Ebay Con artist?

Question

Ebay Rip Off?
I bought some dvds off ebay for like 530 dollars, I sent my money order but have bot received the dvds yet, that was 3 months ago. I live in pa and the seller lives in colorado, is there any way of getting my money back, cause ebay doesn't do ****? How can I make this guy pay!!!

Answer 1

was it a postal money order?

if so submit a complaint reporting mail fraud. To complete a Mail Fraud Complaint Form, go to:



http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fra...



or If you'd like to report this matter, you can contact the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. The IC3 gives victims of Internet crime an easy way to report Internet crime to local, state, federal, and

international authorities. To contact the IC3, go to:



http://www.ic3.gov





good luck and don't wait so long next time E-bay will make every effort to asisitt you if you make your claim in a timely manner. sign up with pay-pal don't ever send cash or use western union money grams. postal money orders are the best alternative to paypal because the post office takes this shi* seriously.

Answer 2

I fell foul to a guy from China who I attempted to buy an iPod from a few years ago. If you payed for the DVD's with PayPal, then visit the PayPal website or look for information on eBay for refunds, you may find what you need there.



If you payed with a cheque or money order, then Im afriad that there is little you can do, and there is also little chance that the person you bought those DVD's from really does live in Colorado, so report him when your sure your not getting your product. Its a shame.



Many apologies, I hope this helps at least a little.

VIP

Answer 3

Always use paypal, unless hes very reputable like has 100 percent feedback and hundreds of them or thousands.





I dont know really. Try calling the police in his home city, maybe you can file a complaint of mail fraud.



You could also contact ebay and request contact details, you will get his phone number try and call, if hes a scammer probably will do no good. If hes not scamming you might get lucky.



hope this helps



And if you really want to get him back you could go to colorado and beat him up.

Answer 4

IF is a check is instantly Mail fraud, same thing that black got busted for. SO if he does not pay he will get a minimum of six in prison, so lawyer up or contact the police. Just read up on how defrauding someone by either accepting or soliciting a check, money order, or any other form of documented funds for services, goods never delivered is a federal offense (just Google it and it will appear withing the top pages). GOOD LUCK and I wouldn't worry you will get your money or at least make it worth he gets six in jail but I doubt he will get the minimum. Black has millions and probably paid the lawyer pretty dam good to only get six, so I think your case person would probably live in jail the rest of his life.............

Answer 5

Below is some info, but also go on ebay's homepage and at the top you will see a link to "live help" click on that and they can give you some definitive links to report this guy.



Did you give him negative feedback? And then you can go to the site map and do follow-up feedback to make the negative feedback larger.(look on right side under feeback).

http://pages.ebay.com/sitemap.html?_trksid=m37



You can sometimes get their contact information by going to the site map on ebay and find "contact member" and put in the item number and the member ID of the seller. You might get a phone number that you could call or an address...but sometimes they are not listed there too...look on right side under connect and contact member...

http://pages.ebay.com/sitemap.html?_trksid=m37 (sitemap)



Did you report him to ebay as a non-received item from seller? Here are some links to info on that (similar to above)..

http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/inr-snad-process.html (items not received or not as described process)

http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/contacting-members.html#contact (finding contact information on members)



You could also set up a case with square trade, which is associated with ebay.

http://www.squaretrade.com/cnt/jsp/odr/overview_odr.jsp



You could also contact the issuer of the money order and see if they have any guarantees where you could get your money back, but I doubt it.



It is best not to pay or accept checks or money orders on ebay, only to use paypal, because they can get your money back by reversing the transaction if you complain about a problem. You can file a dispute (under security tab) and immediately escalate it to a request for a refund.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/helpscr?cmd=_help&t=escalateTab (paypal contact us)



If nothing else, you can see when the guy has other people complaining about him and advise them that if they paid through paypal, to complain about him to paypal and set up first a dispute and then escalate it to a request for a refund right away. Lots of people don't know this and you can stir up a lot of trouble for him by seeing who is complaining about him (neg FB) and then hit their ID and hit contact member and tell them what they can do.



P.S. The guy who suggested the Colorado police and the postal inspector is a good idea also. It is mail fraud possibly, which is a federal crime.

http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/ (postal inspectors)

http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/contactUs/filecomplaint.aspx (file a complaint)

http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx (mail fraud complaint)

Answer 6

Did you pay with PayPal as you might be able to make a claim. Try reporting this to the police and keep on at ebay. Have you contacted the seller? Good luck.

Answer 7

eBay doesn't protect you when you send money orders. You're pretty much screwed. I hate it for you, but that's why 99% of eBay transactions are done w/ electronic payments. Also, I think you only have like 90 days to file disputes. (Not sure about that part, but I know there is a limit.) Never, ever, ever, use a money order.

Answer 8

if you still have the money order thing you tore off, the receipt printed on the money order, there is a way to request the money back if he has not cashed the money order. It will tell you how on that ticket. It will request to send in some amount like 15 dollars, or it may possibly be deducted from the amount of the money order if its still good. Dont send in any money they will deduct it if there is money there, they word it like that to make extra money in case the money order has already been cashed.

Answer 9

If you sent a money order your remedies are going to involve law enforcement in Colorado, including the Postal Inspector if you sent him the MO via the US Postal Service.



Good luck.

Answer 10

Ok, I think you should get this person's Ebay username, and report him. It's actually stealing. Try contacting the person and if they don't reply, call the police.

Answer 11

Not trying to be funny but go on Judge Judy. Seems to be a lot of this going on right now.

Answer 12

Complain to ebay: http://crs.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?crsstartpage



Complain to PayPal, if you used them for the transaction: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/sell/SellerGuide-outside

Answer 13

keep complaining to ebay!!!!



contact them



dont use email theyll just delete it probably :(



Ring them up and work something out with them





dont give up