I am experiencing social problems with a Russian sociopath on Ebay - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Free_WiFi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 05:41:38 am
content: Good morning to all the EEVBlog followers.Lately in the ebay space I am experiencing social problemswith a Russian sociopath who torments me in various ways to extract megoods that I can't sell for free.The individual in question is obsessed with me, because he wants at all coststo extort my Metcal Ultrafine nib that claims to pay lessof respect to what I paid myself.This individual uses fake accounts to extort, insult and create psychological pressure.He did however find out, because for every false account he used he sent mealways the same reference address to send them at any cost the nib he wants so much.The question is now so unbearable that I have reached the point of wanting to block it forever!https://www.ebay.it/usr/goldenscrofula(Main account)https://www.ebay.it/usr/fox-mix-top(Fake account)and many others ...I ask you EEVBlog users to explain the method to meto be able to permanently block that being on Ebay and then to send a report letterat the Ebay itself.Thank you all.Buon giorno a tutti gli adepti del EEVBlog.Ultimamente nello spazio ebay sto riscontrando dei problemi socialicon un sociopatico Russo che mi tormenta in vari modi per estorcermimerci che non sono in grado di vendere gratis.L'individuo in questione è ossessionato da me,perchè vuole ad ogni costoestorcermi il mio pennino Metcal Ultrafine che pretende di pagare menorispetto a ciò che pagai io stesso.Questo individuo usa account falsi per estorcere,insultare e creare pressione psicologica.Si è fatto comunque scoprire,perchè per ogni account falso che usava mi mandavasempre lo stesso indirizzo di riferimento per spedirli ad ogni costo il pennino che lui desidera tanto.La questione è ormai talmente insopportabile che sono arrivato a tal punto da volerlo bloccare per sempre!https://www.ebay.it/usr/goldenscrofula(Account principale)https://www.ebay.it/usr/fox-mix-top(Account fake)e tanti altri ancora che ora non ho i nomi a portata di mano.Chiedo a voi utenti di EEVBlog di spiegarmi il metodo perpoter bloccare definitivamente a quell'essere su Ebay per poi in'oltrare una lettera di segnalazioneall'Ebay stesso.Grazie a tutti.

author: Free_WiFi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 06:02:23 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on November 15, 2019, 05:59:15 amI got all the email's which he has sent to me,so here no problems,but now.How to start this process?Where i need to go?

author: Free_WiFi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 06:07:24 am
content: Ok,but actually there's some kind of method to just lock him from sendig me any P.M's ?

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 06:13:39 am
content: You can block individual accounts from sending you messages but if he continues creating new accounts that won't work. IMHO just ignore him until he gets bored.https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferencesQuote

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 06:18:23 am
content: I advise against the ebay complaint route. The guy has not done you any financial harm, right? (E.g. he has neither forced a refund for goods you sent him, nor failed to send you stuff you bought from him.) So it is far from a clear-cut case from ebay's point of view. Filing a complaint with ebay will only cause you more frustration.Just ignore the guy. Never respond to him, until he gets bored and goes away.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 06:18:51 am
content: If you disable messages for blocked buyers and if you block buyers with zero rating, seems they won't be able to contact you as well. So it might help against new accounts he creates as well.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 07:40:51 am
content: We too have experienced problems from a Russian sociopath. His name is Putin. MH17.We have had a similar scammer to you here. A scammer in eBay was ordering bulk heavy equipment from victims around Australia and delivering it to a small town post office in country Victoria, inundating them with bulk stuff. The scammer was tracked down to the UK and let me just say, he was repaid many times over using an alternative method.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 08:50:26 am
content: If the guy keeps creating fake accounts to bother you then there is little eBay can do either, unless they would be willing to get Russian police involved for your sake to track him down and knock on his door IRL. They probably won't bother if he isn't sending you death threats but you have nothing to lose asking them.Quote from: Free_WiFi on November 15, 2019, 05:41:38 amMan up, it's just some nobody whining on the Internet

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 09:23:16 am
content: Report it to ebay.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 10:47:06 pm
content: If he's always using the same address maybe blocking that country (presumably russia?) in the listing will help.https://support.webinterpret.com/hc/en-us/articles/205644957-How-to-set-shipping-exclusions-on-eBay

author: Free_WiFi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 11:30:58 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on November 15, 2019, 10:47:06 pmHe's using 2 addresses,sometimes he want me to send him in Netherland and some others time to Russia,but in any case both of these addresses are always the same.He's playing like a child,because he really think to force me by using psychological intimidation & pressure to sell him that Metcal nib for free + the shipping payed at my charge.....No comments.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 12:09:15 am
content: Can you post here a copy of messages of what you received?

