Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

[bigtruck260]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

I think it is ridiculous that negative feedback can not be left for a buyer, and wish they would change back to the old system on this.

Totally agree.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

Sorry to hear that legaleagle. However, I'm surprised you sold that guy an Ichiro Suzuki autographed baseball. You have no idea how hard I've been trying to search for an Ichiro Suzuki autographed baseball. So I was wondering if you have anymore in stock?

I could care less about COA's as long as you know you've got them personally signed? Let me know. Also, I can do trades but other than that, I'm a pretty cheap bum. But I'll take my chances and see what you can offer. Shoot me a private message when you get the chance. Thanks!

It says you have chosen to or cannot receive private messages. If you want to email me my email is justinw.smiloff@yahoo.com. I do not have any more Ichiros (the one I sold was from UDA) but I have alot of other baseballs all authentic some of which are priced very cheap.

[Antonio D.]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

I ordinarly would never post something like this but I do not want to see this happen to anyone else so I will. In January Ted Newman of Washington State Ebay ID SmartSportsInvestments won my auction of an Ichiro Suzuki UDA autographed baseball. at a bargain price. I have my auctions set up so that Ebay calculates the shipping, which I think is the fairest way to determine shipping costs. I sent him an invoice designating UPS as how the item would be shipped he sent payment then demanded that I send the item USPS (which Ebay had calculated as a couple of bucks cheaper) and refund him the difference. I gladly did so promptly. I heard nothing more from him and left him a nice positive feedback. After receiving no feedback in return I dropped him a line over a month ago asking if everything was ok with the transaction and requesting that he return the positive feedback. He responded with a nasty email about how pissed he was that I "made money" on the shipping. He based this assertion on the fact that the amount specfied on the package was a couple of dollars less than the amount he paid for shipping costs. I responded with an email apologizing that he was unhappy and explaining to him that there are other costs involved in shipping an item besides the amount on the package such as the cost of the packaging materials, gas to go to and from the post office and time spent waiting in line. When all those costs are factored in I like most sellers actually lost money on the shipping. He did not respond and no feedback was left. He bid on one of my items and lost about two weeks after I shipped him the ball and last week he bid on another item of mine. Rather than deal with him again I decided to end the auction early which would have ended last night. Yesterday he left me negative feedback and said "To beware that I make money on shipping". This was my first negative feedback ever and I messaged him about it and he responded with another nasty email about how he does not care about Ebay and I should take it up with them. I noticed that he is attempting to resell the item he bought from me for double the price he paid for it and I have no doubt the feedback was retailation for ending the other auction and depriving him of a chance to get another bargain deal that he could flip for double. Ironically the shipping cost he lists in the flip auction is a flat rate virtually identical to the amount I charged him. So I am just posting this so others can avoid the headaches this guy brings.

One question: How much did you sell the autographed Ichiro baseball for to buyer, smart-sports-investments?

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

One question: How much did you sell the autographed Ichiro baseball for to buyer, smart-sports-investments?

199.99 the auction closed at, he got a steal.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

As an update I have been vindicated. I went on Ebay yesterday and saw that my feedback had been restored to perfect, his false comments and his negative rating were gone. Apparently he finally got himself banned and they wiped out all the negative comments he made about other Ebay members most of whom like me likely did absolutely nothing to merit them.

[trsent]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

As an update I have been vindicated. I went on Ebay yesterday and saw that my feedback had been restored to perfect, his false comments and his negative rating were gone. Apparently he finally got himself banned and they wiped out all the negative comments he made about other Ebay members most of whom like me likely did absolutely nothing to merit them.

Happened to me also about a year ago. Seems the same type of people leave negative feedback. Guys bought a baseball from me, didn't like it, but wouldn't return it until PayPal told him to. I explained to him I couldn't issue a refund until I had the ball back. He told me to issue the refund and then he would send the ball back.

He disputed the PayPal charge, waited a month until PayPal told him to send the ball back, then left me a negative for not immediately refunding him while he sill possessed the merchandise.

Needless to say, two months later he was suspended from eBay and my negative gone from my record. Customers who abuse the system are generally the ones who end up gone.

Justin, sorry about your experience, but I'm happy for your report this morning.

[justinbittner220]

Re: Avoid buyer SmartSportsInvestments/Ted Newman of Washington State on Ebay

Being an avid buyer and seller, I deal with ALL of these issues on occasion. I purchase things and pay instantly, but never receive a feedback. I sell things, send them within a couple hours of receiving payment, but still never get feedback. I would never go out of my way to beg for a positive feedback though. Everyone should be required to leave a feedback, one way or another. If someone wants to leave a negative, it should be up to ebay/paypal to verify that one of parties involved deserves it, before it is put on the feedback page. Enough of my rambling. I'm glad everything worked out for you, Justin.
Justin