Scammed by Ebayer - how to come back?
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Someone bought me a Mt Blanc pen for Christmas off Ebay, cost £80 (similar price to airport duty free for the same model). It was advertised, bought and paid for as genuine. Just discovered that it is a fake. Person who bought it is mortified, and obviously feels ripped off. They wouldn't mind if it was cheap, but it wasn't. I wouldn't mind if the damn thing worked, but it won't accept genuine MB refills!
Any ideas folks? Credit card company says that won't refund as gone past 60 days.
Cheers
GB
Any ideas folks? Credit card company says that won't refund as gone past 60 days.
Cheers
GB
You can get them booted off eBay for a start. You will need to notify eBay of the issue and they'll ask for proof that it is a fake. If you can get a licensed MB retailer to confirm in writing that it is then job done.
Until of course they open up a new account and start all over again
Until of course they open up a new account and start all over again
GasBlaster said:
Someone bought me a Mt Blanc pen for Christmas off Ebay, cost £80 (similar price to airport duty free for the same model). It was advertised, bought and paid for as genuine. Just discovered that it is a fake. Person who bought it is mortified, and obviously feels ripped off. They wouldn't mind if it was cheap, but it wasn't. I wouldn't mind if the damn thing worked, but it won't accept genuine MB refills!
Any ideas folks? Credit card company says that won't refund as gone past 60 days.
Cheers
GB
It is a good idea to pay by "Paypal" as it does offer you some protection.
www.paypal.com
Ebay will do very little.
I would be tempted to open a couple of fake ebay accounts and screw with this guys auctions - get a sniping program to put in high bids at the very end - dont go daft, just more than anyone else is willing to pay. Then look as if you are going through with the auction - eventually he will file a non payment warning with ebay - tell ebay that you DID pay and DID receive the item - he'll stuggle to get the fees refunded then as it looks like he is trying it on with them.
As a buyer your friend can ask for his contact details through ebay - think about doing this and giving them to trading standards. Or just get a couple of skips delivered (after waiting for a suitable amount of time). Mock up a letter from trading standards/OFT etc (letterhead surely available online) and post it to him.
Arrange to go and look at items on a friday/saturday night (when he'll probably have better things to do) and dont turn up.
Just annoy the swine however possible - people like him make ebay a real pain!
ALL JUST EXAMPLES FOR COMEDIC PURPOSES - DO NOT DO THIS!
I would be tempted to open a couple of fake ebay accounts and screw with this guys auctions - get a sniping program to put in high bids at the very end - dont go daft, just more than anyone else is willing to pay. Then look as if you are going through with the auction - eventually he will file a non payment warning with ebay - tell ebay that you DID pay and DID receive the item - he'll stuggle to get the fees refunded then as it looks like he is trying it on with them.
As a buyer your friend can ask for his contact details through ebay - think about doing this and giving them to trading standards. Or just get a couple of skips delivered (after waiting for a suitable amount of time). Mock up a letter from trading standards/OFT etc (letterhead surely available online) and post it to him.
Arrange to go and look at items on a friday/saturday night (when he'll probably have better things to do) and dont turn up.
Just annoy the swine however possible - people like him make ebay a real pain!
ALL JUST EXAMPLES FOR COMEDIC PURPOSES - DO NOT DO THIS!
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