Post #180115 by Kono on Tue, Aug 16, 2005 4:46 PM

On 2005-08-16 13:24, kaiTheGuy wrote:
"As you know I am deeply upset about this transaction. I had a very sleepless
night worrying about it. I've purchased a lot of things from ebay and have
never had any trouble. Maybe I'm really lucky? Or maybe it's Karma? I don't
know but I do want to be fair about this. And I don't think it is fair the
way you didn't disclose the repaired and deeply gouged condition of these
mugs and by not promptly refunding my money.

In the message below I requested a refund to my paypal account. I haven't
seen it yet. I'm not at all comfortable with this situation. This is a lot
of money to have tied up. If you don't feel comfortable refunding the entire
amount, hold back some. If you hold back $100.00 I think this is more that
the mugs are worth but again I want to be fair and reasonable.

Please let me know what you are going to do. If I don't see the paypal
credit by close of business today I have no other choice but to file a
paypal dispute. I don't want to resort to this, but will if necessary."

I just read this again and I feel it's a TOTAL SCAM. Just look at the language. I couldn't sleep last night! The mugs are DEEPLY GOUGED (bullshit exaggeration would be an understatement).* I want an immediate full refund! But if you don't fall for that how about you keep $100 and give me the rest. If you don't then I'll have no choice but tell on you* (I particularly like the bit about "by close of business today!" What business? Buying freaking mugs on ebay is a business? Or by the close of PayPal's business day? Uhhhh...think it's pretty much a 24 hour operation. Dim.) If you hold steady I wonder if she'll counter tomorrow with "OK, you keep $150 or else I'll be forced to leave negative feedback. And leave it by close of business today!" How much you wanna bet her day job is running copy machine toner phone scams?

Sounds to me like she's done this before. Stick to your guns!

Here's the one she won yesterday for $236:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7705978433