posted on September 28, 2005 03:19:20 PM
We are having a problem with an ebay 'buyer'.
This ebay user registered under in September 2005. We know her real name; to protect the innocent, I will say her name is REBECCA in this message but she registered with the name Jane. As far as we can tell, she has successfully registered with Ebay at least five times and every time with a different ebay ID. she bids on loads of items, pays for a couple and then doesn't pay for anything else and is thrown off ebay. The she re-registers.
She has just came back again last month and bid on one of our items. We got an email from him yesterday stating "the moneys in the mail" and she signed it REBECCA (not JANE). About four months ago, we got a similar email from REBECCA but never got paid.
Additionally, she registered with false name and phone number. I called the phone number which I received from ebays MEMBER CONTACT INFO service; the phone number listed there is out of service.
I know a few of the other dealers she has winning bids with; they never got paid from her and are well aware of the games she plays.
posted on September 28, 2005 04:22:23 PM
Turn her in to Safe Harbor and block her from bidding under her current user ID. If she's still registered a week after you turn her in to Safe Harbor - email her and tell her you have turned her in for fraud not only to Ebay, but to the local authorities - maybe that will scare her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on September 28, 2005 04:28:15 PM
dont we need credit card to register these days?and how many credit cards does she have?
you can state in your auction,any one with zero or low feedback should contact you first before bidding and see if you can catch her??
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posted on September 28, 2005 04:47:32 PMstopwhining wrote,
dont we need credit card to register these days?...
Only if you use a free email service like HotMail or Yahoo. If you register with an ISP email address you do not need a credit card to verify your ID.
OP should follow Caroline's advise and turn the bad bidder into Safe Harbor.
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