My eBay/PayPal "scammed" story...

[halik]

It must vary from state to state. In my state you are not required legal representation, but you are not prohibited from being represented by one. A few quick checks of some other states also allow you to have legal representation.

So far, I've checked 4 states and they all allow lawyers.

It is the case in MI and generally in MN.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/michigan-small-claims-court-31730.html

http://www.co.clay.mn.us/depts/courtadm/ctaconcc.htm

You are right though, looks like FL allows representation in small claims.

 

[FelixDeCat]

In 2004 I had $42,000 in Ebay sales and was a Gold Powerseller. I learned the hard way after loosing $1200 in items to one scammer who filed for bankruptcy after buying numerous items with fraudulent funds (he sold computers in advance and didnt deliver so he had chargebacks and they took the money from me).

From then on:

NOBODY gets to buy more than one item from me within 60 days (its a setting in Ebay that you can manage)

NOBODY is sold something unless they have a verified address.

SALES TO THE U.S. ONLY.

NO CASH PAYPAL SALES since it does not have seller protection.

TRUST is earned over a long period of time, not over one transaction.

I would like him to my blocked bidders list, could you tell us his screen name?

 

[Paulson]

He was booted off of eBay... his name was indianstore1

I feel ya on getting scammed and definitely about your methods... have to cover our own butts since PayPal/eBay won't do anything about it.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

That sucks.

I had a somewhat similar situation many years ago and have sworn off paypal ever since.

A personal check is far more secure to a seller than paypal.

 

[Ashenor]

I was nervous when i sold my iPhone 4s then my iPhone 5, i felt a lot better one both posted postive feedback, i was just waiting for some janky chargeback case on both.

 

[FelixDeCat]

He was booted off of eBay... his name was indianstore1

I feel ya on getting scammed and definitely about your methods... have to cover our own butts since PayPal/eBay won't do anything about it.

It took about 60 days before one charge back after another started coming from that person, thats why I only sell one item per person within 60 days now. A scammer wants you to trust him to sell him lots of goods at once with little knowledge of who he is. I USED to trust people.

Im glad he is banned but you should file the ripoff report about him and his business.

 

[Number1]

Oh I know it was a joke... that's why I put the smiley face there

Honestly it made me laugh!

Good one, now I am the one who need to calm down, LOL

It's too bad i don't live in the area where your scammer lives, I would pay him a visit.

Have you considered posting adds on Graiglist in his city advertising how dishonest his business is? MAybe file a complaint with the better business bureau?

Good luck with it.

 

[Paulson]

I filed with the BBB but they don't really care... will be posting on ripoff report but honestly I have no idea how much his business actually takes in and whether or not people find it online (I'm guessing it's just a network of people from India who want Indian type goods.)

From the times I've talked to him I gathered he knows just enough English to scam people...

Makes me wish my wife's friend from India could call him up and yell at him in native tongue!

Anyone here live in the jacksonville Fl area? Lol!

 

[Geosurface]

you have my sympathies Paulson, not only for getting scammed but then having to deal with douchey comments in here about videography and implications about your motives!

Nothing but sympathy here.

 

[Paulson]

I appreciate it... if anything hopefully people learn from the story about how you can get burned.

It sucks but it happens... as much as I'd love to meet this guy face to face I believe he'd have the same bullshit story about how he knows nothing about the phones and is angry that I've filed a police report.

Who knows, maybe his kid did it... I have no idea. Oh well!

 

[SandEagle]

add his store to http://resellerratings.com/ so others know what type if person they're dealing with

 

[7window]

I am with you paulson. I hope you nail this bastard. Hope someone burns his storefront. I have a feeling that he knows a lot about scam on ebay that he knows to send phone books. Thanks for posting and warning us by giving us his info. Subscribe to this thread.

 

[xAlias]

Sorry to hear about this op! My sympathies.

I am confused about the maths here so bear with me.

The phones were sold for $1600 right? So when he did the chargeback, you are out of the $1600 phones right which discounting profit should be less than that.

So where does the $2800 loss come into the picture?

 

[7window]

Paulson wonder if you could have just pull the money out of paypal and lay low? You got the money but your business suffers but then you dont have this aggravation with the scammer.

 

[Paulson]

Sorry to hear about this op! My sympathies.

I am confused about the maths here so bear with me.

The phones were sold for $1600 right? So when he did the chargeback, you are out of the $1600 phones right which discounting profit should be less than that.

So where does the $2800 loss come into the picture?

I guess how I came up with that amount was that I had already withdrawn the $1600 from my account, and sent the phones out to him. When paypal took back the $1600 from me, they took the $1600 plus I didn't have the phones... so in my mind it was like a double whammy.

As for actual loss it was somewhere around $1200 as others have figured out. It's just that when you accept the $1600 in september, then PayPal takes it back from you in December and it puts your account negative so you can't buy parts and you have to come up with $1600 to right the ship so to speak to buy components and whatnot.

It really hurts... hurts bad.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

if that is his actual storefront, you can post your story on the store's yelp page. he'd have to pay yelp off to get it removed.

 

[Ichinisan]

Get him, ATOT!

(I haven't read past the OP yet)

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Go to store. Walk into store. Check serial numbers. Walk out of store with stolen phones. When cops stop you, show them evidence.

Or: ATOT effect, have ATOTers stand out front of his store wit ha sign saying he sells stolen merchandise.

 

[Soundmanred]

 

[Ichinisan]

Here's a link kind of showing what I sold him (minus the fact that these are pink and he bought white)

eBay iPhones I sell

Those AC chargers are a fire waiting to happen. Believe me.

 

[Dedpuhl]

Go to store. Walk into store. Check serial numbers. Walk out of store with stolen phones. When cops stop you, show them evidence.

Or: ATOT effect, have ATOTers stand out front of his store wit ha sign saying he sells stolen merchandise.

If I lived closer (3 hr drive), I'd do.

 

[Ichinisan]

Not sure if this link works since I copied it from my iPad:
https://maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/?panoid=fG86SKk9BybYOCYreOFpyw&cbp=0,136.8476102880006,,0,0

[edit]
Better link:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=9838...oid=fG86SKk9BybYOCYreOFpyw&cbp=12,140.99,,0,0

There's a woman wearing Indian clothes that was crossing the street behind the Google StreetView truck. Wonder if she was a customer / wife of our scammer?

 

[Tweak155]

I have an idea - put the story on 4chan

 

[FelixDeCat]

tacky. D:

 

[Koing]

That is brutal

I always brick it when selling stuff on ebay and I rarely ever sell anything.

Koing