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seller has fraudulent heading
Jun 27, 2012 04:49 PM

A seller has his item listed as a newer model version than what he has.  I sent him a message informing him that his information was incorrect.  He sent me a response saying I wasted his time and that ebay categorized it in this way and it was out of his control.

 

The item he has it listed under is Nikon Nikkor AF-S 50mm F/1.8G Lens however the item he has is a Nikon Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D Lens.  There is a significant difference in the cost and performance of these 2 lenses.

 

I reported his listing as fraudulent.

 

Was this the correct move?  He has the listing correct under the description, but unless someone is paying close attention you wouldn't notice it.

 

What is the proper way to handle a situation if you inform the seller his information is incorrect and he refuses to correct it and is rude to you?

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seller has fraudulent heading

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seller has fraudulent heading
Jun 27, 2012 04:49 PM

A seller has his item listed as a newer model version than what he has.  I sent him a message informing him that his information was incorrect.  He sent me a response saying I wasted his time and that ebay categorized it in this way and it was out of his control.

 

The item he has it listed under is Nikon Nikkor AF-S 50mm F/1.8G Lens however the item he has is a Nikon Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D Lens.  There is a significant difference in the cost and performance of these 2 lenses.

 

I reported his listing as fraudulent.

 

Was this the correct move?  He has the listing correct under the description, but unless someone is paying close attention you wouldn't notice it.

 

What is the proper way to handle a situation if you inform the seller his information is incorrect and he refuses to correct it and is rude to you?

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by fruitacres (90 ) View Listings
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Re: seller has fraudulent heading
Jun 27, 2012 11:33 PM

As far as I know, Ebay won't do a thing to the seller. As close as I was able to get to reporting something like that is when I bough $30 worth of AA batteries advertised as 2600miliamps, (the number gauges how long they'll go between charges) and I got 1400miliamp batteries.

 

It was a sweet little scam because there was no mention of what miliamps they were on the retail pkg, very unusual. But when I looked up the part number on the back, googled it and verified my findings with Rayovac, I found I got much less than what I ordered.

 

So, of course I made the seller aware (of what he already knew) of it and made Ebay very aware of the problem in the dispute. I did end up with a refund and didn't have to return but the seller was still doing it months later.

 

I could have returned the batteries but as well as the seller pulling the ol' put off until too late to file pizzing me off, I figured losing everything on the sale might wake him up, it didn't that I know of.

 

Ebay is simply not going to spend any time investigating something like this because it doesn't hurt them, they still make their money and Ebay only implements or enforces policy that make them money.

 

See, if there were a place to report this type thing that would actually amount to proper action, we could ask a Community Guide where to report it but the problem there is, just the fact we'd have to ask at all, and can't find a serious report link, means either there is none or Ebay doesn't want us to find it. With that in mind, it would be useless to ask.

 

In short, fraud is fine here as long as it has no substantial affect on Ebay's bottom line.

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Re: seller has fraudulent heading
Jun 28, 2012 12:23 PM

Proper procedure would have been to not say a thing to seller but report listing  itself for whatever reason you think might fit.  All you might have accomplished by telling seller he is wrong is to get placed on his BBL

 

Aother way to have approached it would have been to purchase said lens, and then when it was received and not exactly as listed agree to pay to return it for a full refund - that'd show him. You each  (buyer and seller) would be out the cost of one-way shipping but life would otherwise return to normal.


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