[78-L] Phantom eBay winner

[David Lennick]

This guy now has slam feedbacks from 5 dealers, myself included. Good news? 
Nope..sellers can't post negative feedback so he has 5 positives! eBay, you 
make me crazy.

A FAKE BID	Seller: bonnieandclyde0126 14-Nov-11 15:53
  	-- (#220889214625)	--	View Item --

A FAKE BID	bonnieandclyde0126 14-Nov-11 15:52
  	-- (#220889215946)	--	View Item --

EBAY- SEND ME STUPID NOTES ABOUT DSRATINGS & LET BUYERS LIKE THIS CARRY ON 
vinyl_heaven21 14-Nov-11 15:30-- (#270848516748)

Another phantom bid from the phantom calypso bidder. eBay, DELETE THIS GUY!	 
radiex 14-Nov-11 12:38-- (#200672216782)	--	View Item --

Maddening that we can only leave positive feedback. This clown bids and 
vanishes	Seller: radiex 14-Nov-11 12:38 (#200672213914)

how many more FAKE reggae buyers do we have to endure ? ebay don't seem to 
care	Seller: bitternloco4472 14-Nov-11 12:03 (#130596254006)

FAKE BIDDER SCUM!. Ebay why are you so inept in dealing with this problem? 
phoenixclubsmokin 09-Nov-11 12:18 (#160675609252)

dl

On 11/14/2011 10:05 AM, Thatcher Graham wrote:
> You can block certain bidders but not if they're switching accounts. You can
> also require that bidders have a certain rating which woudl stop the new
> accounts problem.
>
> -- Thatcher
>
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>
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> On 11/13/2011 11:37 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> I've been hit by him a few times, as I mentioned. Does anyone know if it's
>> possible to cancel his bid immediately or do we still have to go through the
>> whole procedure of invoicing him and then re-selling when eBay cancels (which
>> it has, twice in my experience)? I'm a bit reluctant to go the "no bids unless
>> you have 10 positive feedbacks" route since I had what appeared to be legit
>> bids from a newish buyer with 1 positive feedback and a US address. I'm also
>> pretty steamed about the wasted time. Amazingly, I had 3 calypso items listed
>> and the phantom only bid on two of them. Looking forward to more rumficken when
>> I list the mint "Too Hot to Handle" on Canadian Quality.
>>
>> But when eBay wants to go after sellers..zowie! I still haven't had a
>> satisfactory explanation for their pulling my Ravens aircheck a few months ago.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 11/13/2011 11:26 PM, Steve Shapiro wrote:
>>> Some of the posts on this subject have been off the mark.
>>>
>>> I am in several ways a calypso person and a calypso record person.
>>>
>>> Sellers tell me this has been going on for a year or two. The phantom is in
>>> England. Constantly sets up new oyVey accounts and will bid 40 50-60+ times
>>> before he is stopped. oyVey continues to accept him setting up these new
>>> accounts and refuses to go after him despite the disruption he causes. I and
>>> others have gotten a few calypso items directly from sellers or via 2nd
>>> chances. I think going after him does not fit into oyVey's business model,
>>> which has largely drifted towards supporting large-scale marketers.
>>>
>>> Good luck, David./steve
>>> ________________________