Dealing with EBay trolls and ratbags. (Should we protect their privacy?)

[trout]

there are some real nut cases out there in the bay

Edited for accuracy.

:laugh2:

[JeffH]

And there are big sharks in "the Bay" too!

[JeffH]

Another weird eBay question.
I listed this 5 SPEED GEARBOX -VL COMMODORE/SKYLINE R31 -plus rebuild kit. Start price $120. A bid was lodged yesterday and has seven watchers so possible might fetch a bit more.
Today I received this question;
"mrreptil has sent a question about item #281276202827, ending on 08-Mar-14 18:53:47 AEDST - 5 SPEED GEARBOX -VL COMMODORE/SKYLINE R31 -plus rebuild kit
From:  mrreptil
Sent:  06-Mar-14 12:44
Dear ycc511,
Would you take 90
- mrreptil

Now what possible purpose could this be intended for, other than wasting time? I don't think a one word answer is impolite; the word I would use is terse. TERSE

[Fulvio]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AUSTRALIA-1966-20-CENTS-PROOF-APCGS-PR67-SLABBED-SECOND-HIGHEST-GRADE-KNOWN-/141206134763?pt=AU_Coins2&hash=item20e08a9feb#ht_1120wt_684

So, I was having a poke around, and tripped over this beauty:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291092557833

Naturally I informed the seller he was mistaken, and these are not proofs. His response was, umm, "interesting", so here's my reply to it:

Dear davidshaw6606,

Charming communications skills you have there. Rest assured I will
publicise your response far and wide.

Do some research yourself. You
clearly don't know the difference between a proof coin and a business
strike. Quite apart from the fact that neither proof sets nor uncirculated
sets were packaged in these cards, or sold for $1 when the face value was
88 cents. These cards were populated by a third party with circulating
coins.. perhaps higher grade, but certainly not UNC, and absolutely NOT
proofs.

Judging by your response, you probably know all this, and are
simply another ebay thief trying to scam people with juicy keywords. No
matter... you may not crawl back under your rock, but I suspect this
listing is so bad that you won't catch anyone out.

-fulvio


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From:davidshaw6606
To:fulvio
Subject:Re: Details about item: fulvio sent a message about 1966 Uncirculated RAM 6 Proof Coin Mint Set - Very Rare #291092557833
Sent Date:Mar-07-14 01:01:27 PST

Dear fulvio,

Do some f%:&&&ING research.   They are encased in sealed plastic and have not been exposed to air.

I'm more interested in your opinion f£&&wit.

-davidshaw6606

Oh God... it gets better...


Dear fulvio,

My father was in charge of the electricians at the mint and collected coins
over time

He passed away recently and I am selling his collection.

At the end of the day,  if you don't want them then f:%/ off.

-davidshaw6606


I bet he found them in an old biscuit tin under the bed, wrapped in his dad's hat! Jeez....

[ausjack]

:laugh2: love ya work Fulvio, you go get'em tiger

[trout]

OK, I was at my sisters having a couple of well earned beers ( I had been fencing all day) and I got a weird phone call from an irate eBay seller.
How on earth he got my phone number is beyond belief .
It ended up with threats to make me change my negative feedback for a 1959 florin ( as covered in "have you been an eBay winner today thread"

He also filed a "Non payment " dispute that eBay unbelievably believed  , although I have bank statements that will dispute that theory , then he puts up a reply that states "sent wrong coin then abused about it and not allowed to send the write coin" CODSWALLOP.
The seller id is beautifulboutiquebargains
Beware of this Bridge Troll :ok:

[markn]

Quite apart from the fact that neither proof sets nor uncirculated
sets were packaged in these cards, or sold for $1 when the face value was
88 cents. These cards were populated by a third party with circulating
coins.. perhaps higher grade, but certainly not UNC, and absolutely NOT
proofs.

The coins in the carded sets WERE UNC Fulvio.  And they were sold for $1. I've seen mint ads for them in old ACR's.  And you still see a lot of them with their original $1 price tag on them.

[stevo1962]

OK, I was at my sisters having a couple of well earned beers ( I had been fencing all day) and I got a weird phone call from an irate eBay seller.
How on earth he got my phone number is beyond belief .
It ended up with threats to make me change my negative feedback for a 1959 florin ( as covered in "have you been an eBay winner today thread"

He also filed a "Non payment " dispute that eBay unbelievably believed  , although I have bank statements that will dispute that theory , then he puts up a reply that states "sent wrong coin then abused about it and not allowed to send the write coin" CODSWALLOP.
The seller id is beautifulboutiquebargains
Beware of this Bridge Troll :ok:

I bought a coin from this bloke last week so I hope he sends it.I might give him a call

[trout]

I bought a coin from this bloke last week so I hope he sends it

Good luck getting the actual coin you bid on :dodgy:

[trout]

Unbelievable , yesterday I get personal threats over the phone and today Bribery is attempted.
Here is the contents of an email I received this morning;

"ive packaged for you the wright coin plus 2x gem mint roll coins ms65-66 so 3 gem coins you will receive wed latest cheers my mistake "

I have just got off the phone to eBay and the non payment case has been thrown out :good:

All that needs to happen now is for this undesirable seller to be thrown out as well, From the conversation I had with eBay this is a very likely scenario.

I have been on eBay for 6 years and have NEVER had a problem as bad as this.
I don't think I am being "Pedantic" or Knarky in this.
I have never tolerated bullies and I will certainly not demean  myself in taking a bribe either.
This one is truly a "Bridge Troll" that has probably eaten quite a lot of Goats :dodgy::@

[Unicorn]

Sounds like you've caught a live one Trout!

Bubble Bubble Bubble Troll Bubble Bubble Bubble

[Fulvio]

The coins in the carded sets WERE UNC Fulvio.  And they were sold for $1. I've seen mint ads for them in old ACR's.  And you still see a lot of them with their original $1 price tag on them.

Really? I thought they all went into the PVC wallets. Oh well...

But they're still not proof.

[stevo1962]

I just received a neutral feedback because I wouldn't illegally send seeds
to Western Australia.The joke would be on them if WA customs caught up with them

[Goose]

This might be a little off the subject, but I just read that on April 1, 1957, BBC aired a scene of people harvesting spaghetti from a tree. Instantly, people called and asked where they could get seeds or plants to grow their own spaghetti trees. BBC then tried to explain that this was an April Fools joke. (And these people are still among us.)

[purplepennyhunter]

I just received a neutral feedback because I wouldn't illegally send seeds
to Western Australia.The joke would be on them if WA customs caught up with them

It makes you want to throw your hands up in the air doesn't it.