Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 I recently won a Xonox double ender not too long ago...Spike's Peak/Artillery Duel, and the seller's emails sounded kind of suspicious. Here's the first one: Rodney Bohrer wrote: Sorry I did not get back to you on Sunday! I did not recieve your email until I had to quit for the day(All-Star game)! The game looks even better then the photo, and it plays like new! It will be a great addition for your collection! Thanks for winning! rod Not too bad. This email was sent on 2-10, one day after the auction ended. However, when I inquired about shipping, here's what he told me next: Rodney Bohrer wrote: I have not been home yet today, I will email you back tomorrow, about the status. rod This email was sent on February 18th..a bit over one week after the first. Here's what he told me in the next email: Rodney Bohrer wrote: No, I have quite a few auctions going on right now, I just wanted to double-check to make sure! It has been sent, you should be getting by Monday at the latest! thanks rod I just emailed him again asking him what the hell was going on. It's now Thursday the 27th and no double ender has arrived You think I'm getting scammed? If it doesn't arrive today or tmw, I'm going to file fraud report! Here's a link to the auction I'm talking about: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3005984776&rd=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Signs point to Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 It's funny because he actually has a picture of the item. So he must have it, right? If I don't hear from him he's getting the royal treatment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 Checked his feedback..didn't see any negatives so how could he be a scammer then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 It's funny because he actually has a picture of the item. So he must have it, right? Yeah, he couldn't have possibly stolen that pic from another auction, that would be dishonest. [/sarcasm] He only has a 7 feedback rating, and he doesn't have many other auctions going. "This here is a scammer boys and girls" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 Well what do I do then? Wait for another email from him or go ahead and report to EBay? This totally sucks if it is true. I really wanted that double ender! Dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 The ball is in your court. I don't believe that it would take longer for ten days to ship within the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGurl Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Depends on where he's shipping from. A good portion of the country has had bad winter weather over the past 2 weeks. That could definitely delay shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 I sent the seller another email saying that if I didn't hear anything about the item that I would file a fraud report. Hopefully, that'll cause him to cough up an explanation. And you could be right regarding weather, MacGurl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingtown Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Same thing happened to me awhile back. When I ordered something from a seller they had great feedback and by the time I realized I was scammed they had a horrible feedback. Seems they tried selling numerous of the same item at the same time and no one got theirs...by the time I tried leaving neg feedback the jerk was already booted off of ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 I paid him with a money order so I assume there's no way to get my money back is there? He hasn't responded so far today. If no response tomorrow I'll feed him to the sharks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 If you kept the receipt, yes there is...but it will take some time. If this was supposedly "insured", you could use that info to recoup your losses as well. As far as that is concerned, he could have sent you the tracking info on the package, right? It's kinda fishy to me When I was shipping domestic packages though UPS (over 500 a day), it was very rare when one was delayed more than a day or so...and almost never took more than 5 days transit time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 Still no response from the bastard. I do have the receipt to the money order. However, I did not know what he used for shipping as it was not clearly specified. He claims that he sent it out, yet if he did it would be here by now, come hell or high water. I'm tempted to leave negative feedback and I don't care if he leaves that for me because my point is, people do not know any better these days. You shouldn't rip someone off if they bid on your auction and won the item. Cash the payment and SHIP IT! Why can't people follow these steps? What's so fun about ripping off others? I'm sure they don't believe the phrase,"Do unto others as you would want done unto yourself" or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Can you find out exactly WHEN it was shipped, WHERE it was shipped from and HOW? If he sent it media mail, it could take weeks to get to you. Also, I find that newbie sellers are not too good when it comes to shipping, he could have screwed up your address, which would cause it to be returned to him (eventually), or it could have been poorly packed or damaged in transit, and go to wherever damaged items go before they are finally repackaged and delivered. There could be many reasons. You might want to try to pull his contact info thru eBay and give him a call. They say many misunderstandings can be avoided with direct verbal contact. Don't go into panic mode just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 Can you find out exactly WHEN it was shipped, WHERE it was shipped from and HOW? If he sent it media mail, it could take weeks to get to you. Also, I find that newbie sellers are not too good when it comes to shipping, he could have screwed up your address, which would cause it to be returned to him (eventually), or it could have been poorly packed or damaged in transit, and go to wherever damaged items go before they are finally repackaged and delivered. There could be many reasons. You might want to try to pull his contact info thru eBay and give him a call. They say many misunderstandings can be avoided with direct verbal contact. Don't go into panic mode just yet. He emailed me tonight and explained that he did send it out and that he wanted to know my address just to be sure that he actually sent it out. I dunno. Since I don't have insurance on the item, I probably can't get anything back on it. I'll give him a chance for now but if the item doesn't show up or if he gives me another B*llsh*t excuse, then I will report him for fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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