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

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

  1. Sanity Bleeds

    Sanity Bleeds Well-Known Member

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    Eh... They just happened to have 16 FT Teslas for sale in the last 90 days despite them being out of production for years now, no reissue (yet) and complete scarcity on the aftermarket? You might want to keep a close eye on that and be ready to contact Paypal....

    Edit: Looking more at their offerings and stock, they seem to be almost all rarer FT listings, with pricing mostly in line with initial aftermarket, not really with more realistic current aftermarket, unless you count their absurdly high shipping, but the amount of stock they claim to have for each item, along with the nearly complete lack of feedback from buyers, barring so many private listings, is worrisome. I imagine for a number of items listed they had at least one of them, or in cases like Koot and Rouge, a couple, but if I was betting on the outcome, I'd imagine we'll be seeing a number of negative feedback come flying by in about a month when collectors finally give up on shipping delay excuses.
     
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  2. Diego Rosas

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    I noticed that you might be right since shortly after buying their “last” Tesla, another season to gotten back in stock shortly after
     
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  3. Wuggaroo

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    I received my order from clevertiger16 as well as
    mascotworld4u

    It took an incredibly long time as both shipments left on 5/30/20 and got here on 7/30/20. However, under the circumstances it is completely understandable. They all came boxed with bubble wrap. Some of the boxes were soaked, but the bubble wrapped protected the actual figure inside as well as figures cardboard box.
     
  4. Sanity Bleeds

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    Same person?
     
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    Wuggaroo Well-Known Member

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    Not sure if they are. I bought the items on the same day.
     
  6. Sanity Bleeds

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    I believe they've established that mascotzone, mascot_home, clevertiger16, and wolvesbabies are all the same person/people, the only one that might be uncertain is mascotworld4u, but it'd seem silly given the running theme and same location/items/prices for that one to not be part of the same group.
     
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    Hi guys got a delivery from eBay today not sure if seller should be on here or not as he shipped from Taiwan but package did go through Hong Kong according to shipping lol.
    ukyocheng_85 is his name. Mp18+ streak is what arrived. Including shipping cost me £74 which was alot cheaper than the other options available for streak+. Ordered on the 22nd July so quite fast delivery.
    Basic box with some light wrapping inside, main box intact no damage to it or contents.
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    The figure itself is great apart from a paint blemish/scratch on one of the arms but it's on the elbow and hidden when arm is straightened out for bot mode, the accessories are good two extra expressions and blast effects for shoulder cannons and gun, there's an extra adaptor for blast effects that doesn't fit him though must be for use with other MP.
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    Unlike my other Datsun which are the ko MP I ended up going for the + streak because I wanted something a little different had any of the 3p companies made him I probably would of went for that.
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  8. MagnusAfterDark

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    Hey folks, has anyone dealt with https://www.ebay.com/usr/godrodimus ? They're not on either list on the first page of the thread. I did a search of the thread and found the name pop up in one instance in a list of sellers someone had a bad experience with but that was a year ago, and the seller is still active with no bad feedback. Thanks!
     
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    Be careful guys .. i just bought a gigapower HQ02R from seller name yxclow , my item was send but i messaged him 3 times in 4 days asking about the item he hasn't reply at all. Also there are others having the same issues which he never reply.. or send back to the shipper.

    I'm not 100% know he is a scammer or not, judging on the feedback 100% ( but mostly repeated user ) i just had a bad feeling about it .. but i hope i'm wrong coz i want the dinobot lol.

    i will know when the item arrived.
     
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    I asked them , they said mascotzone, mascot_home, clevertiger16, and wolvesbabies is the same " company / people" ... they seem pretty good with my item so far.
     
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    I'm waiting for shipping update on a Zeta Jazzy from them as well. Fear they may well end up being a new name to add to the bad sellers list.
     
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    Good to know. I got something from wolvesbabies before with no problems and just placed an order with mascotzone recently.
     
  13. TIKnTIN

    TIKnTIN … beating a dead horse with a broken record, LoL!

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    got my cheap $10 loose KO figure in 9 days from bidders_park.

    loving how some of these eBay retailers are now using inflatable life jackets for packaging your order. these damn things are so good at protecting your items!!! :D 

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    please let me know what happen...i called ebay ..they wont do anything because they have 100% positve feedback.. but i told him those feedback are from same account twice and also non of them bought more then 2 items.. is fake. then the ebay told me file a complain after sept 29th my shipment date. He still has many post up.. j
    guys just be aware....
     
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    I have just stumbled on this seller and not looked at his stock or feedback in detail yet which I would do but what stood out for me is that he has 17 XTB Flipout (Wildrider) in stock. This figure’s supply has been drier than the Sahara desert and the price of this figure has gone through the roof. That’s a red flag for me.
     
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  16. Sanity Bleeds

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    Looks like the inflatable liquor bags they'll sell you at the airport so your poorly packed wine doesn't recolor your wardrobe.
     
  17. TIKnTIN

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    well this one used is no bigger than say a pop or beer can at best.
     
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    I mean, I'm sure there's that one guy out there that wants his one can of beer protected for the instant he takes his luggage off the conveyor, these guys have him covered!
     
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    Hi all, new here! I was wondering if any of you has ever bought anything from this "timing998" eBay account (since I cannot find it in the first page list). I would like to buy a Ft-28 and I'm trying to get one and before doing that I would just like to check the most interesting sellers...

    Thanks in advance to all of you!!
     
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    Personally, I would skip them. Lots of suspicious feedback looking like padding, especially with almost no immediate TF sales feedback; lots of rare FT releases they claim to have multiple stock of, but many also with 5-12% discount markdowns? Their 99% score with over 1,000 feedback isn't doing anything to encourage me in the face of all those other red flags.
     
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