Ebay Issue

[Dave the OAP]

My youngest put her Motorolla Z8 phone on ebay and this afternoon was her last day....anyway this happened:

Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time

ucla9800( 51) £3,100.00 13-Nov-07 15:25:07 GMT



Bidder 4 £3,000.00 13-Nov-07 15:29:47 GMT



Bidder 4 £1,200.00 13-Nov-07 15:27:09 GMT



Bidder 5 £999.00 13-Nov-07 15:23:34 GMT



ucla9800( 51) £980.00 13-Nov-07 15:24:18 GMT



Bidder 4 £600.00 13-Nov-07 15:17:54 GMT



Bidder 3 £140.00 13-Nov-07 15:22:28 GMT



Bidder 3 £135.00 13-Nov-07 15:19:08 GMT



Bidder 3 £130.00 13-Nov-07 14:46:08 GMT



Bidder 2 £124.00 13-Nov-07 14:36:15 GMT



Bidder 1 £120.00 13-Nov-07 12:32:01 GMT


Starting Price £100.00 03-Nov-07 15:30:31 GMT


Now, obviously the bloke who put a bid of £600started this off, but whoever finally bid is taking the piss.

i have told her only to mail the bloke, delete her paypal credit card details off the site.....anything else she can do?

 

[REDLAND]

My youngest put her Motorolla Z8 phone on ebay and this afternoon was her last day....anyway this happened:

Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time

ucla9800( 51) £3,100.00 13-Nov-07 15:25:07 GMT



Bidder 4 £3,000.00 13-Nov-07 15:29:47 GMT



Bidder 4 £1,200.00 13-Nov-07 15:27:09 GMT



Bidder 5 £999.00 13-Nov-07 15:23:34 GMT



ucla9800( 51) £980.00 13-Nov-07 15:24:18 GMT



Bidder 4 £600.00 13-Nov-07 15:17:54 GMT



Bidder 3 £140.00 13-Nov-07 15:22:28 GMT



Bidder 3 £135.00 13-Nov-07 15:19:08 GMT



Bidder 3 £130.00 13-Nov-07 14:46:08 GMT



Bidder 2 £124.00 13-Nov-07 14:36:15 GMT



Bidder 1 £120.00 13-Nov-07 12:32:01 GMT


Starting Price £100.00 03-Nov-07 15:30:31 GMT


Now, obviously the bloke who put a bid of £600started this off, but whoever finally bid is taking the piss.

i have told her only to mail the bloke, delete her paypal credit card details off the site.....anything else she can do?

I'd send them an invoice and see what happens, eBay is contract binding

 

[surrey jim]

im confused, whats the problem?

 

[Dave the OAP]

im confused, whats the problem?

the problem is the phone is worth £ 400 absolute maximum.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I'd send them an invoice and see what happens, eBay is contract binding

the trouble is I am concerned that whoever it is will ask for bank details to pay into her account........if its a scam then her account could be emptied!!

 

[1066gull]

i'd get him to pay through paypal

that way ebay can eqasily help a problem and these a less chance of fraud etc

 

[REDLAND]

the problem is the phone is worth £ 400 absolute maximum.

I sell stuff on eBay all the time for over inflated prices, send them an invoice, if anything it will get their account shut down if they refuse to pay or pretend to have had their account tampered with..

Its a win win situation

 

[REDLAND]

the trouble is I am concerned that whoever it is will ask for bank details to pay into her account........if its a scam then her account could be emptied!!

What payment options were given on the listing ?

ps don't EVER send account details to anyone you don't know

 

[culvers]

Could be people selling the same product bumping the price up of your daughters phone in order to disuade people from bidding for it and bididng on their item instead.
Either that or they are Nigerian scammers.

www.moneysavingexpert.co.uk forums are a good place to go for ebay advice - site isn't working at the moment though.

Not sure of the rules but isn't she able to offer it to the next highest, or in this case 7th highest bidder which seems a genuine offer.

 

[Dave the OAP]

she is really pissed off because she doesnt like the phone and wants shot of it and when the bidder bid £140 with about a minute or so to go she thought she had sold it...then in comes this fuckwit from america

 

[Dave the OAP]

What payment options were given on the listing ?

ps don't EVER send account details to anyone you don't know

how does paypal work then?

 

[REDLAND]

how does paypal work then?

if you haven't got a payPal account its not an option ..

see www.paypal.com for details on how to set one up

 

[SNOOBS]

what payment methods did she offer?

 

[surrey jim]

im sure you can pay into a bank account through paypal rather than need to send your bank details over. its free to send money aswell so just gt them to pay that way,

as said before if they wont pay offer it to the next highest bidder and log negative feedback to them

 

[Dave the OAP]

it looks as though its a scam....she received an email back from the bidder saying he wanted to send the payment and she should click on a link ...the link was to another persons ebay type page, which one of our friends recons is a complete sham.

FUCKERS

she has gone back to the second chance screen and contacted the person who bid sensibly and is seeing if they want it at the £140.....

she also deleted paypal account from her ebay just in case.

 

[Dave the OAP]

what payment methods did she offer?

paypal and personal cheque

 

[tedebear]

she is really pissed off because she doesnt like the phone and wants shot of it and when the bidder bid £140 with about a minute or so to go she thought she had sold it...then in comes this fuckwit from america

Happened to me before - sold my old nokia and it went for £1100 never heard a peep out of the winning bidder after I sent him/her an invoice. What you do is follow these rules:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/bidders_contact.html

Make sure you set up a paypal account and then relist the item - ebay will give you a relisting credit.

Paypal is the safest way to trade although its a rip off!!

Never send anyone your bank account details. Never. Do not even state that you will in your listing.

 

[saltash seagull]

got to contact ebay though dave and tell them about this arsehole

 

[Bozza]

Here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorola-z8-p...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Pissed someone off with a Nokia this avvo too, check feedback...

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...la9800&&ftab=FeedbackAsBuyer&iid=140175351154

Looks like someone is taking the piss beyond here, as the next one 'sold' for over a grand too...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNLOCKED-LIMI...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Bozza]

In fact he's f***ed a lot of people over today...

(look at all auctions ended today)

http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...id=ucla9800&completed=1&all=0&rows=200&sort=3

Reckon someone has swiped his account as, from previous feedback, looks a decent trader.