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ERICNUMBER1 · ‎Dec-29-2010

Having a picture on your profile does not mean you are even a woman. The copy and paste responses are what everyone here is upset about. The information on the websites you constantly direct us to send you in a circle of **bleep**. Unless you are a buyer, and with most of these returns posted here, also a scammer, eBay and paypal have no interest in even pretending to perform due diligence. What has happened to me was disgusting. I called eBay as soon as I started getting threatening phone calls from the buyer after he decided he did not like the dust on his used monitor. Thinking this was the odd-ball situation, I decided to have my assistant spend a couple of hours looking this stuff up. BE WARNED - There are websites that give instructions on how to do the "item not as described" return, refund, and on to the next. It took all of 2 clicks and 1 broken English sentence to do me in. All I got from eBay was copy and paste responses, phone support that gave fake names, wouldn't give out any other ID #'s, lied, etc... In the end - we got sent back 3 boxes. 1 destroyed and vandalized printer. 1 LCD monitor with razor blade slashes through the screen. AND - 1 Computer case that was not from the computer we sent, and had nothing inside the case. I have called, emailed, called, and emailed - no one can figure out if there is a way for a buyer to report "item significantly not as expected." IN fact, I am pretty sure there is no such thing, and once eBay gives the go ahead to return something in an auction that says "NO RETURNS" you are just sol. After however many years you have suffered through the different scams and security breaches, etc at eBay.... You are rewarded by eBay taking a corporate role in Fraud, and is complicit at best. After seeing that i was scammed seller number 785,543 i didn't feel as stupid, but I am still angry, and apparently eBay will be closing my account - and even though not linked to paypal, essentially rendering my paypal account useless unless I pay the scammer back for the junk he sent me. RIDICULOUS.

ERICNUMBER1 · ‎Dec-29-2010

Yeah - I need to send pictures of the "Definitely what I sent you" fraud return. Went out New in Box, came back either vandalized (razer blade scars across LCD panel) - or better yet - A random computer case with no computer inside. Of course there is no backup-server, peripheral devices, bundles of inks, etc.... This user used a 2 button press, 1 sentence fraud scam to receive a free brand new high-end workstation computer, a full monetary refund from eBay, and now eBay expects me to pay them for their errors. What is wrong with them? eBay has even jacked my paypal account, which was not linked, and I have a locked account until I settle with eBay. BEWARE of 1-4 yr old eBay accounts with minimal buying history. This is a new and MASSIVE scam. We have found angry posts about it happening to people, and instructions on how to do it. And eBay does not care about the seller. The coddle, comfort, and participate in the fraudulent behavior... Almost like it is part of the business model. LIKE: Memo - Figure out how to generate lots of reutnrs and refunds so we get more auction fees, more paypal 3% cc fees, etc... It wouldn't be so disgusting and horrible if eBay gave the seller the ability to verify the authenticity and send photos, but they don't. Even knowing that they are colluding with the scammers, they still pretend to trust the buyer above all else. and then really cause sellers dozens of hours, and in cases like mine, nothing returned as sold, purely missing, and DEMANDING that I add insult to injury, and pay the guy who just ripped me off.

ERICNUMBER1 · ‎Dec-29-2010

Same here - but worse. THIS IS THE NEW SCAM. eBay lets people return on "NO RETURN" auctions. Ours was for NEW IN BOX computers and peripheral devices. They returned a destroyed, vandalized, printer and monitor, and a random computer case with nothing inside. NOW - eBay is trying to make me pay for the FRAUD, even though it was their fault. It was an obvious total scam. I don't know when my ebay and paypal account became one and the same, but I have recently learned that what happenes on eBay also happens on paypal... EVEN IF YOUR ACCOUNTS ARE NOT LINKED.

ERICNUMBER1 · ‎Dec-29-2010

I am in the exact same situation. Sold BRAND NEW IN BOX Computer, Printer, Back-up Unit, scanner, extra ink, monitor etc.... The buyer used the computer for 3-5 days, and then filed a "significantly not as described" fake refund. It was absolute FRAUD. I informed eBay about the odd interactions. They were too bored to read the messages. They issued the guy a return authorization, multiple phone calls all failed - the last call I was given a fake name, told notes were being left, the dispute would be reversed based on reading the emails - and then nothing. Next eBay call agent says there are no notes, and that there is no "Rod X" even working there. SO the returned items are nothing like was sent. The monitor and printer are vandalized beyond comprehension. Slashes through the LCD panel, parts torn out of the printer, and the kicker - a random computer case with no parts in it. ALthough my PayPal account IS NOT LINKED to my eBay account, it is now. eBay allowed this scammer to do this, claim the item was not as described, with, and I kid you not, 1 sentence for a reason. Yet, when I need to file the same report - Item Not Received and significantly different," there is no place for ME, the DECADE plus eBayer to get this fixed, or have a person with any reading comprehension and basic logic skills review the disaster there own employees created. The story is creepier than I have written, with other fake accounts, daily changes to his Skype, Paypal, eBay, Twitter, and other profiles we were able to find. Most important though - his paypal account was unverified UNTIL after the refund/return was granted... and we shipped the computer to a tiny apartment in HUD housing in a sketchy part of Pennsylvania, while the owner of all the accounts ACTUALLY lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Oh yeah, one more thing - You can't email the guy, because his entire DOMAIN is blacklisted by the government for suspicious activity, and resides somewhere in India/Pakistan.

ERICNUMBER1 · ‎Dec-15-2010

BEWARE - A buyer on eBay hit the buy it now button for an auction he asked me to create specifically for him based on another auction I had. It was for an all NEW computer, printer, backup system, and a USED monitor. He first offered $400 and then paid $1100.... But his scam was to steal it. When received, he opened it, used everything for 3 days, registered the computer, and then filed a report that the monitor was used and he wanted a refund. The auction stated the monitor was used. Ebay let the guy do this, even though the auction was for NO RETURNS - even though there were emails on the ebay mail system explaining the condition of the used monitor. Even though I explained this eBay. As ebay and paypal are the same, ebay made an unauthorized transaction in Paypal, and refunded the entire purchase price.... Keep in mind a NEW IN BOX computer and hundreds of extras also NEW IN BOX are worth far less opened, which is why there were no RETURNS. The scammer has an email address that is blacklisted and from pakistan. His paypal account is unverified. Get this - the shipment from me was 75 lbs. - supposedly the return shipment is 48 lbs. Hmm, what did steal? The exact weight of the computer and expensive accessories. The guy was calling my home phone and leaving death threats, ebay does not care - THEY GAVE HIM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO CONTACT ME. Ebay/Paypal have been class-action sued over this arrangement before, it looks like it is time for that again. Ask yourself: As a seller, did you know that a buyer can call you a liar with 2 clicks, and get ebay to issue a refund from your paypal account? Did you know that if there is no money in your paypal account, they will steal it from you checking or credit card? Did you know that once the scam,mer buyer does this, paypal freezes your account so you cannot remove your banking and credit, or close your account to avoid a scam? I've done more than $200,000 of sales and purchases on eBay in only 50 transactions. Yet, someone with 10 transactions, unverified paypal, and with a pakistani blacklisted email address is able to scam a free computer while also threatening you and and your family.

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