The other half has had a run-in with a very dodgy sellera few months ago. Luckily she was on her account (she has a habit of buying things from my selling account - grrrr!)
Only after winning the auction did she realise the feedback, and the payments terms, but nonetheless she went along with it and asked for details of how to make payment - cheque, bank transfer etc - paypal not accepted.
A few days later, no response, so sent another email again, no response.
She opened a dispute, but since she had not made a payment, she could not escalate it to the seller protection programme. She received a neg for her troubles, before she had the chance to leave any feedback for the seller!
We have since been contacted by a fair number of other buyers who were in the same situation, including one who had the misfortune to buy a replacement item from the same seller using a different ID!! Each account has the same name, but 3 different addresses, but the product lines are the same, and so are the litany of problems encountered.
I have never seen a seller with such a poor record still trading!! Feedback comments speak for themselves on these 3 ID's
Ginkazana
xportbuy
Mushysun
But he must be spending a LOT with eBay in listing and Final value fees - the more cynical amongst us would therefore not question why he is still allowed to trade....

