Hi all,
I'd like to warn anyone buying stock on ebay to watch out for an individual going by the name "littlemanaidan".
I won two items off him fair and square on the 28th June '11, have paid and have STILL not received my items (as of 19th September '11).
This user begins all nice, and then just gets weird.
After winning two items, a class 121 and a body shell, I sent a message asking for combined postage. Got a reply almost straight away saying "yes no problems kind regards adrian". Short and to the point.
So I started the waiting game... I was waiting for him to send me a revised PayPal invoice, reflecting the combined postage he had just agreed to. Did I get one? No, instead two days later I got a message saying hi are you still wanting this item as i havent recieved payment if not ill offer it to next highest bidder kind regards adrian.
After sending a message back, I got a message asking me to pay by bank transfer. just pay what the two items went for and £3.00 on top if more ill put it to easiest way i dont have a paypal account as it keeps sending funds into a holding account so would prefer it in my bank account items are ready to post kind regards adrian. Funds going into a holding account is annoying for everyone, so I promptly bank transferred him the money (After two more messages trying to get the details for the transfer...) on 2nd July '11. In his message with the account details he said "pls advise when done i will post imediately then if you could message me when u recieve would be great".
Having sent him my address for the second time, and waited two days I sent him a message asking if he had posted them, I received a message saying "yea my dad posted items will ask when you should get them be in touch kind regards adrian".
Think that's funny? It's only just beginning. On the 5th I got a message saying "please send name and address to this email so can post it to you thanks ben not getting name and addresses" and "hi sorry checkd pay pal no monies there please advise if returned please send cheque and name and address to post thanks ben" - So now our lovely seller can't remember his own name either? No. Apparently Adrian is Ben's son. I then got asked for my address again.
Ebay customer support said they were not interested as the item was not paid through PayPal, even though they let people list bank transfer as a payment option. Fair enough I don't get the money protected, but surely when the seller ignored all 4 emails from Ebay they could have suspended his account...
On the 31st July I sent a message telling him I want my items or I will go to the police. I got a reply from "Ben" telling me it was not him who took my money (No, it was his son, you know, Adrian?) and asked me for my address again. Gave me a dodgy phone number and asked me how I paid, and said he would post me a cheque for a refund... and asked for my address yet again.
The seller has ignored me since then... Instead of wasting my time at the police station, I thought I'd "kick him where it hurts" so to speak... Watch out!
I'd like to warn anyone buying stock on ebay to watch out for an individual going by the name "littlemanaidan".
I won two items off him fair and square on the 28th June '11, have paid and have STILL not received my items (as of 19th September '11).
This user begins all nice, and then just gets weird.
After winning two items, a class 121 and a body shell, I sent a message asking for combined postage. Got a reply almost straight away saying "yes no problems kind regards adrian". Short and to the point.
So I started the waiting game... I was waiting for him to send me a revised PayPal invoice, reflecting the combined postage he had just agreed to. Did I get one? No, instead two days later I got a message saying hi are you still wanting this item as i havent recieved payment if not ill offer it to next highest bidder kind regards adrian.
After sending a message back, I got a message asking me to pay by bank transfer. just pay what the two items went for and £3.00 on top if more ill put it to easiest way i dont have a paypal account as it keeps sending funds into a holding account so would prefer it in my bank account items are ready to post kind regards adrian. Funds going into a holding account is annoying for everyone, so I promptly bank transferred him the money (After two more messages trying to get the details for the transfer...) on 2nd July '11. In his message with the account details he said "pls advise when done i will post imediately then if you could message me when u recieve would be great".
Having sent him my address for the second time, and waited two days I sent him a message asking if he had posted them, I received a message saying "yea my dad posted items will ask when you should get them be in touch kind regards adrian".
Think that's funny? It's only just beginning. On the 5th I got a message saying "please send name and address to this email so can post it to you thanks ben not getting name and addresses" and "hi sorry checkd pay pal no monies there please advise if returned please send cheque and name and address to post thanks ben" - So now our lovely seller can't remember his own name either? No. Apparently Adrian is Ben's son. I then got asked for my address again.
Ebay customer support said they were not interested as the item was not paid through PayPal, even though they let people list bank transfer as a payment option. Fair enough I don't get the money protected, but surely when the seller ignored all 4 emails from Ebay they could have suspended his account...
On the 31st July I sent a message telling him I want my items or I will go to the police. I got a reply from "Ben" telling me it was not him who took my money (No, it was his son, you know, Adrian?) and asked me for my address again. Gave me a dodgy phone number and asked me how I paid, and said he would post me a cheque for a refund... and asked for my address yet again.
The seller has ignored me since then... Instead of wasting my time at the police station, I thought I'd "kick him where it hurts" so to speak... Watch out!
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