eBay fraud

In the March 2015 issue of the China Clipper H. James Maxwell talks about the stupid fraud going on with eBay; he lists eBay sellers anssss2020, 416zr53, 8hk8075, cover--king, jk201112, hhonlone, pmworld777, John Hill and subjecttt as perpetrators of sick fraud - and how eBay is nice to them and allows them to keep their stars.

eBay is not so nice to cash paying customers. For instance, one aspect of this fraud is that when someone in the US wants to send this junk back, they face high prices of tracking #s from the USPS, from $23-$45 and this puts many people off. They know that dealing with a lying dog who fakes stamps means that if they send it back and the dealer claims he did not get it, then how do they get the $ back? And with 45 days to make the claim, eBay might not honour their obligations when the fraud is finally discovered.

Recently a NY member of the China Stamp Society bought a bisect for $135, found it was fake, and tried to return it. The dealer in Switzerland who spoke good English at first, tried to act as if he did not understand English; then he seemed to have a problem with French and German. Then he claimed Paypal did not allow him to return the funds. Only after an email threatening legal action against eBay and Paypal did the person get his money back; and he spent time and $14 on a tracking #. eBay did not refund him the money for the tracking # but morally ought to - especially as eBay "chose to disband all of its fraud prevention programs" - quote from the article aforementioned.

eBay collects 9% or so from dealers, and a major criminal outfit that can sell thousands of nasty fakes on eBay makes them rich. And making it hard for customers to complain works to their advantage. One eBay buyer with 100% ratings and 450+ buys tells me his first purchase never came, but he spent hours on the phone with eBay which did not have compatibility with safari to allow a claim to proceed. eBay could not work with Apple products? How lame. Another time the same person was told to phone the number on the screen - and no number was shown. When he did call, he got the run around and once told he had no claim when eBay got a date wrong. Maybe they are not compatible with the present calendar. Who knows. I think they need a criminal investigation and urge people to also complain to the Chinese Consulate as the Chinese government takes pride in its products and stamps and does not want some outfit run by arrogant slackers to facilitate criminals in China.

However, not all these fraudsters sell out of China - some are based in NYC, making them liable to US laws, including federal if they are using the US Post Office to send their mail.