A scam on EBAY

[beandip]

A friend just sent me an email . DONT BUY ANYTHING FROM JT OUTFITTERS on eBay . According to my friend , he takes your money and doesnt ship the item and says it is out of stock . If you bitch he gives you a negative feedback and won't return the funds . Says he will ship the item later and it's been over a month . Apparently he has been selling a lot of stuff for Z cars , so be careful . My friend frequents hi-bred Z . Gary

[theianmonster]

Yeah, there's two other threads about this, but thanks for the heads up anyways.

[74260zt]

post a ebay link to the queerbait...

[Walter Moore]

A quick search for JT OUTFITTERS on Ebay's member profile search shows 6 close matches:

jtoutfitters: Member Since May 2001

Rating 3, 100% positive. (All from SELLERS)

No negative feedback received.

2 feedbacks left for other members, 100% positive.

No items listed for sale in the last 30 days.

jtoutfitter: Member Since Jan 2006

Rating 2, 100% positive. (All from SELLERS)

No negative feedback received.

2 feedbacks left for other members, 100% positive.

No items listed for sale in the last 30 days.

jcoutfitters: Member Since March 2002

Rating 73, 100% positive. (All from SELLERS)

No negative feedback received.

5 feedbacks left for other members, 100% positive.

No items listed for sale in the last 30 days.

jpoutfitters: Member Since Feb. 2004

Rating 65, 100% positive. (57 from BUYERS, 12 from SELLERS)

No negative feedback received.

75 feedbacks left for other members, 100% positive.

No items listed for sale in the last 30 days.

(Last item sold in March 2006)

jgoutfitters: Member since November 1999

Rating 95, 100% positive. (44 from BUYERS, 60 from SELLERS)

No negative feedback received.

109 feedbacks left for other members, 100% positive.

1 item listed for sale in the last 30 days:

"Fender Lone Star Stratocaster Strat, Immaculate, As New" $665

(Appears to mostly deal with musical instruments.)

jhoutfitters: Member since October 2001

Rating 155, 100% positive. (87 from BUYERS, 88 from SELLERS)

No negative feedback received.

222 feedbacks left for other members, 100% positive.

No items listed for sale in the last 30 days.

(Last item sold in April 2006)

None of those profiles fit the description of a scam seller who abuses the negative feedback options to bully people into silence.

There is a dispute resolution process on Ebay. I have used it (once) and the seller responded in a positive way to the nudge. I recommend that your friend take advantage of that process, and keep us posted as to the outcome.

And in the meantime, please check with him as to the exact Ebay user name of the offender, because somehow the name in your original post doesn't seem to be related to anyone who sells Z parts on Ebay.

[ZIII]

Walter...... Nice touch, nice work......

George

[74260zt]

Thats why I asked for a link.... there are matchs close to that name, but no one that has sold Z car parts if you read the feedbacks...

Am I missing it? :stupid:

[EScanlon]

Here's the original post here by AZCARBUM, who is purportedly the one that originally got burned.

Why not PM or e-mail him and find out what the exact spelling should be?

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?p=181577#post181577

[a7dz]

Looks like maybe some one has hijacked his account and is doing the dealings on it? Happened to us a couple of years ago. Takes a couple of weeks to get the process rolling and then some more time to get it all sorted out. May be wrong but, sure smells fishy here.