[78-L] More on the phantom bidder ^

[David Lennick]

I've sent a nice polite note to eBay Support (Canada and the other place), 
detailing the items and names he's used, so let's see if anything happens.

dl

On 11/16/2011 6:13 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> If I check "won't ship to UK" would it do anything? Or would it affect all
> other eBay items I list? The other solution, unfortunately, is to stop listing
> calypso records.
>
> By the way, I put a time limit on the guy's invoice, then listed both items as
> "second chance". One immediately sold for $1 less than el fake-o had posted, so
> better late than never.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/16/2011 6:07 PM, Benno Häupl wrote:
>> .
>> The sellers shouldn't have left any feedback. Because it counts as positive and thus
>> the bidder cannot be blocked!
>> Instead, they should have done this (like I do):
>> - retrieve the fake buyer's contact information, especially phone number
>> - call the phone number (it's always a dead line)
>> - report the buyer for false contact info TO GET HIM REMOVED QUICKLY!
>>
>> One or two such reports get him kicked off eBay in no time!
>>
>> The (positive) feedback given to this fake bidder helps him get around the bidders'
>> block! The strictest you can block on eBay is "buyers with a feedback of 1 or less
>> that had 2 or more unpaid item cases in the last 31 days".
>> With the feedback given, he bypasses the block!
>>
>> BTW, nothing indicates that the phantom bidder is in London. He can be anywhere
>> on earth. All we know is that he registered his account with a London address.
>>
>> The matter, however, is worse!
>> When I auction Calypso 78s, I also block bidders who have no PayPal account.
>> This phantom bidder was able to sneek through this block, because he obviously
>> has his new fake account linked to his PayPal acount! Consequently, PayPal
>> has his credit card and/or bank account info - and they know HIS IDENTITY!
>>
>> eBay Trust&   Safety told me on the phone that they cannot get this information from
>> PayPal, because it's another company!!!  Theoretically, eBay could block any and
>> all accounts ever linked to this PayPal account in future, couldn't they?  But they don't...
>>
>> Benno
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