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Help from Germany! Ebay seller fraud or what?

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IceCrystal02:
@Taffeta: When you live in Switzerland you're used to fill in customs forms whenever you post abroad, no matter where your consignment is headed. An EU seller who sends goods to Switzerland has to fill in a customs form too, while sending parcels within the EU is much easier (I'm not sure if a customs form is required at all. If yes, it's definitely a simplified one), which means some sellers don't want to bother with the customs stuff and therefore choose the option of only posting within the EU. I've managed to persuade quite a few sellers to post here nevertheless (German and UK sellers), and the last one mentioned that they were surprised how easy it was and that they were well guided through the customs declaration process by DHL. So it has definitely got easier nowadays as we can fill in these forms online now.

Switzerland is still negotiating an institutional framework accord with the EU, they don't really seem to make substantial progress.  :lol: The government signed bilateral agreements though, so some EU laws apply here as well.

I'm surprised bank transfers are still a thing in e-commerce at all. But you're right, I remember that in my earlier ebay days it was an even much more common payment method, so it seems at least some sellers have now switched to PayPal. Apart from the non-existent buyer protection it's also much more time-consuming (at least with my house bank) to log into my account and fill in all the payee information, so I also prefer PayPal for the reason that it's much quicker and I don't have to worry about the bank returning my payment because parts of the entered address don't exactly match the payee's registered address with their bank.

Ah yes, that reminds me. In my early ebay days I would sometimes send money taped to a piece of cardboard in order to pay for a historical postcard if the seller didn't accept any other forms of payment. Now that is a thing I definitely wouldn't do any more today.  :lol: I have to admit that I never had any problems though, the sellers all received my payment and I got my coveted postcards soon after.  :biggrin:

maian82_123:

--- Quote from: Siiri on April 11, 2021, 11:48:14 AM ---This ended badly and I learned my lesson. I lost my money and got nothing. The seller was very hostile and refused to help me and of course Ebay sided with the seller because I was stupid and paid via bank transfer. The seller is sandrde_wzu147c3. Today ended one auction with a high € ending, hope the seller sends the goods this time to the poor soul who won. I can't fathom why does Ebay allow these sellers who only offer bank transfer or pick up as option, I think PayPal should always be an option!

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That poor soul is me and no, I have not received my ponies. I have bought from the same seller before and everything was ok back then but this time was different. I have reported to the police but I don't know are they going to do anything about it. This sucks.

Siiri:
Sorry to hear! I'm so frustrated with this seller! So arrogant and mean.

maian82_123:
That seller has a live listing at this very moment and it includes SEVERAL SAME ITEMS that I already bought and did not receive!!!

Please compare yourself:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/144101195825
https://www.ebay.de/itm/143998302091

I have reported this to Ebay and they promised to take a look at what is going on.

lovesbabysquirmy:
Does anyone know if this is a new ID for Sternenstaub? 
AKA Zaradess
AKA spielzeugland2014 (ebay.de)
AKA babysugarberry (german forum)   
AKA handgottes75 (ebay)

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