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Aussie Pinball Forums => Pinball Trader => External sales (ebay, Gumtree, Trading Post etc) => Topic started by: Strangeways on November 26, 2014, 10:28:48 PM
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I've had a few customers ask me about some new "ebay shenanigans" or recent purchases.
A buyer wins an item on eBay. Buyer pays, picks up and leaves positive feedback. Seller leaves positive feedback.
Within 3-4 weeks, the buyer receives a message via eBay that the item bought has been "cancelled" by the seller, and leaves the buyer with a short questionnaire ;
A - You paid for the item, didn't receive the item and received a full refund.
B - You did not pay for the item, and you did not receive the item.
There are no other options.
I've stumped - is this some new strategy to avoid eBay fees ?
Since I'm not familiar with this concept, I instructed a customer to contact eBay, with a photo of the item and today's paper to demonstrate the item was sold as in the buyer's possession.
Anyone else heard of this ? !@#
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if a once off - may have been an error on sellers part - the questions from ebay would be an automatic response.if more than once - it would be interesting to see how ebay deals with it.
in the past i have had people send me a large cheque, way more than the cost of item to cover " selling costs" then when the buyer turns up takes the change and goes, less a little something for my trouble . found out later its a popular form of money laundering. But in this its the seller playing games...not sure?
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As the ATO look at those who sell on eBay and not pay tax