This sod's selling a hub he blagged off me

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I mixed up a couple of recent ebay sales and sent a set of xt brakes to a guy in England, nad his hub to, well what turned out to be a shipping on company, with its end destination in Bulgaria.

After the initial sorry emails the brake recipient sent it back, was refunded totally with an extra fiver for a beer on me for his trouble. All in all he was very good about it. Very understanding :oops:

The guy who paid for the brakes and got a hub i could have told you from the start was going to turn into a nightmare.
Starts hounding me for return postal fee. To which i tell him those are refunded upon recipt of the hub.
More emails, completely ignoring all ive said and demanding payment.
:facepalm: knew it
This goes on back and forth and then i discover that he's put in a dispute whilst we're talking and happily bumping it on.
Im more than sure id have lost a hub mysteriously disappeared in eastern europe postal system along with the return fee. And then a complete refund.
So i kept refusing and insisting we continue through ebay/paypal as that was clear how he wanted it, despite telling me other.

My end of paypal i had the option to ask it to be returned in order to be refunded. So this is now me and paypal telling him to return it.
I get an email saying paypal are unable to solve the problem and i must send him the money now.
Truth of it was paypal would only pay him once it was returned, and it was now totally clear this was never his intention. If id sent the return payment id be out that, plus the initial costs of the brakes, and i am more that sure no hub either.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hope-XC-6-Bol ... SwNRdX7rhD



In ebay, as in in my options, i specify which countries i will post to and which im not.
Bulgaria is amongst those not.
This clown doesnt follow the rules. So to sidestep my criteria, he has it first sent to a shipping company in England, then on to Bulgaria.

The fact he's willing to do this shows me his entire personality and how he conducts business. So on that note i ask you to beware if dealing with him.
 
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Despite your woes, he still has a 100% reputation on eBay. Why haven't you left negative feedback for him to help others who might not see this site?
 
The History Man":1ud2z6mo said:
I'm down to £2.50.

;) :LOL:
Neg feedback it doesnt reflect on his score unless someone sees it. So it would likely just be a drop in the ocean, though he would likely neg me and that shows on mine.
There is nothing i can report him on. Stolen goods- Ebay dont allow anyone outside law enforcement to contact them.
I thought maybe a heads up and that be it.


His feedback is such hes not going to worry about it, which is a confirmation of his behaviour throughout. You'd likely be fine until something goes amiss. Then youre dealing with a nightmare.
 
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Ebay is just a den of thieves and fraudsters. I feel for you but then again I'd never go through these scumbags in the firstplace.
 
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It is a den of thieves and fraudsters. This, however, doesn't mean that all people using Ebay are thieves and fraudsters (as some people have to be the victims) but if you are a fraudster then it is the place to be. This is due to the way that Ebay is set up whereby Ebay has done all it can to subvert the law in order to absolve itself of all responsibility for illegal activity which in turn allows fraudsters to operate with impunity.
I remember reading an article in a newspaper where they carried out checks on goods bought on Ebay and subsequently the majority of them proved to be fakes. When Ebay was contacted they just washed their hands of any responsibility.
Ebay is constantly being sued by companies (and losing) for selling fakes. Their advice is always that they are not responsible for the seller which is a green light for illegal activity.
Here's a newspaper article to offer some evidence:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... -true.html
 
This just happened to be a well written article backed up with some stats by a decent freelance journalist. A five second search on Google found the following. Class/bigotry aside the theme that runs through all these articles is pretty evident in that fraudsters and thieves have a good time on Ebay and those that are caught are merely the thinnest tip of the iceberg.
Here's a selection of articles from more 'socially acceptable' news sources:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eb ... me-5513814
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lu ... 89876.html
http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/r ... ears-feb16
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... fraud.html
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1 ... m/?ref=rss
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... news.crime
https://www.facebook.com/durhamconstabu ... 3293713292
 

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