Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

[wchu9437]

Dear Forum,

Special thanks to Jiameng / Sngeetze (ebay) for bringing this to my attention this evening. This is regarding the Reggie Miller game used jersey I listed on my website recently.

The matter at hand relates to a purchase (ebay transaction - 170495508066) I made on eBay on June of 2010 between me and Greg Walker / Bird33Rose14 (ebay). Jiameng came across my website and was kind enough to tell me that the Reggie Miller game used jersey did not look right as the '3' and name arch seemed off.

I was unaware of this matter and immediately went to Getty Images and saw the discrepancy he mentioned. I then contacted Greg about this matter and he claims that he bought it from Jim / Hoop Style and that I should take the matter up with him instead. Greg also said that he does not have a recollection of this jersey other than that detail. I found that a bit convenient that the one detail he knows is that he bought it from Hoop Style.

Some of you may know Greg and he has a good rating on eBay but I am very disappointed to have to make this matter public on this forum.

Unfortunately, let my lesson not be repeated by others. I tried to resolve this matter with Greg amicably this evening as I just found out but in several of his emails (if you want me to post/email them, I can) he has punted and suggested that I take it up with Jim / Hoop Style. I told Greg that this matter is directly between him and me, but he is not willing to settle the matter rightly.

I have the emails from this evening's discussions as well as the paypal receipt to serve as proof of this discussion and the details above. I guess I'll leave this as an obvious statement -- beware that even those on eBay with good ratings knowingly sell questionable items.

Thank you for your time in reading this post.

William

[Lokee]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

FYI Hoop Style has been discussed here on a few occasions. If you do a search you will see that Hoop Style has been outed as a customizer of NBA jersey's and all his items should be carefully examined.

I had a no name gamer from a player for sale on ebay and he (Hoop Style) made me a lowball offer telling me that he would pay only this much because he had to turn it into another player to make any money and that took a lot of time to do.

Other members have had problems with him as well.

Goodluck

[LWMM]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Here are two more posts concerning Greg Walker:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=40058

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=41022

He is 33bird on this forum, although he has not posted since November of last year.

[Dewey2007]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

This is his new eBay ID: cookiebills34

[jppopma]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Your beef should be with Greg, then let him in turn deal with Hoop Style. Greg needs to stand behind anything he sells.

[Lokee]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Your beef should be with Greg, then let him in turn deal with Hoop Style. Greg needs to stand behind anything he sells.

I agree but I also agree the Hoop Style needs to be mentioned as that is the "Farm" where the said jersey was harvested.

[sportscentury]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

I agree but I also agree the Hoop Style needs to be mentioned as that is the "Farm" where the said jersey was harvested.

+1
In a million years, I would not even think about purchasing one of his jerseys.

[wchu9437]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Thanks for the update on Greg Walker. It is very, very good to know about his new alias, Cookiebills34 and 33bird.

I agree with everyone that my issue should be with Greg, who is the person I've addressed the matter with as he and I were the ones in the transaction. It's very convenient for Greg to pass the buck onto Hoop Style.

Regardless of whether that guy Jim at Hoop Style is right or wrong (but clearly there are huge red flags), my transaction was with Greg, which is why I went to him and only to him. Greg's suggestion is just nonsense and pretty irresponsible.

Ultimately, Greg Walker is no better than Jim for this behavior. He is clearly no different than Hoop Style for pulling this stunt.

[wchu9437]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

FYI - BEWARE OF GREG WALKER.... he's his various alias.

User ID Effective Date End Date

cookiebills34 Nov-06-10 Present
bird33rose14 Jun-01-09 Nov-06-10
bird33air23 Nov-27-08 Jun-01-09
bird33bench5 Jun-24-08 Nov-27-08
bird33russell6 Jan-12-08 Jun-24-08
bird33rose14 Sep-14-07 Jan-12-08
19bigredmachine76 Apr-26-07 Sep-14-07
biggamebird33 May-27-05 Apr-26-07

[wchu9437]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Hi, does anyone have a contact or know of the process to report Greg to eBay's customer support team? Any direction/help would be much appreciated.

[sportscentury]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Wow, William - you have started a lot of GUU threads on this topic!

[nickacs]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Wow, William - you have started a lot of GUU threads on this topic!

+ 1.. Do we really need the same exact thread/title in both the General and Auction sections? I'm all for your thread, but just duplicated in two forums seems like a waste and actually makes it more difficult to follow..

Mods?

[TNTtoys]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

+ 1.. Do we really need the same exact thread/title in both the General and Auction sections? I'm all for your thread, but just duplicated in two forums seems like a waste and actually makes it more difficult to follow..

Mods?

Duplicate thread in the other section has been removed. Let's leave it to one discussion on this topic.

[CollectGU]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Dear Forum,

Special thanks to Jiameng / Sngeetze (ebay) for bringing this to my attention this evening. This is regarding the Reggie Miller game used jersey I listed on my website recently.

The matter at hand relates to a purchase (ebay transaction - 170495508066) I made on eBay on June of 2010 between me and Greg Walker / Bird33Rose14 (ebay). Jiameng came across my website and was kind enough to tell me that the Reggie Miller game used jersey did not look right as the '3' and name arch seemed off.

.

William

William,

What was the return policy offered on authenticity. lifetime, 90 days, 30 days, none? Whether Greg was right or wrong, you have a responsibility to define the terms at purchase.

Dave

[wchu9437]

Re: Beware - Bird33Rose14 (ebay ID) Greg Walker

Thanks for the feedback and apologies for the posting on the two other forums.

As for Dave's comment/question, there was no implicit COA but clearly it would be rendered moot anyway. The listing was clear - REGGIE MILLER GAME WORN JERSEY and listed under the game worn memorabilia category under eBay. Furthermore, Greg is no regular naive seller as I checked his feedback ratings for game used items. The bottom line is that he just re-sold a fake jersey either (a) to recoup his original loss when he realized this was fake, or (b) he was just trying to flip a fake jersey. Either way, there is no way he is right in what he did, especially advertising it as a game used jersey.