Computers & Internet What to do?

[BILC]

So last week I bought a watch off eBay which arrived yesterday.......minus the watch.

Just the box with everything in it but the watch itself, just a $200 box. So i sent a message to the seller explaining what's happened and that he may have accidentally left the watch out, this is the message I got in return

listen to me, when you try to steal someone be smart.
israeli people are very hard on this kind of things, me in particular. i have a very close friend over in Melbourne i don't really want to let him drive 300KM to you, but if i must i will do so..
i will recommend you to drop it off and enjoy the watch, you will not succeed to steal me.
you will have to pay for the way and time of this man. it is not about this 200$ just that people like you ask to get this.
be smart.

So, thoughts?

 

[Black Diamond]

You have to take the good with the bad buying on the net.

I'd file this one under "Sometimes Life Sucks".

 

[frantelle]

Did you use paypal? Not an awful lot you can do unfortunately

 

[BILC]

Did you use paypal? Not an awful lot you can do unfortunately

Yeah I used paypal.

Shit if there's not a lot I can do I might as well start doing the same thing.

 

[Leper]

 

[Marlowe]

Call bunsen burner, he'll sort out this silly.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Call bunsen burner, he'll sort out this silly.

I can imagine the guy the OP's talking about and Bunsen Burner in an online keyboard warrior battle off

 

[Stratton_Gun]

So last week I bought a watch off eBay which arrived yesterday.......minus the watch.

Just the box with everything in it but the watch itself, just a $200 box. So i sent a message to the seller explaining what's happened and that he may have accidentally left the watch out, this is the message I got in return

listen to me, when you try to steal someone be smart.
israeli people are very hard on this kind of things, me in particular. i have a very close friend over in Melbourne i don't really want to let him drive 300KM to you, but if i must i will do so..
i will recommend you to drop it off and enjoy the watch, you will not succeed to steal me.
you will have to pay for the way and time of this man. it is not about this 200$ just that people like you ask to get this.
be smart.

So, thoughts?

I don't get it
Is the guy saying the guy he knows in Melbourne will drop the watch off to you or is he threatening you?

His engrish is not so good

 

[Dirtywhirl]

What sort of feedback did the seller have, any negative feedback with similar complaints? You should have buyer protection if you used Paypal, but I've never had to use it before so not sure what criteria there is. You can also raise a complaint using Paypal I believe

When I used to sell stuff on ebay buyers would sometimes take advantage of the fact that I used regular postage and claim that their item was not received as early as two or three days after the auction ended, and there was nothing I could do about it. They would likely still get their item and I would have to return their funds because I didn't have any proof that it had been sent. Sure I left myself open to that by not using registered post and it was a very small minority that did it but it's still a shit thing to do

 

[checkraiseulite]

Did you use paypal? Not an awful lot you can do unfortunately

if you used paypal lodge a dispute immediately, take photos of what came in the package and a screenshot of the message.

you will get your money back.

ignore the threat.

 

[Poseidon]

Ignore the empty threats and tell him you'll be lodging a complaint unless he sends the watch.

 

[alfy!]

Whatever you do, don't do nothing and let this idiot get away with this.

Follow the advice of the above two posters.

 

[Colin D'Cops]

The f***? Unlucky there BILC.

All the best, hope it all works out

 

[BILC]

I lodged a dispute pretty much as soon as I saw there was no watch.

See what happens.

 

[checkraiseulite]

Buyers never lose on paypal disputes. You are almost certain to get your money back.

 

[Aussie Assault]

Fantastic English. I'd be doing everything possible to recover your cash & then making it well known about this fool's threats & false auctions in feedback.

If any further or more specific threats are then aimed I'd be going to some sort of authority about them.

Good luck.

 

[dales.girl38]

Paypal is pretty good at sorting this stuff out - the threat is a little worrying though. I got a refund on a $40 DVD I got for my mum without any problems. If anything, the threat will make it more obvious to paypal that it's a scam.

 

[bunsen burner]

I can imagine the guy the OP's talking about and Bunsen Burner in an online keyboard warrior battle off

I got him covered bro. I will schnap kick him to the head bro. I will save yuse all.

 

[Lensen]

Buyers never lose on paypal disputes. You are almost certain to get your money back.

I'm no expert other than the odd reading of a dispute thread - but isn't the only proof that the item was posted - which if sent registered post to the OP then the seller will have?

Whether the watch is there or not is really the buyer's word against the seller's

 

[Ghostwriter]

Don't rule out the option of paying this joker a visit in person, keeping in mind that all israelis own a weapon.

 

[BILC]

Don't rule out the option of paying this joker a visit in person, keeping in mind that all israelis own a weapon.

I'll bring bunsen, and maybe that bloke who sucked revolver dry.

 

[Chism]

Whats his username on Ebay??

 

[The Dice Man]

Subbed for more Israeli emails.

 

[BILC]

His latest email read simply,

"Lets play it your way"


.............."runs to lock doors"

 

[Gasometer]

His latest email read simply,

"Lets play it your way"


.............."runs to lock doors"