's expense!

lindseykim13

wow there is some serious language in those feedbacks!

techspec

Aint it amazing how slow Ebay are to react. Still registered, still top rated. Surely a certain number of negatives should trigger something.

If he had just been guilty of over-charging 20p on postage - they would have had him by now.