For the first time on ebay I have a really bad feeling... Best way to approach this?

[Viper GTS]

I've been looking for a relatively cheap way to go 64-bit on my Dimension 8400 so last night I won this. Had a bit of a last second bidding war with another bidder, but the final price is decent IMO. I sent full payment immediately via PayPal to the account registered with ebay.

This morning I wake up to this message from the seller:

my paypal is manevsky@optonline.net
whu u sent money to manevski@mail.ru
manevski@mail.ru is my email but not paypal account ?

Odd, no? So I look at the bid history from last night, my little last second bidding war just happens to have been with someone who won two of this guy's previous auctions (and those are the only two he's ever won).

The 7 feedback doesn't bother me too terribly much since everyone has to start somewhere, but everything combined has me thinking something's off here. And of course in the grand tradition of ebay I really, really don't want to lose my 100% positive feedback to some moron claiming I never paid.

Next move? Just tell the guy I sent PayPal to his registered ebay account (which he obviously knows) and tell him to ship my damn CPU?

Oh and according to PayPal the payment I sent is still unclaimed... Yet this guy obviously knows I sent it. Should I just cancel the payment, tell him to change his registered PayPal account and re-send?

Viper GTS

 

[simms]

nah, people can have different emails associated with ebay/PP. kinda funky though, i would check up both emails on Paypal's system and see how long both have been registered, reputatoin, etc.

 

[UDT89]

if he's not registered with paypal with the other email, can you cancel the payment b/c it hasnt been claimed?

 

[Tobolo]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Next move? Just tell the guy I sent PayPal to his registered ebay account (which he obviously knows) and tell him to ship my damn CPU?

Oh and according to PayPal the payment I sent is still unclaimed... Yet this guy obviously knows I sent it. Should I just cancel the payment, tell him to change his registered PayPal account and re-send?

Viper GTS

Send it to the registered email ONLY. If he tries to get you to switch then I would withdraw the payment and contact ebay ASAP

 

[VTHodge]

After looking through the sellers history, lokyter123 has bid on every one (Edit: 5 of last 6) of the seller's auctions. I would send a message to Safe Harbor. This guy is bidding up his own auctions and should be shut down.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: VTHodge
After looking through the sellers history, lokyter123 has bid on every one of the seller's auctions. I would send a message to Safe Harbor. This guy is bidding up his own auctions and should be shut down.

Haha, nice catch. I didn't even think to check the ones that he didn't win.

All signs point to "This guy's a tool" then, time to cancel the payment & get the hell out of this deal.

Viper GTS

 

[sswingle]

I wouldn't be concerned about the email thing. I have many emails all linked to one paypal account. However, the bidding part would concern me. Withdraw payment and report him.

 

[pontifex]

sounds like a hacked account to me.

 

[Al Neri]

break out like a 1st grade class after one of them gets the chickenpox!

 

[Viper GTS]

Hello,

Thank you for writing to eBay. I appreciate the chance to assist you
with this matter of shill bidding.

Thank you for taking the time to report this matter. I assure you that
eBay is concerned about violations on the site and I have thoroughly
investigated your report. Please be assured that I have taken
appropriate action in accordance with our site policies. These actions
may include issuing a warning, temporary suspension, indefinite
suspension or terminating the membership. At this time, manevsky and
lokyter123 are no longer registered users.

Because privacy concerns are important to everyone I am not at liberty
to discuss the details of another member's account. I hope that you
understand my position in this situation. I also hope that it assures
you that your personal account history will always remain private.

Again, I want to thank you for your report and keeping eBay a safe and
fun place to trade.

Kind regards,

Frederic C.
eBay Trust & Safety

Viper GTS

 

[statik213]

cancel the thing while you can, then figure out if he is legit.

 

[waggy]

hahah great

 

[SVT Cobra]

Nice Job Viper!! Good to see Ebay also took appropriate action.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: pontifex
sounds like a hacked account to me.

No just a tool, why would someone hack an account with only 7 feedback?

 

[Coquito]

Good recovery. :thumbsup:

 

[Viper GTS]

I thought it was a nice resolution. I was hoping ebay would be quick about it since I didn't want to have to string the idiot along for too long (I wasn't going to re-send payment after his message + noticing the shill bidding).

All's well that ends well I guess.

Viper GTS

 

[sixone]

Good work, Viper. :beer:

 

[Slew Foot]

Good work, the .ru would have killed any deal with me. Why is it that everything from eastern Europe/Russia/Nigeria is a scam in some sort?

 

[Kaervak]

manevski@mail.ru

Aside from the info other posters have found, a .ru e-mail address is enough of a sign to avoid that guy like the plague.

 

[mattocs]

it says the seller is not a registerd user :-/

 

[Sqube]

Quality resolution; glad to see that it worked out without you losing 100% positive feedback and getting a jerk thrown off of eBay.

 

[KarenMarie]

Seller is not a registered user.

Probably NARU'ed. Try telephoning someone at PayPal and see about getting your money back.



edit: the account that he was using to shill bid his auctions has been NARU'ed too. Call PayPal.

 

[tyler811]

You have oily skin?

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Seller is not a registered user.

Probably NARU'ed. Try telephoning someone at PayPal and see about getting your money back.



edit: the account that he was using to shill bid his auctions has been NARU'ed too. Call PayPal.

That's because of Viper.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Seller is not a registered user.

Probably NARU'ed. Try telephoning someone at PayPal and see about getting your money back.

edit: the account that he was using to shill bid his auctions has been NARU'ed too. Call PayPal.

That's because of Viper.

Yup and the payment was never claimed so I didn't lose anything. Can't beat that.

Viper GTS