hi I recently won a bid on a rare car manual.
Paid via PayPal as usual and it sat pending and unclaimed for days.
Contacted seller and he said he hadn’t used PayPal in a while and didn’t know how to set it to work again ( the listing shows he takes PayPal).
Agreed to do a bank transfer and paid him and he confirmed receipt in a text.
looked ok as he had well over 200 feedbacks 100 percent positive ( on much closer inspection this was all feedback for him buying not selling).
My issue is he keeps telling me items sent but I never receive a parcel.
Won’t give me a tracking number and won’t mark my payment as paid.
This last point is where all the problems occur because I can’t raise it with eBay in the resolution centre. The automated process doesn’t recognise the transaction simply because I didn’t use PayPal and they buyer has not marked payment as received.
It may yet turn up and he may just be a flakey buyer but I now think this is a scam.
i accept that I my have to right off the money but it’s frustraiting I can’t warn other ebays or report him I find it does prove to be a scam.
What can I do to get eBay involved please?
