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[wootto-9]

Hello,

I am selling items in FB market place. Rececently found my items listed in Ebay for more money. The seller I think would after he has sold my item on Ebay. Buy the item from me oj FB and get me to ship it to his Ebay buyer.

I have reported and contacted the seller. Is there anything else I can do?

Would.love to "buy" the item and stitch him up.

[papso22 · Accepted solution]

What the seller is doing is known as 'drop shipping'. He is meant to have the item he has listed for sale in his possession before he lists it.  You could report him to Ebay CS, but you won't ever know if they do anything.  

If he does buy from you and gives you the buyer's address, as long as it is the one Paypal give you, you are covered, and I would put a note inside, from you, thanking the buyer for their purchase!

[plpmr]

If the seller did that they would be breaking the law by passing on their buyers details.

Why not block them?

[wootto-9]

Absolutely blocked and reported and messaged him.

I just dont want him to carry on / some justice.

I have also worked out who it is in FB (I only told him some details of the item and those feature in the listing). Frustrating as I told him my address due to him wanting the item.

Reporting him on FB as well. Will.msg him and leave comments on all his posts.

[john1297576]

As usual the answer is in your hands, you must be able to block him.

If it is possible to sell on Ebay for more money, why are you using FB?

It is a very foolish person who sells an item on ebay, that they have still to buy! Not only could it already have sold elsewhere, but if there are any problems, the seller could get cases opened and bad feedback based on something he has never even seen.

[wootto-9]

I have blocked and reported and yes he is a fool.

[red_magpie]

If a buyer buys something from you, and then resells it for a higher price, this is perfectly legitimate. It's business.

However, you MUST post it to them in the first place. You must NOT assist them in drop shipping, i.e. posting them to your seller's own customer. (This isn't allowed by eBay anyway.)

For seller protection you must only deliver items to the address your buyer has registered with PayPal. If you send them to any other address the buyer can claim not to have received them, and you would have to refund them in full. Even if you could prove that they had been delivered to another address.

[wootto-9]

Thanks for the answers. Ebay are taking action.

I am fine if he wants to buy and sell items. Go for it. But he needs to BUY them first. Also people will likely be handing over money to him for items that he does not possess. And thats fraud.

Cheers.