author: Free_WiFi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 12:37:15 am
content: Quote from: Bud on November 16, 2019, 12:09:15 amHere you have just 1 example of what he's writing to me sometimes .....In this email(as always)he's not happy about the original price again,so he's calling me "Gypsy from Africa" & a Childish Dreamer

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 01:39:47 am
content: I sense we're getting far from the whole story. Very far.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 01:51:04 am
content: Quote from: Free_WiFi on November 15, 2019, 11:30:58 pmJust ignore. Why make such a problem out of it? The world is filled with loonies. 2 decades ago I used to co-own an online address register for companies. You should see the crap we received on a daily basis. With this many crazy people I wonder how we can survice as a species...

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 02:16:11 am
content: The guy has 100% positive feedback on 575 sales. You have a feedback from someone that your Fluke 87v never arrived. Who is a bad guy here. You think you will use this forum to make stories?

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 02:29:34 am
content: Quote from: Bud on November 16, 2019, 02:16:11 amFirst of all you cannot get negative feedback as buyer. So whenever he pesters sellers, he won't get negative feedback. Secondly you are misrepresenting Free_WiFi. It's apositivefeedbackwhich says:Quote

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2019, 05:27:04 am
content: I had something similar happen to me in the past but it was more avoidance of communication for something I had no way of paying for it.I ordered some rack mount shelves on Ebay. It said in the listing postage included. I missed the small bit to contact seller to calculate delivery... Had I seen it I would have not bothered as they may charge a lot... My fault. So I brought it no seeing it and then I found I couldn't pay for it and saw contact seller for total amount so I did that. Some days went by no reply. So I contact the seller requesting to cancel. I think I tried to call them a couple of times on their shop and email them on their website to get their attention but no reply.A week later I contacted Ebay and they assured me nothing to worry about just let it expire in a couple of weeks and the seller is possibly away. They tried to contact the seller on a number of occasions but they wouldn't respond. Just after it expired the seller put in some flag or strike for non payment on the day and Ebay contacted me to say they were removing the strike as they were monitoring the case, the seller was active and said it was unfair.I found the seller was active and did revise their ebay listing with something like "This item is heavy and if do not understand this do not order..." and looking at the date it was changed just after my first email asking them to calculate the delivery. I contacted through various means on their Google shop reviews, and then the seller sent their first Ebay message to me, which was rude and sarcastic accusing me, ranting, throwing a fit, (there were facts not opinions of how I felt) and accused me of not reading the listing properly and I pointed out, the listing was misleading, anyway you were suppose to calculate delivery, you didn't do anything, so there was a problem, I couldn't do anything, so I contacted Ebay you didn't respond to me or the Ebay staff to who repeatedly tried to contact you to try and resolve it for weeks but you revised the listing, when I requested delivery costs so you were there all the time and just ignoring messages and waited until it expired to give me a strike... and he replied arrogantly there is no problem... You didn't pay for the item... I don't have to respond to you... I am just recovering my losses... You are stupid for not reading listing and I am like a child etc... so informed Ebay and told me they are going to investigate the seller. I wanted to know why the seller wouldn't calculate delivery or respond (which the item I think was only 10 miles away) but I could not get a sensible answer out of them.Normally when I make mistake in the past ordering something on Ebay I might even offer to pay a resellers fee to cancel (when they sell one item per listing) but that was a long time ago.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2019, 05:30:22 am
content: Quote from: wraper on November 16, 2019, 02:29:34 amNow tell me why you are so confident Free_wifi ever shipped the meter.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2019, 09:40:50 am
content: Quote from: Bud on November 17, 2019, 05:30:22 amNow tell me what he gained even if he did not? It's more probable that he ate the cost of lost parcel.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2019, 10:27:20 am
content: Quote from: Free_WiFi on November 15, 2019, 05:41:38 amInsult is taken, not given.And any "psychological pressure" is essentially your own doing.Block were possible, ignore, and get on with your life, it's just a lunatic troll on the internet.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2019, 10:29:40 am
content: Quote from: Bud on November 16, 2019, 12:09:15 amNo, don't encourage this. The OP should be encourage to ignore it all completely for forget about it, it's not worth wasting your life on.