Giant eBay drama over an $8 magazine.

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I'm sure people here are telling you the same thing everybody else thought.

They probably got screwed too, but they just "let it go" because it was a small amount. No telling how many others he's gotten, or will get. Do your job.

Neg him.

🙂

 

[poopygood]

sign up for new ebay account, bid on all his auctions at the last second and never pay or respond.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: poopygood
sign up for new ebay account, bid on all his auctions at the last second and never pay or respond.

He'd know it was me and do the same.

 

[compudog]

eBay ain't what it used to be. It has gotten too big. What was the magazine BTW?

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Tomato
It's $8... let it go. It won't be easy, but it'll save you lot of stress in the end.

Are you allowed to warn other buyers about his shady practices?

People like that suck.

It's just that kind of thought that lets him get away with what he's doing.

"eh...it's only $8"

Get 100 people to think that way and you've scammed yourself some nice cash.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
If you have his contact info go to court and file leins for $8 against him, his house, his car, the property his house is on, and anything else of public record that he owns. Next time he tries to get a credit card, take out a loan or anything else involving a credit check he should get very motivated to pay you back.

EDIT: Or the next time he tries to sell any of those items you have leins on, or in most states the next time he tries to re-register the car.

How do you put a lein against someone?

 

[poopygood]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: poopygood
sign up for new ebay account, bid on all his auctions at the last second and never pay or respond.

He'd know it was me and do the same.

Change your ID at ebay, or start a new account if you sell a lot of items. You can still link to your old account for refs....

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: yukichigai
If you have his contact info go to court and file leins for $8 against him, his house, his car, the property his house is on, and anything else of public record that he owns. Next time he tries to get a credit card, take out a loan or anything else involving a credit check he should get very motivated to pay you back.

EDIT: Or the next time he tries to sell any of those items you have leins on, or in most states the next time he tries to re-register the car.

How do you put a lein against someone?

Gotta get some paperwork, fill it out with the appropriate information and submit it to the courthouse. I'm pretty sure it's free in most states. And you can send them in by mail as well.

There was an article about a guy who had effectively crippled a logging company by filing leins on all their equipment and properties. He got arrested for filing frivolous leins, but because of the rights given to prisoners in that state (can't remember what state it was) he was allowed to request the forms, fill them out and send them it. Apparantly he did like 100 a day in prison. Sure, it took them 5 minutes to throw them out in court, but there had to be a lawyer there to get it done, and 5 minutes times 100 leins a day is quite a lot of time and work.

So yeah, don't be like that guy, 'cause that's abusing the system. But you can sure as hell file an $8 lein against him and get your money back. I mean he's got two choices: go to court and pay legal fees plus the $8 since you'll more than likely win, or give up and give you $8.

 

[daveymark]

neat, can I file a lean on my lanlord for witholding a deposit for no reason?

 

[Thump553]

I took a look at his most recent feedback. It's a one cent item (recipe booklet) with free shipping from a seller with 90.4% rating. Its obvious to me these auctions are being used as a scam to pump positive ratings. Ebay should bar these.

Oh, and I agree-its $8-let it go. You're the one who slept on it for over 90 days.