China Ebay Seller Check - New-comers READ FIRST POST!!

Discussion in 'Transformers On Ebay' started by ChromeMagnus, Mar 31, 2016.

  1. MrPractical

    MrPractical Well-Known Member

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    Thanks. Ya 3 of the 4 packages I've gotten in the past month were shipped that way. the outside of the shipping box seemed completely fine so it certainly seems like the damage existed prior to shipping. like the clear megatron the outer box is fine but the plastic inside the box is all broken apart. of the 2 jinboa primes 1 was shipped that way and had some damage but not terrible but the 2nd was shipped a different way and was completely beat up/crushed.
     
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    1. My adventure for a refund request to PayPal regarding the seller who has been canceled from eBay is finally over. Refund by PayPal occurred a few days ago after a month having seen the holidays and having failed to get further answers from the fraudulent seller. I'm happy.
    2. Today I also got the components that were missing in the box of Transformers IT-01 MP36 G1 Emperor of Destruction, the intact classic bib, 2 Kremzeek and the second cannon. kaichu-57 Seller therefore more than reliable.
     
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    My case with jiangyaoming2018_0 was closed in my favor and I am being refunded my $106 for the MP46 black arachnia figure. He did respond to the case on January 3rd... The POS. He provided PayPal my tracking number. I told the representative on the phone that the tracking was empty, was populated immediately after the sale, and nothing had happened with it since. She put me on hold for a moment, and when she came back she agreed with me, and said she would close the case in my favor. Thank God that's over!

    On to the next thing, I ordered another MP46 on December 27th. It's shipped a couple days later, and was handed over to the carrier. It has been stuck on:

    Processed Through Facility
    HONG KONG GENERAL POST OFFICE

    Since January 2nd at 8:58 a.m. their time. What's going on? I think this is a point where it is handed over to the USPS. The tracking number shows up in their system. It has the same information. Is there anything I can do for more information or anything I can do to speed the process up?
     
  4. MrPractical

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    heh my case against jiangyaoming2018_0 isn't going as smoothly. i bought 1 item (a white ko prime) on 12/3 and a yellow prime on 12/7. the 12/3 one has a shipping label with no update since 12/11 when it was supposedly Processed Through Facility JINAN EMS, CHINA. The 2nd item has a tracking label but shows it was never dropped off.

    Ebay said they wouldn't open the case on the first until the delivery range was past (exp delivery date 12/24-2/6) but since the other one appeared to have never been dropped off they said they'd open a case. Except for the 2nd time in recent memory the ebay rep opened the case for the wrong item. fortunately, she opened it for the white prime from this seller though so it's fine. i'll open a case for the other one once this gets resolved 10 days from now.
    i might just use yufen026 from now on though the black ko i got from that seller doesn't roll well.
     
  5. bakerjin

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    Don't open the case through ebay. As stated in the first post of this thread, do it through paypal. I had nearly the exact same situation as you and was able to close the case in my favor after 10 days. Even though jiangyaoming responded on the 10th day with a tracking label, I merely pointed out to Paypal CSR that it wasn't updated since 12/7 so they closed the case in my favor and I got a full refund the next day. This scammer is relying on people to go through the case via ebay and lose since ebay is pretty crappy in these scenarios.
     
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  6. ChipperOvPAINt

    ChipperOvPAINt i like bionicles

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  7. ChromeMagnus

    ChromeMagnus Well-Known Member

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    @MrPractical see below and check the first post of this thread on how to reach a LIVE agent on Paypal:
     
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    Shiroitenshi New Member

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    Hello,
    Could anyone tell me if this seller goldjinbao | eBay Stores is trustworthy? I pre-ordered a statue from them, that will be released in April or later. They outright told me they are giving me a fake tracking number now, and when the statue is released and they ship it, they'd give me the correct one. Fake tracking number now says they are shipping something to my address. Should I be worried?
     
  9. Sanity Bleeds

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    Huh, bit of an odd one. They don't seem like a scammer, but they're a bit shady. The overwhelming amount of private feedback is odd, and they don't seem to respond to much any of the neutral or negatives involving quality and handling, either. As far as the fake tracking number, that is more likely due to Paypal withholding your payment to them until there's evidence of shipping. I've preordered from plenty of Ebay sellers where it takes months before the tracking is listed, but it might be more specific to the trustworthiness of a seller, or in this case, them just wanting to be sure they have the funds to make the order for you. Worst case, Paypal gives you up to 6 months for coverage, so watch it closely, and if there's any delays in release or shipping, request to cancel the order and place a new one to extend that 6 months of coverage.
     
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  10. robotsir

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    So today my PayPal case changed from 'waiting for seller response' to 'under review', too bad that the tracking updated a couple of days ago and it's somewhere in Chicago now, I guess I have to wait now. Did you follow up with PayPal for your second case after the package was returned to the sender?
     
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    My second case wasn’t marked return to sender but rather “no such number“. Like the first one, PayPal closed the case and refunded me within a day or two after it said that.

    Also, he just got four positives.lol They must be fake. It’s nuts that he got 88 negatives in a month. And at least one or two positives that should’ve been negative. I feel sorry for the people who are complaining in their feedback, that eBay won’t help them- too bad there’s no way to tell them to go through PayPal.

    Funny how his tactics keep changing: Lego fig, beads, wrong address, unsent...... How is he not listed as “no longer an ebay member”?
     
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    Thank you so much for your reply Sanity Bleeds!
     
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    Another thing that worried me about goldjinbao | eBay Stores except for the fake tracking number they said they'd send me first, were the multiple discounts on lots of statues and the fact that I cannot see any information on them from the paypal invoice. Usually it mentions the seller's name on the receipt, but this time it just calls them seller...

    Not sure if these are bad signs or unimportant, but I am mentioning them either way to all you more experienced people.
     
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    Now that I have this return open with eBay yunfei-4100 allegedly contacted DX9 and obtained the missing guns/cannons. Now he's pressing me to close the eBay case because this will affect his seller performance. He sent a photo of an opened Hanzo with the missing items circled and tracking number. I let him know that I don't plan on closing the case until I receive the missing items. If it doesn't show up and Paypal is definitely next.
     
  15. MrPractical

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    lol the 'free gift" haiwa66 offered was chinese coins otherwise offering a $2 refund.
     
  16. Impactor666

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    Not so long ago I recommended a seller on here as I have used him many times and always had a fantastic experience but just now I had a notification of reduced item of his I'm watching, now he never does this as he doesn't have to. To me that's the first suspicious sign, so I checked his originally 100% feedback and now he has 1 negative with fake tracking received. So I'll be keeping an eye on him for this thread from now on.
    It will be really sad if he has gone Rogue as theres still lots in his shop I wanted to purchase over time. Screenshot_20200110-103016_eBay.jpg
     
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    Also I noticed this one I asked on here about the other day and now the watched items are still there but his shop has nothing to display? Seems a bit dodgy to me Screenshot_20200110-104250_eBay.jpg Screenshot_20200110-104242_eBay.jpg
     
  18. Rodann

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    It seems so strange to me that so many go rogue. Almost as if someone is hacking their accounts, It just feels weird.
     
  19. Impactor666

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    Well in this day and age that is a possibility.
    It will be sad if this is the case as I not so long ago strongly recommended him, I've had about 6 things off him over the last year or so.
     
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