Ebay scammer

[78 280zcar]

Very interesting!:eek:

[er34gtt2000jp]

Let me rephrase, be wary of international sales. I would be hesitant to sell anything to someone in any country outside where I currently resided without some form of tangible payment like international money order.

PayPal will almost always side with the buyer and in my friends situation he sent the item from a military post office. No tracking on international shipments once it leaves the US border. He got screwed and took it in the shorts.

I certainly did not mean to insinuate that all Canadians were dirt bags, lord know we have our fare share of dirt bags here in the US. But I still wouldn't use PayPal for payment from an international buyer unless I know them well.

Please pardon my judicious use of the extraordinarily wide brush in my previous post.

[78 280zcar]

Well spoken, but your post before that, didnt really say that you thought Canadians were dirt bags!

The gameboy that I sent didnt reach the guy until 13 days later and him and I paid 100.00 and sent it overnight, its because of customs that it takes so long. But in this guys case he just didnt pay. The guy I sent my item too paid but got his money back after receiving it. I have a 100 percent positive feedback until I sold to someone international!

[zed2002]

Hi again

I couldn't find anywhere on Paypal to appeal. All messages from them were final with no reply address. They still want me to pay the balance of the $512.00 refund to him and I am not about to give him anymore funds so it has to hang there.

Well hopefully he wont scam anyone for a while because of these posts.

[78 280zcar]

Did you get seller protection, if not you are screwed! I am really sorry to say. The guy I sold to had really bad feedback also and that just didnt help in trying to dispute my issue. I guess he was selling bad jewelry to buyers!

[zed2002]

No, no seller protection, I learnt the hard way.

[Alfadog]

Can someone explain what "seller protection" is and how one obtains it? Available from chemists and seedy petrol stations or ... ?

[Mr Camouflage]

If you are shipping overseas you should always get insurance where possible. Make it part of the shipping fee.

Also shipping will take up to 3 months via sea mail, plus the time it takes to clear customs. Looks like bluefairladyZ was a bit premature with his negative feedback.

Is it possible to track down the package via australia post and find out where it is?

My girfriend sent something to France recently. It then sat a a post office for 2 weeks, because they forgot to deliver it, or send a card to the person to tell them to come in and collect it. So after 2 weeks its was sent back to customs and presumably destroyed.

Same thing happpend to me. I had somethins sent to me from the USA. It never arrived, so i went looking for it. It was at the local post office having never been delivered, they never notified me to pick it up either.

As a Seller, I should not be responsible for the postal service's incompetance. and as a buyer i hate it when you pay for something that never arrives, which has happend to me too, but it was only worth $25 so I didnt get to upset about it.

[hls30.com]

One point in Bluefailladyzs' post was that he too was taken by lie in a description of a "brand new and perfect" dash by URGELLIS. Again, URGELLIS proves his choice of dishonesty.

Will

[EScanlon]

Having worked for years in International Sales, and having seen a number of ways that people try to save money....only to lose in the end, I would suggest one of three companies....DHL, UPS or FedEx...as opposed to the Postal system of ANY country.

Not to disparage them, but as the famous line says...."You get what you pay for."

Any one of those three companies offer not only insurance, customs services, and tracking number but also confirmation and proof of delivery.

Cheap? No, but in the long run...it is. Besides, if you state on the auction that that is the way Int'l shipments will be handled....then they either acquiesce or they don't participate.

BluefairladyZ's claims of non-receipt may very well be true...as Camo pointed out...it may have been delayed or disposed of by Customs. So many shipments are simply not documented properly.....and Customs just performs it's published duty as published. That is, no paperwork....it gets returned IF the sender guarantees return postage. No guarantee? Item is disposed of via the least expensive method to Customs. Notification to either sender or recipient? No-UNLESS the paperwork included such instructions with the proper postage-paid post-cards.

Sadly the post office is not the place to find out what it takes to ship to country ZZZ. What can and can't be shipped there is something to find out from country ZZZ's Customs Department.

Many people know that Islamic countries will not accept any kind of "pornographic" material through their mail system. The DEFINITION of "pornographic" is not subject to YOUR interpretation, it's up to that countries Customs Office. You might be surprised to find that a woman's panty-hose catalog is considered pornographic, or that a body-builder "muscle" magazine featuring women is also considered such. Try to circumvent the rules and "hide" it and you are guilty of smuggling, and the RECIPIENT may find themselves in hot water.

All that being said, I would still have to question such a string of "non-receipts" for such varied and high-dollar items. Is it all his fault or the seller's? Maybe a good combination of both, with one very outspoken and vindictive seller leading the charge.

JMO

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[zed2002]

Yes I agree with you guys. The item was sent on the 3rd of March and yes he is premature especially since he put the claim in on the 19th of March when he decided he wasn't happy to wait three months. This is why I started to check his feedback seriously and it all showed a pattern. It is a good scam if you play your cards right and he obviously knows how to play the system, he cant loose really.

[hls30.com]

One note, USPS Priority mail is handled by Fedex(the USPS is their largest customer) from origin to destination post office, and many DHL deliveries are handled by the USPS once the package is in the destination city.

In the past, I have used the local customs office to find out what was required to ship to Italy, Australia and to Japan, in all three instances the deliveries were successful.

Will