After having a very good fraud prevention programme on eBay, things have gone very wrong to the point where I will email members to tell them that they have misidentified a stamp, they will thank me, then continue to list blatant lies. It is vile and disgusting. I keep a record of it so that I can warn people on this site and possibly compile a criminal complaints against the dealers and their facilitator, eBay.
Buying stamps without seeing them is a recipe for disaster. Best to buy from a dealer whom you can track down, and after physically examining them.
For the record, among many other stamps I have had to return on eBay (including one coming up where a dealer asserted it was 'signed' and scarse [sic] - it was NOT signed as genuine as he insinuated but stamped 'stempelfalschung' - counterfeit cancel in English) - I am listing a bunch of Chinese pseudo fakes that have taken me months of trying to get a real answer from Paypal about; I cut and pasted my most recent complaint for the record, and will be on this site naming and shaming idiots from NY to Shanghai who are ripping people off. One can see I am not mincing my words and the threat of criminal prosecution is serious, involving federal laws as they are using the USPO to perpetrate these frauds/crossing state lines.
Part of the reason I do this is that many people who do not like to be less than polite just allow Paypal and eBay to do what they want, and they can get ripped off. There is recourse; both firms can be taken to both civil and criminal courts and will if I do not get reimbursed for these stupid 'error' stamps - they are chemically treated - not real errors - and are evidence of criminal activity. See below for my response I emailed today to the automaton at Paypal:
This and the other items:Item# 141598975514 $12.60 USD 1 $12.60 USD
#20 Error China Stamps
Item# 141598981235 $17.50 USD 1 $17.50 USD
#26 Error China Stamps
Item# 141598986594 $66.05 USD 1 $66.05 USD
#18 Error China Stamps
Item# 131451145401 $16.70 USD 1 $16.70 USD
#23 Error China Stamps
Item# 131451148679
are FRAUDS according to the written testimony of no less an authority than former eBay fraud prevention member H. James Maxwell; he is president of the China Stamps Society and knows what he is talking about. eBay and Paypal are selling me FRAUDS this can be a crime and I want MY MONEY BACK ASAP. I have tried to contact before but this is complicated and user unfriendly.
Take these stupid frauds off of eBay or face criminal prosecution.
Ken 100% rated buyer and member China Stamp Society, Collectors Club (NYC) etc.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Next meeting of ISC for 29 August 2015
NEXT MEETING OF
INTERNATIONAL STAMP CLUB
IN MANHATTAN
Have you seen this new Canadian $5 stamp. Made of cloth material. I picked one up at the Grand Falls New Brunswick, post office, this summer. We will have an auction so bring those choice items for us all to bid on.Greetings to all and I hope all are enjoying the warm and sunny weather.The next Stamp Club Meeting will be Saturday, August 29th, 2015 9:00 AM -1PM Midtown Plaza Community Room H 320 E 25th St Ground Floor, as always.Bring your, stamps, covers, to sell/ trade and of course your good cheer. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE LAST SATURDAY IN AUGUST! Due to the Labor Day weekend. The meeting has been changed to August 29th. Please call your fellow members who do not get email and let them know of this change.I will Be there and have lots of new material in the club boxes to go through.
If you have any questions please feel free to call me
212 7240929.
See you on August 29th.
Cheers
Dan Rieber
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