Ebay Problem

[Creamo]

Well, it's not a big problem, but certainly this guy needs $31 worth of grief, I'm sure someone here would know how to provide it legally.

The short story is I got a game free with my new video card, and since I already had it, put it on Ebay. Like always, it sold top dollar(fools), and I got an email with a guys name, address, and phone number. We exchanged email replys and he said he'd send payment right away. Well, he didn't.

After a week I got an email saying he was sorry and it was going out that day. I was going to the post office so I replied that was cool and just sent it. And before you all chime it how stupid that was, sending a peice of software I didn't really pay for ahead of time knowing I'd not have to take 30 minutes out of my day sometime later to go back to the post office just wasn't worth it to me.

It's been a month, now no responces to my emails.

I'm open to being just as big a bastard as possible, as long as it's legal.

Drink some whiskey and gimme some ideas. I'll never see a dime.

[SOB]

http://www.mailpoop.com/, I'm not sure why I haven't done this to you yet.  Or you could save yourself some money and mail him a fruity vodka binge with chili dump of your own making.

[Tarmac]

Is it illegal to sign up a bunch of the most vile porn sites with his email address?

[GtoRA2]

Worked in a bookstore.

They sold Gay porn, Mandate, Honcho, Back in the old days the subscription cards would start subsribtion with out paying up front.


Fill out some of those for the guy. Imagine what his whife will thing when he starts getting gay porn.


I am not sure if it works the same still though last time I worked in a book store was 92

[JB73]

yep .. sign him up for tranny or beast pr0n email...as many as you can stomach to find,

give the real mailing address too.

then ask for items by mail. ther are some that will "subscribe" you like columbia house. REAL nasty stuff (the kind of stuff that would make ron jeremy blush). you got his name and all.

have fun!!

[Thud]

Or post his e-mail here, saves you a lot of time and effort. The noble art of delegation etc.

[capt. apathy]

Worked in a bookstore.

They sold Gay porn, Mandate, Honcho, Back in the old days the subscription cards would start subsribtion with out paying up front.


Fill out some of those for the guy. Imagine what his whife will thing when he starts getting gay porn.


I am not sure if it works the same still though last time I worked in a book store was 92

 

did that to a teacher back in highschool.  this girl I was dating gave us the subscription card from some studmuffin-mag, we subscribed him with a money order for payment and his school address as the delivery address.

he didn't have to much trouble convincing them it was a set-up at first.  of course after that mag sold his info to a couple hundred mailing lists he was getting the odd(really odd) piece of mail every few weeks for a couple years.

 he never got in any trouble official over it (nothing could be proven)but the rumors took on a life of their own, by the next school year the storys had grown to people seeing him coming out of a gay bar,  cruising the park in downtown KC, and probably a few others that I never even heard.

[gofaster]

I'm guessing it was a kid.  His parents would be wondering why he's suddenly getting gay pr0n sent to him!

[Eagler]

it isn't like you lost anything, the game was a freebie with the card

take it as a lesson learned and leave negative feedback for the loser

[LePaul]

Creamo

One thing you dont want to do is give him what he deserves...negative feedback.  Because he'll turn around and make up some negative feedback story on you.  And eBay wont do a thing to intervene.  Their customer service is non-existant.  They certainly are thorough collecting their fees...but answering or resolving deadbeats and the false negative they leave...forget it.

Had it happen to me twice.  Guy hit "Buy it Now" and never paid.  I left him Neg feedback then he claimed I ripped him off (Doesnt that require sending money?).  I'm weary of eBay.  I wish someone else would clean their clock and step in.

[capt. apathy]

I'm guessing it was a kid. His parents would be wondering why he's suddenly getting gay pr0n sent to him!

never thought of him being a kid.  thats a good reason not to subscribe him to any porn.

if it turns out he is a kid, and they can find anyway to track it to you, then you'd probably end up with some kind of sex-offender tag for delivering porn to a kid.

[Tarmac]

Originally posted by capt. apathy
never thought of him being a kid.  thats a good reason not to subscribe him to any porn.

if it turns out he is a kid, and they can find anyway to track it to you, then you'd probably end up with some kind of sex-offender tag for delivering porn to a kid.

Good point.  In that case, call and ask for his mother/father/parent.  Act like a telemarketer or business call.  If you get a parent on the phone, tattle on him!

Otherwise, porn away!

[Dago]

I wonder if the postal authorities would be interested?  If he accepted something by mail, but didnt pay they might raise an eyebrow, but maybe not.

I saw a guy selling socket racks for a dollar, but only if you read the fine print real real close did you see he charged $26 for shipping this small item.  I wrote ebay  note about it, but no response.  I agree their customer support sucks.

dago

[AKIron]

For future reference, try paypal.

[LePaul]

Originally posted by AKIron
For future reference, try paypal.

Been duped there once.

Someone received the item (signed too!) and then wrote PayPal claiming they never got it and refunded their funds.

Check out other horror stories...  http://www.paypalsucks.com/