For anyone ripped off on eBay!

[AirStrike]

If you have ever been ripped off on ebay, this will make your day!

“I had tickets to a sporting event and couldn’t attend. I made a 1-day listing and clearly stated that the tickets must be picked up in person within 24 hours (the game was the evening after the auction ended, so there wasn’t any time to ship the tickets). A woman won the auction for about $US600. The auction had ended at 10:00am and by 5:00pm she still hadn’t responded to my emails trying to organize the exchange. Finally, at 9:30pm, I got a one-liner email: “I overbid and my husband won’t let me buy these. Sorry and enjoy the game! ”

I first tried explaining that I wouldn’t have the time to resell the tickets (I already got turned down by the losing bidders). She said, “… that’s not my problem. It’s eBay, not a car dealership. I can back out if I want.” I still don’t understand the car dealership reference.

I was pretty upset. I was basically going to be stuck with tickets to an event that I couldn’t attend. That’s when I got the idea to convince her to change her mind.

I created a new eBay account, “Payback” we’ll call it, and sent her a message: “Hi there, I noticed you won an auction for 4 [sporting event] tickets. I meant to bid on these but couldn’t get to a computer. I wanted to take my son and dad and would be willing to give you $US1,000 for the tickets. I imagine that you’ve already made plans to attend, but I figured it was worth a shot.”

At 11:30pm she responded to Payback: “I’ll do it for $US1,100, no less. I can meet you at the game if you agree. I need your phone number.”

At 11:35pm, Payback wrote: “Deal. Here is my number…” (Thanks Google Voice for the throwaway number). She called a few minutes later and made Payback “promise” to go through with the deal. She emphasised that she’d be out a lot of money if Payback backed out. Payback swore he would never do such a thing.

At 11:45pm, the woman emailed me: “Fine. I’ll buy them. But you have to drop them off at my house tonight. I’ll have the cash ready.” So at ####ing midnight I drove to her house across town and met her on the road in front of her apartment building. She was a nasty and rude individual. Things didn’t get any better when I told her I wanted an extra $US20 for the trouble of driving there at midnight (yeah, pushing my luck, I know). It became very awkward and she literally threw 31 $US20 bills at me. I counted them before handing over the tickets. I said, “thanks for the great transaction” as she flipped me off while walking away.

At 10:00am she called Payback to make sure they were still on for the exchange. Payback said that he could no longer go to the game and wouldn’t be able to do the exchange. She blew her ####ing top and I swear to god started speaking in tongues. Payback said, “Ma’am, this is eBay, not a car dealership” and hung up.

I got a rabid email 10 minutes later telling me that I was going to hell and that she’s reported me to the local police, FBI, and… the fire department. WTF?”

[VLC86]

hahahahaha thats awesome. I'm going to keep this in mind if i ever get a bad deal on ebay

[2DIE]

Nice, worked out well for him.

[Grennan]

Oh god, I pissed myself when I read "Ma'am, this is eBay not a car dealership."

[ClairBear]

I love these type of stories. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy when those that try to con you end up badly burned.

[VjamesY]

Thats would be so satisfying, i wonder if she ended up going lol

[Cúl-Báire]

I rotfflmlmfao!!!

[calais24/7]

Hahah suck shit to the lady for being such a b**ch and screwing him around, best bit when Payback said, “Ma’am, this is eBay, not a car dealership” and hung up.

[Trayner]

Haha read this the other day , but still tis a goodie

[Lumps of cheese]

Hehehehehe, very nice payback.

[Pickle']

that is awesome... very nice

[Maxxiz]

Hahahahhahaha that is gold!

[brodiewilson]

haha that bitch got what was coming to her.

[Jecs]

hahahahahahahahahahah im fkn rep pointin u for that airstrike, that was mako!

[VKCOMMO]

ahahahahahaha, Love it

[joshyewahh]

haha. i am not the biggest fan of ebay anymore, not after i had a bad buy on there a week ago. this still made me laugh though

[slowandlow]

i had the police rock up on my door after selling a sidchrome toolboard. a guy in sydney won the auction, which was a no postage auction due to the size. i told him to p off which resulted in a ton of real strange emails offering me extra cash etc. i then relisted the board, and a local guy got it. about two weeks later, the cops come to my place, saying the nsw guy i told to p off, reckons i stole the toolboard from him. had to go through some shit with that one...
how possesive was that gu?????? utter whack job

[torch]

i had the police rock up on my door after selling a sidchrome toolboard. a guy in sydney won the auction, which was a no postage auction due to the size. i told him to p off which resulted in a ton of real strange emails offering me extra cash etc. i then relisted the board, and a local guy got it. about two weeks later, the cops come to my place, saying the nsw guy i told to p off, reckons i stole the toolboard from him. had to go through some shit with that one...
how possesive was that gu?????? utter whack job

Im assuming he insisted that your freight them to him, despite being pickup only?

[Bring Da Ruckus]

that is a absolute classic story!! very funny... how sweet revenge is

[torch]

Just a minor point about the story. Ebay have changed the bidding info so that the names of the other bidders are only known to the seller,so perhaps the story is quite an old one or the payback worked on the non bidders because they were unaware

Ive actually done that myself, missed out on a hard to get item which i was prepared to pay more for and got hold of the highest bidders details from the seller and made them an offer.

[Bring Da Ruckus]

Just a minor point about the story. Ebay have changed the bidding info so that the names of the other bidders are only known to the seller,so perhaps the story is quite an old one or the payback worked on the non bidders because they were unaware

Ive actually done that myself, missed out on a hard to get item which i was prepared to pay more for and got hold of the highest bidders details from the seller and made them an offer.

yeh and also to get a new ebay account you need to give them your cc details and your actual phone number for verification etc... so must be at least 3 or 4 years old... someone please get some revenge from paypal... many a time they have screwed with me.... just like my old mobile service (Three 3) horrible customer service and all they want is your money... (Telstra is the way to go BTW 100% bttr)

[slowandlow]

Im assuming he insisted that your freight them to him, despite being pickup only?

exactly.
and ive still got the guys phone number,work address and home address. hes lucky im not as vindictive as he was. and sydney is such a long way away. if he was local i would have paid him a little visit (which would have caused o whole bunch of extra shit for me, so im glad he wasnt local really).