eBay horror stories!

[xoot]

Originally posted by Trip
lol, if I could get a miniDV Canon zr15 camera for $5 at eBay then I'd let you guys know.

Don't let us know when the auction is still in progress... we'll bump up the price to $50.

[Trip]

lol...Anybody have any money lying around that they can send to me? I'm willing to work for it!!!

[Captain Code]

This isn't a "horror" story, but the guy still lied to me and didn't return my emails.

I bought a Power Mac 9500 to use as my email server.

So, anyways, I send the money via PayPal, and get an email saying "let me know when you recieve your PowerMac. i'm going to give you positive feedback and would appreciate the same from you".

So I say, "ok I'll give you the feedback when I recieve the computer and I know that it works etc.."

I get it and give the guy positive feedback. I check what he left for me, and there's nothing. So, I email him asking when he's going to leave the feedback, many, many times, and recieve no responses, so I just gave up with the jerk.

The computer is great and never crashes, but the guy still lied, and that was annoying

Good luck to themacko in getting his mess resolved

[themacko]

Update

And the plot thickens... Well PayPal did indeed put the $1200 back into my account, so everything's cool as far as I am concerned. I sent the other guy an email saying that even though it was pretty clear he was trying to extort money out of me, I haven't and will not be taking any actions and I concidered the matter closed.

Apparantly he does not see it this way. He sends me another email on the 4th of July telling me, and I quote:

I expect that you will send me a check for $200 immediately or you will here from my attourney and your local Arizona State Police.

Yes, he did use the wrong form of 'hear' and mis-spelt 'attorney' but I won't hold that against him. Nor will I make any comments about there being a 'local Arizona State Police' but, whatever. Not all of us have common sense.

I know what you're thinking .. "just ingore him already" or "why are you making a big deal out of this now?" Well, yesterday I recieve in my mailbox, a case file from the Attorney General's office of the state this dude's from. He is continuing to claim he never recieved the iBook and has filed an action against me for $1200. I'm starting to wonder if he is dillusional or something.

Now I'm not sure what to do. I'll obviously send the proof back to the Attorney General's office that I did indeed ship the iBook and this guy did indeed recieve and sign for it. But what I do about him wanting $200 from me? Why does is want it and why can't he use proper grammar in his attempts of extortion?

Absolute craziness I tell you!

[edX]

i'm no legal expert, but i would think that his attempt to press some sort of action against you when yu have proof of his receiving the goods would constitute some sort of fraud in its own right. he may regret the day he decided to push the issue.
and never rule out the idea of being delusional.

[Macartist]

I can see that there are whackos around and hope to avoid them. That's why I LOVE eBay. I have bought 2 lovely mac laptops with excellent service all round. I also bought an iMac 2 years ago and when it arrived the CD drive didn't work. i had paid with PayPal.The seller was furious and very hotheaded and didn't believe me. i told him I'd had it checked with a certified apple tech. After many harangues but only over a few days i used the dispute service on eBay and they froze his account. Now That's what saved the day! We finally settled, he gave me some money back and I bought and had installed a new drive. Then i looked in the old drive out of curiosity and a piece of paper fell out. Oh no! We were both right. I felt really badly for both of us. But I won't buy anywhere else because i feel I have protection. It doesn't prevent a hassle but I think it's a great way to get a great deal. But, yes indeed, keep all records!

[g/re/p]

Hey Macartist - welcome to MacOSX.com!


(btw - you replied to a thread that is 6 years old)