[meteorite-list] Watch out Ebay Sellers! Total scammer scammingmeteorite!

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:09:44 -0700
Message-ID: <A16A66EE-1E16-4EA1-AC8D-AA9085914034_at_meteoriteguy.com>

i had an email from a buyer telling me how happy he was with the meteorite, then days later he filed a claim saying it never arrived. I sent first class $10 meteorite, and could not prove it. I showed eBay and Paypal the email proof of the buyer thanking me for the nice specimen, you know what they said? "Too bad, email communications with buyers don't count, only shipping proof".
The con man got a refund and I got screwed. That was two years ago, my eBay sales have dropped 99%, no more auctions and only some store items left selling very slowly.
I used to sell $30-60,000 a year on ebay! now perhaps $1000-3000.
I guess their business geniuses figured that the $10 item i got stolen from me would not piss me off so badly. They were dead wrong, and it is costing them a lot of money. Multiply that by millions of pissed-off sellers and now you know why ebay is dropping like a rock revenue-wise.

Michael Farmer

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On Dec 20, 2012, at 10:03 AM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a buyer pull this on me this past April. She claimed she never
> received the item, when the delivery confirmation clearly showed that
> the package arrived on the very same day that she filed the PayPal
> case. She claimed to never receive the item. Postal service said
> otherwise. eBay and PayPal ruled in my favor, but she left a negative
> feedback that remains. I didn't feel like going around and around
> with eBay on the telephone to straighten it out. Funny, they can
> accept a complaint via email, allow someone to post an undeserved
> negative feedback via the web, yet they cannot take down the negative
> feedback without speaking to me over the phone? What a bunch of BS.
>
> I listed a couple of small batches of eBay auctions this past month,
> just to capitalize on the holiday shopping madness. I have since
> stopped and will not run any more until this time next year. eBay can
> take a long walk off a short pier.
>
> Hey eBay! Guess what?! Guess how much store and seller's fees I paid
> for the last four years on my own website - ZERO. LOL!
> Muwhahahahaha. Suckers.
>
>
>
> On 12/20/12, Terry Boswell <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm suprised more riffy people haven't figured out they can do this and get
>>
>> away with it.
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Leigh Anne DelRay" <leighannedelray at gmail.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:35 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Watch out Ebay Sellers! Total scammer
>> scammingmeteorite!
>>
>>
>>> So, I just wanted to tell my fellow ebay meteorite sellers about this
>>> total scammer on Ebay that is buying meteorites.
>>> This guy bought a really nice bullet-shaped Taza from me and stated
>>> that he didn't like it but he didn't want to go to the trouble of
>>> returning it, he just wanted his money back, and I told him that if he
>>> wanted his money back he was going to have to return the piece. I
>>> don't offer partial refunds or anything. I just needed the piece
>>> returned.
>>> Here's whet he did!!!! I almost still can't believe he did this - he
>>> returned to me a bubble mailer, with an EMPTY gemjar - no meteorite.
>>> He kept the TAZA and GOT a REFUND!
>>> Eventually Ebay ended up giving me my money back, but he also kept his
>>> money and the TAZA! Ebay says that they will let him steal this time,
>>> and keep him on Ebay, and just watch to see if he does it again. So, I
>>> am just warning all of you guys out there about him b/c I am sure if
>>> you are prone to do something that evil, you don't do it in a vacuum,
>>> and you will surely do it again.
>>>
>>> Here is all the info I have on him at this time from my unfortunate
>>> sale with him:
>>>
>>> Buyer:
>>>
>>> Member id yosefr2007
>>>
>>> Buyer's Email:
>>>
>>> rozaniy at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> rozany yosef
>>> Moza Tahtit
>>> MOZA TAHTIT mikud 90822
>>> Jerusalem ISRAEL 90822
>>> Israel
>>>
>>> If you want to keep your money, then I would advise you not sell to this
>>> clown.
>>>
>>> Peace ya'll,
>>> Leigh Anne DelRay
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