The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46749   Message #694448
Posted By: katlaughing
20-Apr-02 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: eBay Warning
Subject: RE: Ebay Warning
Sorry to hear about that and thanks for the warning. I see that "judde" has no feedback points, at all. That's one thing I always check, buying and selling, on eBay. You could certainly be the first one to leave negative feedback about them, but if I understand you rightly, you bought this post-auction, so you mgiht not be able to.

I have a friend who makes a good share of his income on ebay. I sent him your warning and he sent the following advice:

The recourse that a lot of people don't think of is this. Go to the post office and inquire about filing a mail fraud charge. Anything transacted through the mail is open to this. Because of the nature of people having each other's address Postal Inspectors have the highest conviction rate of any federal law enforcement agency.

When I mentioned I thought this happened in the UK, he said you might have even sterner measures over there.

Good luck to you from my friend and me,

kat