Message from Ebay....

I got 2 messages from Ebay today....I was underbidder on two of this guys auctions, the seller had 0 feedback and opened an account Feb 2008. I guess i should be happy i did not win. Looks like the seller tried to someone. The Ebay loser is: moosedevelopment


"The following is a notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding:



Item Number - 160216639749

Item Title - M116 Sporting Life Jordan Brooklyn Nationals Card

Our records show that you were a bidder or buyer of one or more of this
seller's items. We recently removed this seller's active listings and
suspended the seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
cannot share further details about this seller.

If the seller asks you to complete this transaction outside of eBay, we
strongly recommend that you do not proceed with the transaction.
Transactions for items listed on eBay but then completed off of the
eBay platform are not covered by buyer protection programs offered by
eBay and can be highly indicative of fraud. For more information on
Offers to Buy or Sell Outside of eBay, copy and past the following Help
Page link into your browser: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html.

If you have already paid for this item but have not received it, you should take all possible steps to receive reimbursement.

1. If an amicable resolution cannot be reached, the buyer can
close their Item Not Received dispute and escalate it to a claim. If
the transaction was paid for using PayPal and qualifies for PayPal
Buyer Protection the claim will be routed to PayPal for review
typically within 30 days. (http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/faq/itemnotreceivedprocess.html)
2. Stop payment with your bank if you paid by check.
3. Contact the Security Department of your credit card company to file a chargeback if you paid via credit card.
4. If you paid via Western Union or MoneyGram, contact the company
directly (Western Union 800-325-6000 or MoneyGram 800-926-9400). eBay
does not protect payments made via Western Union or MoneyGram per our
Acceptable Payments Policy (http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html).
5. If you paid with PayPal, eligible transactions will receive coverage
up to $200 at no additional cost. However, the majority of transactions
may be covered up to $2,000. To file a claim with PayPal, login to your
PayPal account and copy and paste the following link into your web
browser: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/protections-buyer-outside.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the File a Claim
link. PayPal claims must be filed within 45 days of the close of the
listing. It may take at least 30 days to complete the investigation and
resolve the dispute.

" Due to privacy concerns we cannot share further details about this seller."

Who's privacy are they trying to protect?


Mark

It's called, cover thier fat corporate ass in case the seller decides to sue them. The less eBay has in writing the, less you can prove about eBay's horrible conduct. Not they may have been bad in this situation, but they we all know they don't care about anyone except their bottom line.

Jay