Worst eBayer?

[reddwarfer]

What are the worst encounters with eBay that you've all had?
Have you seen anyone with aweful feedback?

The reason I ask is that im confident with eBay but I want to know what to expect now that im trading more regularly. Whether I can cover myself for anything etc...
The feedback one is out of pure curiosity!

[foleyjo]

Bad encounter 1 - Sold a game for about £30 odd and sent it have the receipt to prove it. Went to portugal. The buyers ebay account was disabled for some reason. About a week later i get a message from paypal saying that the guy hasnt recieved the item and has started a disputeand I have 7 days to respond or it will become a claim. a minute later its a claim. The buyer never responded to any of my emails. The item still had 2 weeks left before it was declared missing by the royal mail. The buyer had 5 negative feedbacks in the same month and the buyer got his money back. Paypal wont respond to me even though I have a reciept hat says when and where I sent the item

Bad encounter 2 - Sold an item to "Filipinogirl" went for about £45.filipino girl then bought the item from someone else. I put a dispute into ebay and was able to claim back mylisting fees but the item only went the second time for about 30 quid

[Tripitaka]

Yawn

Everyone knows Doomy... well, I encountered him...

[reddwarfer]

Well Yeah, we all know Doomy!

[koaftder]

A good while back I bought an a2000 from domy and he didn't ship the machine. We got into the arbitration process, and he of course sent me many nasty, foul emails saying things about my mother and this and that. He finally shipped the machine, when I opened it up it appeared he had taken a hammer to it's insides. ICs shattered, pcb full of holes, etc. He even scratched "f*ck you" on the inner surface of the case. Dude must have jammed a screw driver in the floppy drive a few times, total whack-o

Every other ebay experience, flawless.

[amigakid]

I have good ebay experiences.  I am careful who i buy from.  When i sell stuff sometimes have people who cant spell if id ship to other countries and stuff, of course i dont because its a hassle and its easier to get frauded.  Check out the feedback rating and also read some of the feedback left by others before bidding on an item.

[murple]

reddwarfer wrote:
Well Yeah, we all know Doomy!

Anybody who thinks the primitive craptastic German A2000 is one of the best Amigas ever is clearly a moron. But hey, they have $1200 keyboards, right?  :roll:

[McVenco]

He finally shipped the machine, when I opened it up it appeared he had taken a hammer to it's insides. ICs shattered, pcb full of holes, etc. He even scratched "f*ck you" on the inner surface of the case. Dude must have jammed a screw driver in the floppy drive a few times, total whack-o

Say what? A guy who values the A2000 as the best machine ever does THAT to one of them? He must have felt like killing his mother when he did that to that poor Amiga.

On the other hand, Doomy sounds to me like someone who HAS actually killed his own mother... (runs off to check the Most Wanted list on the FBI website)

[murple]

koaftder wrote:
when I opened it up it appeared he had taken a hammer to it's insides. ICs shattered, pcb full of holes, etc. He even scratched "f*ck you" on the inner surface of the case. Dude must have jammed a screw driver in the floppy drive a few times, total whack-o

Wow... please tell us you have a photo of this.

Perhaps he sent you one of the Punk Rock Edition Amiga 2000 systems? They were actually designed that way. They're rare! Super rare! D00MY rare! Worth $3200.57!

[Argus]

@koaftder

I hope you filed a complaint with eBay after that!

Seriously, destroying the computer is just downright wrong.
It's like a death in the family to hear of such a thing.

[Tripitaka]

Marcello Coco, wish I could rememmber his ebay user ID, this guy took 10 months to send me an Elbox tower. In the end I threatened legal action. In case anyone wonders, yes, damn right I would have sued.

[vic20owner]

A good while back I bought an a2000 from domy and he didn't ship the machine. We got into the arbitration process, and he of course sent me many nasty, foul emails saying things about my mother and this and that. He finally shipped the machine, when I opened it up it appeared he had taken a hammer to it's insides. ICs shattered, pcb full of holes, etc. He even scratched "f*ck you" on the inner surface of the case. Dude must have jammed a screw driver in the floppy drive a few times, total whack-o

I think I would have notified authorities and sued him for that one.  It's not too late you know.

[jj]

What would be the point.  he would say that you just wrecked it and reported him in revenge.

neither side would be able to prove without doubt that they were correct.

Would just be a waste of time

[bobamu]

maybe he's innocent, and it simply failed to pass it's MILSPEC testing...

 :crazy:

sorry to hear that, what kind of issues do you have to have to take someones money and then act like some kind of stupid child (at best) when they have the sheer audacity to expect the goods they gave you money for  :-?