Phantom Purchases

I have been lucky so far not to be taken to the cleaners by a dishonest seller, but a fellow forum member on the Waldorf list won a Waldorf XT on eBay and when the box arrived, all there was was newspaper and birdseed.

This creep went out of his way to get the buyer excited about his new toy and then pour salt where the knife was sticking out from his heart.

My question is have you ever been ripped off?

This can be from sellers on eBay or somewhere else...........

Never had any major issues.

Last year I sold a Korg EM-1 mark 1 on ebay
and it was bid up to 185 uk pounds, which was
more than a brand new mark 2 version.
Full disclosure, lots of pics, the whole thing.
I duly sent it off, then the buyer comes back
at me saying I charged him too much.
WTF !!!!!!!!
I pointed out that I didn't force him to bid that high
and he complained to ebay. There's some idiots.

Was fooled once, almost a second time. A third bidder tipped me off and so I confronted the guy, refusing to pay--incidentally, the seller left a positive feedback, go figure. The second, item didn't arrive within stipulated time, so I reported to eBay and received a full refund, care of PayPal Buyer Protection. Tip: Only bid from seller's with really high (some 99%) positive feedback; read the negative feedback, noting entry dates; ensure it's less than $2,000 that is covered by PayPal Buyer Protection; that the item IS covered by the Protection. Otherwise, caveat emptor. 'course, this doesn't cover all scenarios, and is the reason I rarely bid nowadays. I've sold also, but always through an agent--they take a percentage, but I'm spared the grief.