Getting revenge on an ebay seller.

[flobadob]

I bought a faulty item from a seller on ebay called tomtop or something like that from China or Hong Kong. They said they would send a replacement. That was at halloween last year. I now realise that they didn't send the replacement and because it is more than 45 days it is not worth my while opening a grievance.

What I am wondering though is if I went through tomtops page on ebay and ordered 100s and 100s of all the products they offer but then just never pay for them, would anything come from it? Could they do anything to me legally to get the payment? Or would it just be a nice revenge? I'd love to do it.

Am I taking it too far?

[Ann]

To be honest you can only blame yourself - you should have opened a dispute before the 45 days was up. Ebay is spot on with disputes and the case usually settled immediately. I ordered a printer last September which was faulty, the seller told me to return it but didn't refund my money. I contacted Ebay and within 30 minutes the money was back in my account!!! I have also ordered a lot of items from China and never had one problem, they are always brilliant bargains but guess I may just be lucky.

[Mick-Talbot]

What I am wondering though is if I went through tomtops page on ebay and ordered 100s and 100s of all the products they offer but then just never pay for them, would anything come from it?



A visit from some triads ?

[flobadob]

Eeeek!

[trt]

Why buy from china which is so far away, what was it you bought?

[micmak]

I have bought several things from China. Never had a problem. I bought a coat from Newcastle and lost my money. (Paid by cheque) Bought a phone from Cardiff. Lost my money, same reason.Now I only use Paypal. My lesson learned.

[Old_Geezer]

In my experience once the foreign seller has ripped off enough folk they disappear from eBay. Either voluntarily, or they are banned. That said my experience also suggests eBay opts to side with rip-off merchants and find in their favour, so I have to assume the seller's disappearance is voluntary.

[EDDIE51]

if you buy anything from ebay and don't pay you get a 'non payer strike' after 3 of them you are banned from ebay.

[Old_Geezer]

Even if you know there is an unreasonable limit of opening a dispute then a skillful rip-off merchant can convince you it is being solved until the time has past. You need to know this and not fall foul of the daft rules which as a newbie you may not. I don't accept blame is on the one ripped off simply because the site offering marketplace facilities tries to wash their hands of an issue. it is all so easy to blame the victim.

Furthermore openig a dispute against an experienced rip-off merchant may not help. Being a reasonable person you may well comply with requests to help solve the issue only to find eBay uses something you have or have not done as an excuse to find against you.

The best strategy is not to buy anything expensive from abroad where the seller is difficult to get to. And accept the place has its share of rip off merchants so try to keep the any saving made higher than any theft from yourself and so come out ahead. Of and don't rely on eBay nor Paypal to make everything right.

[flobadob]

It was a holding case for a tablet pc and it cost £14 or there abouts. They are no longer answering my emails now when I enquire about it. Tomtop that is, not ebay. Ebay replied with a big long too long to read article mentioning taking a court case out against tomtop etc. which I am obviously not going to follow up. Think I'll give up on it. If I decide to give up on ebay totally, I may follow through with my despicable, fiendish, diabolical plan. Mwah-ha-ha(evil laugh)!

[joko]

because it takes 3 weeks to arrive from china, the sellers know that after that time you will question them...so they agree to send another item...taking another 3 weeks

this takes approx 45 day... times up to open a dispute...they know this

leave negative feedback, ButWriteLikeThisInOrderGiveMoreSpaceToExplain
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[welshlibranr]

I never buy from sellers in China or Hong .......It can be iffy!.....leave neagative feedback!....if you buy 100s and 100s, then he'll have cause to raise a dispute with you!..........not worth the hassle!.......just leave very negative feedback!.....sure others will too!.........

[flobadob]

I can't leave feedback anymore as it's been so long.

[EDDIE51]

You can leave feedback up to 90 days later not 45 as some on here say.

[flobadob]

It was oct or nov eddie so I think it's too late. I didn't know there was a 45 day time limit on this sort of stuff. I probably will just buy from uk sellers from now on and pay the bit extra. Plus it arrives quicker.

[EDDIE51]

I buy stuff from China on ebay and have never had a problem. China is no worse than anywhere else. I have had problems with stuff from UK but never with stuff from China.

[joko]

the 45 days is for opening a dispute eddie, not feedback.

i have bought stuff from china plenty of times, and only had two items that were problematic...one wasnt cheap and the seller was very helpful...but i didnt send it back as he advised as if he didnt refund or replace i was out more money... the other was a charger - that blew up...

[jomifl]

The order from tomtop which I mentioned earlier has arrived, both items work perfectly. Took a while to get here but I didn't pay for airmail. I have bought a couple of dozen items from china, some have been a bit slow to arrive, some have taken about 4 days. I have found the chinese vendors to be very quick to reply to enquiries and very courteous. I would only make an expensive purchase though from a vendor that I have had previous successful dealings with.

[cathfromsaron]

just open a grievance x

[Sir Alec]

If you give a seller less than the 5 star ratings the seller wants, Ebay automatically ask if there is a problem, so you could still report them.

[twinkle65]

If they have shown an e-mail address, paste it in randomly on any public forums you can find. 'Spider' technology is frequently used by scammers and crooks in Africa locate e-mail addresses. The seller is then bombarded with hundreds of junk mail daily for several years telling them they've inherited millions etc. It's a nightmare!