fed up with ebay

[Spartan tracks]

If you get it back with very little damage and the price is right I'll buy it !!!

[Tiggr]

I bought an assembled Tamiya DAK Kubelwagen off ebay at a bargain price.
The seller described the item as very fragile (which it is), and sure enough, when it arrived, the rear offside wheel had sheared off at the axle.

Well, for £25, I fixed it myself.
So was it broken before it was despatched or during transit ?
I'll never know, but at £25 for a model that now costs over £100, no problem to me.

[Cruiser133]

I believe I posted about my misfortunes selling my E100 project on Ebay. I was pretty clear the project needed advanced modeling skills to complete and was being sold "as is". Well it was sold to Myung Chan Kim of 14452 S. Avalon Blvd. in Gardena CA 90248 with a ph# (562) 304-2595. He promptly received it and tracking showed it was accepted by a person at that address on March 31st.

Almost 12 days later he files a claim to Ebay that the tank was broken in shipping and he wants a refund. I asked for pictures which he provides. The pictures clearly show the box I shipped it in are unmolested and it is quite clear he attempted to pry off a part and broke it as the broken pieces are still under the tank on his work bench right next to the broken part. I called Ebay to report this fellow after communication with the buyer proved fruitless. The Ebay representative agreed with me but said I would have to accept a full return and then I could file a claim against the buyer for the damages, however, the buyer had 10 days to ship or he automatically forfeits any return claim.. With no other alternative I accepted.

I heard nothing from the buyer until the NINTH day when he sends me a message with a USPS tracking number which contains NO ADDRESS other than my city and state. He then claims a delivery attempt was made and no one was home to accept so another attempt will be made. When I get home, I ask the family if a delivery was made which they had no knowledge of. I then checked for a missed delivery card and nothing.

I have been down this road before where there is a scam where the fraudster will send an item, usually junk or empty box to an address in your city but not your home or they piggyback on to another unrelated delivery from another unrelated sender but so happens to be in your home town. The last time it was a McDonalds and it was a delivery not associated with mine. What tipped me off was the lack of an address on the tracking information.

So now I get to deal with Ebay on going after this person, in the meantime, my paypal has been locked down for two weeks. What a mess! Avoid this guy like the plague and if I crossed any lines by identifying this guy, I will remove it.

[Cruiser133]

I just copied this information provided from another member on RC Universe. Please read below and be warned:

Damned... I just Googled the address you provided and the number of E-Bay scam notes associated to that address is very high!

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Howdy:

I sold an 86 Proco Rat on Ebay. Buyer didn't pay straight away, which has become so commonplace on eBay that I no longer have been putting my "immediate payment required" note in my items.

2 days in, I send an invoice tell them to pay NOW. 5 days in, I tell them they have until the end of 5th day to pay or I'm relisting.

So, they pay up. I get a response in my messages:

"Dear Sir/Madam,

we are sending you this email as reminder for shippping information.
we kindly ask you to refer to the our registered MAILING ADDRESS in PAYPAL for SHIPPING.
It should be included 5-6 digit REFERENCE number (KGL#) on the receipt shortly after payment has been made.
your cooperation will help me a lot to find the item easily and quickly at our warehouse.

the mailing address looks like the EXAMPLE below:
ACI Express, Inc.
14452 S.AVALON BLVD.
KGL#
Gardena, CA 90248-2006
United States
Please do not get confused with Ebay registered one that does not have our reference number.

Also, it is reminded to inform us of the tracking number, upon dispatching with carriers such as USPS, UPS, Fedex, or DHL.
If the item is shipped without tracking number, please let us know by simply sending us an email.

Sincerely yours,

Intercommerce America, Inc.
Warehouse: ACI Express, Inc.
Company name : Intercommerce America, Inc.
Contact number: (562) 304 2593"

Well, this seems odd, and I have to say, I was pissed to think that this old RAT is going to some ENTITY with a warehouse and over 8500 purchases on eBay..... I mean, who the hell has a 100% rating on eBay buying 8500 items, and never sells even ONE?!

This morning, I googled the company name from Paypal, and turns out, they are ChargeBack Scammers! Dozens of reports of people getting screwed.

What they do, is they buy your item, then claim that it doesn't work, etc. and without giving you a chance, they initiate a dispute for chargeback with Paypal, who generally sides with the buyer....

So you lose your RAT, and your money!!

What does the buyer do? Well, I had not noticed, but you can no longer give a buyer Negative Feedback.

So these guys have a 100% rating!!! Since they bought my item on monday, they have purchased 100s more. I remember seeing like 8564 and a 100% rating, as of today it's over 9000 buys....

So, if you have given the buyer positive feedback for paying quickly there's nothing you can do.

I refunded their money 100% and told them to eff off, and then I went to the feedback section and reported them to eBay and told them the story. Of course, you are not allowed to leave them Negative Feedback.

I hope that they are unable to give me a ding on my 100% rating.

Anyway, I wanted to share this with you all. It always pays to look at the feedback of buyers and sellers. If you see someone with many many buys and no sells, BEWARE.
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This is an Ebay scam. "Kglpass3" has been running this scam for years under a variety of user names such as kglpass4, kglpass5 and so on. Kglpass3 buys 100's of items on Ebay everyday and immediately repost's the items they "won" through auction on Ebay Asia. They do not pay for the items knowing they have a few days before a complaint will be filed for non-payment. If they can sell the item for a substantial increase they will have the item shipped to a "drop ship" location in Gardena CA (ACI Express Inc., 14452 S. Avalon Blvd. KGL #19114). Notice the unit number.... "KGL".

If they can not sell the item they know a complaint will be filed with Ebay, thus giving them an additional four days to run this scam. On the third day of the resolution process through Ebay they will make payment through Paypal. As soon as the item arrives at their shipping company in CA they will immediately put a stop payment on the Paypal payment and claim the item was damaged in shipping. Thus giving them additional time to continue to sell the item. They will eventually never pay for the item and keep the property. Ebay will do nothing until they get numerous complaints. When you are talking about the volume of fraud being done every day by kglpass3 everyday this is a million dollar operation.

Once Ebay eventually catches on they will shut the account down. Kglpass3 then becomes kglpass4 and the scam starts all over again.

A quick "Google" search of "kglpass" will reveal 100's of victims.