Buyer wants smelly shoes ... For children

FattyBettyBoo

Just wondering what other's thoughts are. I'm selling my 6 year olds old school shoes on eBay, and I've had an email asking if they are smelly as that's what the buyer wanted. They also asked that if they weren't, did I have any smelly ones I would sell them.

Now I've heard about these smelly worn shoes fetishes, but kids shoes is taking it too far in my opinion. I've reported the user to ebay but is this enough? OH thinks I'm over reacting but hate the thought that this could be someone dangerous and I've not done as much as I could to stop them.

Would eBay contact the police in these circumstances?

campdave

FattyBettyBoo wrote: »

Would eBay contact the police in these circumstances?

Very much doubt it, especially if you've just sent a report buyer report via the website rather than speaking to someone.

If you feel strongly about it, you should contact the police yourself. if the police feel there is a concern, they will be able to get the details from ebay.

ballisticbrian

I can't believe what I am reading. You need to report this to the police, either your local police or you could start here: http://www.ceop.police.uk/ and they will at least point you to the correct place.

steveo3002

yeah sounds like a proper wierdo that needs locking up

RuthnJasper

How creepy. I certainly would report them to eBay and, as ballisticbrian says, to CEOP. It's not something normal people would even do as a "joke", in my opinion.

Abbafan1972

Selling shoes on Ebay is not something I would do! :mad:

marleyboy

I would be tempted to soak them in vinegar and reply with "they absolutely reek".

Road_Hog

ballisticbrian wrote: »

I can't believe what I am reading. You need to report this to the police, either your local police or you could start here: http://www.ceop.police.uk/ and they will at least point you to the correct place.

You need to calm down. Now, I read this thread earlier and I did feel unclean after reading it.

But last time I looked, wanting a pair of smelly shoes, isn't actually a crime. Would you seriously walk into a police station and say, officer, a crime has been committed, some weirdo is asking if I have a smelly pair of shoes for sale.

I think that the OP is missing a trick here, I've got an old pair of trainers that I'm about to throw out, give me the buyer's details and I'll 'curl one out' in them and send them on. I mean how much money is the buyer offering, 'cause I've also got some shoes that are nearing the end of their life and I could retire them early. The 'curly' process has a limited daily production, but the urination plant is quite free flowing if that would make the grade.

ballisticbrian

You need to calm down. Now, I read this thread earlier and I did feel unclean after reading it.

A crime may not have been committed - so you are happy? How do you think the original poster feels being contacted by such a person. At least CEOP can check the person concerned to see if they are on the sex offenders register and whether they have access to children, both of which they can do because this suspicion has been raised and they do not need proof of an actual crime in order to do that.

Road_Hog

ballisticbrian wrote: »

A crime may not have been committed - so you are happy? How do you think the original poster feels being contacted by such a person. At least CEOP can check the person concerned to see if they are on the sex offenders register and whether they have access to children, both of which they can do because this suspicion has been raised and they do not need proof of an actual crime in order to do that.

Look, the whole thing gives me the creeps, but the buyer hasn't mentioned children, they have merely asked about smelly shoes. Now, having (a somewhat weird) a fetish for smelly shoes or even asking about them, isn't a crime. Even if you are a plimsoll sniffer, it isn't a crime. It might be completely weird, but I do believe it isn't yet a crime.

Idiophreak

Road_Hog wrote: »

Look, the whole thing gives me the creeps, but the buyer hasn't mentioned children, they have merely asked about smelly shoes.

They were children's shoes. They were asking for smelly children's shoes.

I'm with those above, I'd certainly be reporting this to the police.