[78-L] Phantom eBay winner [fwd]

[David Lennick]

This creep now has another angry feedback, making a total of 11 and a score of 
7 POSITIVES because of the revised eBay system. And most of the comments have 
been removed by eBay, who have been told about this guy several times..he's in 
London, and he keeps making high topping bids on reggae and calypso records, 
which he has no intention of paying for. Now I can't go the "no wins from 
anyone with less than 10 positives" route because he'll probably have that many 
by the time the items close, even if they're of the "Remove this scum" variety.

dl

On 11/15/2011 2:48 AM, Mike Harkin wrote:
> Seems that buying or selling comes down to the same thing; you have to ask yourself,
> is the f****** you get worth the f****** you take.  Figuratively, of course....
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> --- On Tue, 11/15/11, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
>
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 4:07 AM
>
>
> And the drama continues..eBay seems to be removing all the feedback comments
> from us disgruntled dealers (one or two still remain) and have sent me a
> "naughty, naughty" message. As well as an invitation to post 5000 items free
> tomorrow. Ho hum.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/14/2011 4:23 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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