Strange GS Related ebay Transaction

[Nessism]

On June 11 I sold a set of carbs on ebay to a buyer in Hungary. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333212242821?ul_noapp=true Used ebay "Global shipping" program which means I shipped to KY and then the package is forwarded to the buyer by ebay. After a week or so I received notice from ebay that the transaction can not be completed due to some restriction regarding the item involved. I have no idea what could be restricted about some carbs other than maybe concern over possible gasoline inside, but regardless, the notice received stated ebay would not be returning the carbs nor would they take the money back back from me. A bit odd, but a sale is a sale so whatever.

Browsing ebay tonight and guess what shows up? My carbs, or maybe just photos of them. I sent the seller on ebay a question asking for more info about the carbs, such as how they came to possess them, and if the photos are of the actual carbs. Should be interesting...https://www.ebay.com/itm/163770715747

 

[dorkburger]

Following.
Strange indeed.

 

[GregT]

Nobody outside the US has a good word to say about ebay's shipping. Prior to them insisting it must be used, we could use a couple of mail accumulating and forwarding concerns which worked really well. The current setup doesn't.

What's happened to your one makes me wonder if they sell off undeliverable parcels.

 

[Guest]

Well not only are they the same photos, but the description of the rebuild is also word for word. Have you had any contact with the original buyer? If they don't receive the carbs they may open up a case against you.

 

[chuck hahn]

Even has the screwdriver in the second add. I would think the relister would be smart enough not to use that picture.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Same photos, means a lazy seller with no photo skills. Copyright infringement that's outlawed by eBay.
Contact ebay about it, satisfy your curiosity.

 

[Nessism]

My question to seller...

Can you please tell me more about these carbs such as how did you obtain them and are the photos of the actual carbs you are selling? Thanks in advance.


New message from: 8ten1944 Top Rated Seller

Photos are accurate. We receive everything in large lots from a large company

 

[cowboyup3371]

Methinks some one related to E-Bay in some form or fashion is scamming the company. I too would like to know what E-Bay says

 

[Buffalo Bill]

My question to seller...

Can you please tell me more about these carbs such as how did you obtain them and are the photos of the actual carbs you are selling? Thanks in advance.


New message from: 8ten1944 Top Rated Seller

Photos are accurate. We receive everything in large lots from a large company

The way you wrote it that's an intimidating question, you might not get a response. If you had dumbed it down they might have responded.

 

[Gorminrider]

....I think it's called "Drop-shipping" or something like that. The new owner has figured they can make money reselling your carbs for a profit. Note that this person has feedback of 60,319. They are pros.

I saw a story where someone was manufacturing some kind of pet accessory. It was very popular and hard to supply demand. Not long after, the item showed up on amazon at a higher price than the original manufacturer's. In essence, the drop-shipper sold the item on amazon, then placed the order (with whatever name and address they'd sold it to) with the manufacturer...so, this middleman got a large profit simply by fiddling with their keyboard. A larger profit than the manufacturer, in fact!

There's a lot of this that goes on. When you see the same item adverised by a multitude of sellers, I'd bet that an awful lot of them don't actually have the item on the "premises"..or even if any of them do.

 

[Nessism]

The way you wrote it that's an intimidating question, you might not get a response. If you had dumbed it down they might have responded.

Did you read what I posted? The seller already responded.

 

[Nessism]

....I think it's called "Drop-shipping" or something like that. The new owner has figured they can make money reselling your carbs for a profit. Note that this person has feedback of 60,319. They are pros.

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Drop shipping is when you sell something you don't have. After the sale is made an order is placed with the distributor/manufacturer with a "ship to" address of the end user. That doesn't apply in the case of these carbs.

Edit: called ebay to try to find out what's going on. Person I talked to said they didn't think ebay would resell items such as these carbs that got hung up in Global Shipping. The more I think about it though I'm not convinced. Anyway, the CSR said that the item has been reported to ebay's fraud investigation unit for review. If the ad stays up I think that will tell the story.

 

[earlfor]

I think someone is stealing ebay shipping items and fencing them to resellers.

 

[bobgroger]

Have you heard from the buyer in Hungary? Seems like he is the one that is hurt here. You have the money, the buyer has nothing. Is "Global Delivery" owned by eBay or a third party? This needs further investigation, maybe by a TV "consumer advocate"

 

[Nessism]

Have you heard from the buyer in Hungary? Seems like he is the one that is hurt here. You have the money, the buyer has nothing. Is "Global Delivery" owned by eBay or a third party? This needs further investigation, maybe by a TV "consumer advocate"

The buyer got refunded so he's out nothing. He's one of those pain in the butt buyers too: he asked me question after question before the purchase, repeating himself, and he kept trying to get me to give him a $100 discount as if it's my fault that his country charged exorbitant import fees. And even after he got his money back he gave me a negative feedback. I had to get ebay involved to have that removed. And even recently he keeps writing me stating he wants the carbs. I told him again and again that I don't have them but he persists, even after giving me a negative.

 

[bobgroger]

The buyer got refunded so he's out nothing. He's one of those pain in the butt buyers too: he asked me question after question before the purchase, repeating himself, and he kept trying to get me to give him a $100 discount as if it's my fault that his country charged exorbitant import fees. And even after he got his money back he gave me a negative feedback. I had to get ebay involved to have that removed. And even recently he keeps writing me stating he wants the carbs. I told him again and again that I don't have them but he persists, even after giving me a negative.

Ah, I misunderstood. So you have the money, the buyer has the money, and eBay got some of their money back by selling or possibly consigning the carbs to a liquidator along with the listing details. That makes more sense.

 

[ddaniels]

There's a reason some call it flea - bay.

 

[GregT]

It could also be a scam. On another forum, a couple of members keep a watch for relisted bikes - generally on ebay. The scammer lifts the pics off an original ad and relists the bike as his.
It's quite surprising how often the watchers find something. Probably every two-three months they find and report a scam seller.
And that's only looking at a specialist - and fairly rare - make of bike.

 

[Guest]

I sent the seller a message asking if they actually had the carbs also. I told them their auction looked just like one that was listed earlier. lol.

 

[Gorminrider]

My question to seller...

Can you please tell me more about these carbs such as how did you obtain them and are the photos of the actual carbs you are selling? Thanks in advance.


New message from: 8ten1944 Top Rated Seller

Photos are accurate. We receive everything in large lots from a large company

huh! Interesting thing you have spotted here for sure. "lots from large company" being maybe Pitney Bowes maybe? they shipped an item to me for ebay...

I looked at the sellers "profile" and he/she/it has sold suzuki parts before but otherwise a very eclectic assortment of items...this seller may have "inserted" itself as a business to resell all the non-shipped or returned items?