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.
By the way, New York City now has a stamp dealer space in Manhattan now - Hells Kitchen Market on W39th St between 9th & 10th Avenues, it's on the south side nearer to 9th Ave. They sell real stamps at bargain prices.
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