Royally Screwed

[Haunted]

Check this out:
NOTIFICATION FROM EBAY
We are writing to inform you that we recently ended all listings for seller ******** on eBay. The seller’s privileges to trade on eBay have been temporarily suspended while we investigate this matter further. (The current account status can be viewed next to the user ID of the seller on the eBay site.).

Our records indicate that you were a participating bidder or buyer in this seller’s listing. You will need to use your own personal judgment in deciding whether to complete this transaction.

As described in our User Agreement, eBay is only a venue, and we cannot guarantee that sellers will complete transactions nor can we guarantee the delivery or quality of bought items. As a basic principle, a buyer should know with whom he or she is dealing before sending a payment to a seller.

Depending on the circumstances, you might decide to delay payment to a seller until completely confident that the transaction will be completed safely. If you decide to delay payment but already paid by personal cheque, you may wish to contact your bank to discuss whether it would be possible to stop payment on the cheque. If you paid with a credit card, you may wish to contact your credit card company’s security department to discuss this payment – many companies provide protection in certain circumstances. If you paid by money order, you may want to contact that money order company for information on how to stop payment.

Please note that the ending of the listings for this seller is a precautionary measure. The grounds for this suspension may be the result of a mistake or misunderstanding.


Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
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Having already paid the guy £90 for an item i still havent received, I feel that have been unconditionally "FUCKED HARD IN THE ASS" by this guy. I dont actually know what i can do about this other than cry.
Somebody save me please!

[benedict]

if you have time to look through this it may offer some help: http://www.thesinner.net/messageboard-v ... hread=7142

not sure though. i don't know much myself about ebay leglities. avoid ebay was some of the advice given there. sensible if you intend to spend significant amounts of cash.

[Rapunzel]

Don't have any advice, just a similar story. I bought something from eBay in April 2003, and it still hasn't arrived, despite a year's communication with the (apparently retarded) seller. I tried to use a service that eBay offers called Square Trade to try and get some information, but that didn't work either.

Sorry to tell you this, but I think you were right. You're screwed.

[Guest]

you can claim back up to �120 minus a �20 fee if you payed with paypal and were covered by some policy (i think???)...

[Haunted]

[s]Unregisted User wrote on 17:48, 23rd May 2004:
you can claim back up to �120 minus a �20 fee if you payed with paypal and were covered by some policy (i think???)...




HOW???
this could be the way!