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[seagull56]

Has anyone had dealings with this buyer?

Bought a Sonos Bluetooth speaker from me. Sent by royal mail tracked 48 and have photographic proof of delivery. Still showing as he hasn't received the item. I believe he has bought items under a different name and scammed sellers as reported under Reddit. E Bay saying no rules have been broken so far. Any advice appreciated.

[the-layer-laboratory]

He's been 'at it' for a long time and ebay couldn't give a monkey's toss:

https://www.reddit.com/r/walthamstow/comments/1e25d50/anyone_up_for_some_spy_work/

Forum Mods: If there was any time to prove your worth, this is it!

[4_bathrooms]

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@seagull56 wrote:

Bought a Sonos Bluetooth speaker from me. Sent by royal mail tracked 48 and have photographic proof of delivery.

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If Royal Mail's website shows the item was delivered you are covered if the buyer opens an "item not received" case. You just need to ensure the tracking number is entered into any case the buyer should open.

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@seagull56 wrote:

Still showing as he hasn't received the item.

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Where is it showing this; in eBay's progress bar in the order details? That is often buggy and sometimes lags behind what the carrier's tracking shows.

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@seagull56 wrote:

I believe he has bought items under a different name and scammed sellers as reported under Reddit.

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How would you know it is the same user if they are using different eBay IDs? Unless the delivery address being reported is exactly the same I have no idea how you came to that belief.

[4_bathrooms]

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@the-layer-laboratory wrote:

He's been 'at it' for a long time and ebay couldn't give a monkey's toss:

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Oh, I see it now.

I really don't understand why eBay have allowed this user to continue doing what they do for so long. There are just no words.

[lucy_farmer]

😲😲😲.....I just read that little lot....

Oh come on Mods....... You can't ignore this!

[the-layer-laboratory]

They'd rather sanitise the thread than deal with this blatant act of criminality.

[4_bathrooms]

For the benefit of those reading this thread post-sanitisation (I'll keep it within the board rules):

The buyer who purchased from the OP is the same buyer being mentioned in @the-layer-laboratory's earlier post. For the last year at least their modus operandi has been purchasing (mainly tech) items then claiming INR if the item has no tracking or INAD if it does. If the seller sends a return label they send a different (worthless) item back.

So for over a year this business has been opening multiple INR and INAD claims to defraud sellers using several different accounts to do so. They actually purchased from the OP using a business account with the business's address, VAT and company registration numbers visible. I'm slightly surprised Action Fraud haven't involved this "buyer's" local police force yet; I'm sure AF will have already received many complaints. I'm slightly less surprised they haven't had their local Trading Standards office knocking at the door with a battering ram ready in case there's no answer. However, I'm absolutely astonished eBay have seemingly done nothing at all. It really should be glaringly obvious this user is a scammer who is out to defraud and a trivial matter for eBay to link and permanently ban all their accounts; eBay's failure to do so is making them look complicit. 

Do eBay really reserve all their sticks for sellers?

[andrew_preview]

This guy has ripped off a lot of people, he bought an item off me this morning, but because I checked out "topbuyuk" within 10 mins found all the sordid criminality.....cancelled the order straight away and banned him....

[krafty-kreations]

Makes you wonder how many INR'S you can actually open before eBay pull their finger out and do something!