[ShnickyShnack]

Okay, so the other day I won this auction on eBay. Pretty good deal, really ... however, my efforts to contact the seller have failed. No matter how many messages I send, there's just silence.

The thing is, emailed her during the auction, and everything seemed fine. After I won it, I asked her to fax me a photocopy of some ID, just because she doesn't want to use PayPal. Should I assume she's a scammer? Should I report her to eBay?

Basically, how long should I wait before I decide I got the shaft?

 

[Lawrence]

I don't know...But...It's been relisted.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2740723865

But...Now it's been unlisted...Hmmm...
Here's a comment that is posted:

The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing.


Dave

 

[ShnickyShnack]

Hmm ... methinks she wants more dough, as her "buy it now" price was somewhat (but not that much) higher (US$1650 as opposed to US$1500).

She wouldn't be that stupid, would she? If you expect a minimum, put a damn reserve on it! But she specifically had no reserve!

Hmph ... amateurish ... very amateurish ...

 

[Lawrence]

Shoot...I could have had it for a $1.00 when she relisted it, Too bad you didn't see that fast enough.
Oh well.

Dave

 

[Lawrence]

I think you'll have to keep trying emails.

Good luck!

Dave

 

[minnes]

if you won, then give the seller a big fat negative feedback if you dare
beware of retalliation though

 

[ShnickyShnack]

*mouse hovers over "write feedback" link*

 

[minnes]

or you could leave a neutral if you want to be more wishy washy

 

[ShnickyShnack]

Never! I want blood!

 

[PosterBoy]

Well, since it has been re-listed that does seem a little amateurish doesn't it? I would make sure to keep the item number handy in case you lose the link, and keep emailing her for another few days.

If there is still no response after a few days then leave some feedback (and let them know that you will be doing this too, they have an alright rating and a lot of people are quite protective of that).

After that, you can email them again and report it to eBay through their incompleted transaction thingy, or whatever it is called these days.

--PB

 

[ShnickyShnack]

Holy shmoly!!

I noticed a phone number on the seller's about page, and called and left a message. She called me back and said, "I haven't placed anything on eBay lately."

Turns out it was a case of identity theft, so the whole thing was a fraud. Scary stuff, man! She had excellent feedback, I could've easily gotten burned. Thank God no money changed hands!