I think I was threatened by a seller on Ebay. Should I report

[Sat1600]

TLDR:

After a long exchange with a seller she said: 

 

"You ought to be careful how you address people online who have all your information"

 

Full exchange:

 

There was a keyboard piano listed for $40 BIN with best offer. I offered $30 and got declined. Fine. 

 

Then I saw that the seller relisted as an auction with a starting bid of $30. I bid and after a week I won.

 

Then we had the following exchange:

 

Seller:

Sir, My apologies, the item isn't in a working condition, I just tested it. Would you be OK with me refunding now? Again, my apologies. If I get some new in this week I will be sure to contact you first.

 

Me:

Oh that's too bad. My son was looking forward. Oh well. Yes please refund. Thanks

 

Seller:

I am really sorry - I wouldn't want you to receive a defective item and then return it. For the inconvenience, I can offer you a 15% off discount on anything you want in my store. I take responsibility for it, am really sorry.

 

Then I got this message from Ebay:

Hi,

The seller canceled this order due to the following reason: 'Buyer asked to cancel the item(s) in this order.'

They sent a refund to your original payment method.

 

A few days later I noticed that the piano was relisted. I confronted the seller and we had the following exchange:

 

Me:

I thought you said that this was broken

 

Seller:

The one you bidded on is. We had 2. I should get some this week. You are first on my list to call. Don't worry, I am tracking it.

 

Me:

Then you should not have canceled. You should have shipped this one. My son was very disappointed.

 

Seller:

Maam I had 2. I scanned both upc for the auction. Yours was defective and I inspect everything before I sell. Its better than receiving and being disappointed. I can either call you when I get it or you may find another online. There are many on ebay.. It happens, it's a liquidation store. I already apologized and refunded. Have a great day.

 

The this from seller:

The current auction has been removed as defective. Ebay relisted by error. I don't have any pianos now.

 

So I left negative feedback:

Seller claimed item was defective and canceled. Then relisted. Lied when confronted.

 

Then seller sent this message:

 

You are a sad person to leave a negative feedback over a piano you paid $30 for. You are a awful human being for calling me a liar. I hope God rewards you with the hate you spew.

 

To which I replied:

You lied. Plain and simple. You made up a story about having two of this item. Then when confronted you changed your story to say that it really was defective and ebay relisted in error. This was not a relisted item. It was a new listing.

If you can show me a message from ebay that it was relisted by them in error I will be happy to change the feedback. But we both know that's not what happened.

Ebay only works when people are trustworthy. Buyers should be aware that a seller is willing to lie In order to get a few more dollars for their item.

If I was really spiteful or hateful as you claim then I would contact Ebay and tell them that you canceled without my request. They can check the messages and see that it's true. You would get a defect and have to pay final value fees.

I have no interest in doing that. There is no point. The point of leaving negative feedback is to warn other buyers.

Please change your practices

Good day and God bless

 

Seller:

You really think I give a flying f what you think? Please call eBay and report. I beg you.

You ought to be careful how you address people online who have all your information - Please step back and go buy your son another piano. ITS REALLY NOT THAT DEEP FOR A $30 PIANO. There are pressing issues in the world right now but you are sitting there whining about a damn piano.

GOODBYE

 

End exchange

 

So should take this as a threat? So far the seller only left Feedback (positive because she had no choice) say WORST BUYER EVER. BLOCKED. but I'm bothered by her telling me she has all my info and I should be careful.

 

Should I just forget about it and let it go?

 

 

[Kawaii Koneko]

Yeah, I would report them. 

 

Quite pathetic of them, all over ten bucks.

[kelvinhall05]

2 hours ago, Keith W said:

Move on.

 

There are more important things in life to get stressed about

It would be stupid for OP to not report. That seller needs to be permanently banned and never allowed to sell on eBay ever again.

[Dillpickle23422]

YES!!! As a very infrequent seller, you should do it. 

[CommanderAlex]

You should report them to eBay. 

[TetraSky]

5 hours ago, Sat1600 said:

There are pressing issues in the world right now but you are sitting there whining about a damn piano.

Ah yes, the good old deflection of "there's more important stuff *in the world* than x"
 

Report. Just... Report.

Honestly you shouldn't have even engaged them in the first place. You should've simply reported them from the get go and moved on.

[flibberdipper]

21 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Ah yes, the good old deflection of "there's more important stuff *in the world* than x"
 

Report. Just... Report.

Honestly you shouldn't have even engaged them in the first place. You should've simply reported them from the get go and moved on.

Obviously the 5-10 minutes they spend reporting an asshole on eBay is a huge waste, and instead they should be finding a cure to COVID or cancer. How DARE you imply that they should be so self-centered! /s

[Sat1600]

Thanks for all of your responses. I decided to let it go. She definitely deserves to get reported but I let this get me too upset.

 

For my own sanity I just decided to buy it new on Amazon for $54 prime shipping and move on. 

[kelvinhall05]

7 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

Thanks for all of your responses. I decided to let it go. She definitely deserves to get reported but I let this get me too upset.

 

For my own sanity I just decided to buy it new on Amazon for $54 prime shipping and move on. 

No, you really need to report her. eBay will deal with it. Do you part and report her. She does not deserve to stay on that platform.

[WhitetailAni]

18 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

Thanks for all of your responses. I decided to let it go. She definitely deserves to get reported but I let this get me too upset.

 

For my own sanity I just decided to buy it new on Amazon for $54 prime shipping and move on. 

No, please report.

Otherwise this will happen to other people.

I know how these people work.

[whm1974]

3 hours ago, Sat1600 said:

Thanks for all of your responses. I decided to let it go. She definitely deserves to get reported but I let this get me too upset.

 

For my own sanity I just decided to buy it new on Amazon for $54 prime shipping and move on. 

Personally I think you should have done this to begin with. I don't normally buy Used Electronics to begin with. Aside from Refurbished Notebooks sold by Newegg. And I'm very careful about doing that.

[H713]

Report them, but also recognize that you took that conversation a lot farther than you should have.

[Kawaii Koneko]

On 2/28/2021 at 4:06 PM, Sat1600 said:

Thanks for all of your responses. I decided to let it go. She definitely deserves to get reported but I let this get me too upset.

 

For my own sanity I just decided to buy it new on Amazon for $54 prime shipping and move on. 

No, please report them!

 

Letting it go just encourages them to continue this kind of behavior against other buyers. It just emboldens them to escalate the behavior. If they think they can get away with this, what's next? Maybe outright ripping a buyer off? Maybe getting so mad that they actually share someone's personal information?

 

Please, please, please report them.