Can ebay send debt collectors round to a child - for a faulty transaction on their part?
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Contacting eBay would do no good.  If the bill has been handed over to a debt collector, the account now belongs to the debt collector, not eBay.\n\nYou will need to deal directly with the bill collector at this point.\n\nI'm not sure how the bill went from £6 to £171 - that seems a little extravagant.\n\nWhatever you ultimately settle with the bill collector for payment, I would suggest having you son pay it entirely.  It will be a good lesson to him, and I'm sure he will be much more careful in his future financial dealings.  This could be the best thing that happens to him!  (Better a £171 mistake at 16, than a £10,000 mistake at 25!)\n\nGood luck!\n\n~ ♥ ~
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yes file a dispute with ebay and paypal, Paypal will put a block on his account for the amount you sent for the tickets, he will get a discrepency alert and will either have to refund your payment or prove he sent them out he will have 2 weeks to do so. If it is not resolved and he ignores you Paypal will refund your money and go after the seller. I have had this happen before. \n\nhere are the links describing paypal buyer protection\nhttps://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/cs/res_center_info\n\ntutorial on how to dispute a claim on Paypal\nhttps://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/customerservice/EducationBuyerOverview
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You can only contact members of ebay that you're in a transaction with (your sellers if you're a buyer and your buyers if you're a seller). You're not allowed to contact random people on ebay, ebay doesn't like that. There's no way to pool your dispute for paypal. If you put in a dispute for paypal you just have to wait and see how it's resolved. If others have put in disputes as well they'll each be individual, but a lot of disputes will hurt a person's paypal account and possibly get it suspended/closed. Good luck with that, I haven't had a lot of luck with paypal disputes, they tend to side with the seller a lot of times even if you're in the right as a buyer.\n\nI see from your other question that you've been sent a tracking number but no item has been received. I doubt that paypal will grant your dispute because all they require from a seller is a tracking number. If the seller provides them with a tracking number, the dispute will likely be found in their favor. I've had that happen to me.\n\nThe answerer below me gave you the info to get the contact info of somebody you're in a transaction with. You won't be able to get info of other buyers that your seller has (and has possibly defrauded also). Ebay will only allow you to get contact information of a person you're doing ebay business with, not any ebay member.
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Actually debt collectors do not come under the jurisdiction of the FSA as another poster has indicated. Deb collectors are licensed by the Office Of Fair Trading. The OFT has published a set of minimum guidelines for debt collecting agencies and it would be worthwhile you looking up the relevant areas of this guidance to assist you with your complaint. \n\nI have enclosed a ink to the guidance below. The Myvesta site has lots of assistance in this area too.\n\nhttp://www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/50F06527-9FC5-4610-B385-999D6E2A8950/0/oft664.pdf\n\nhttp://myvesta.org.uk\n\nHope this helps!\n\nRegards\n\nSean
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Yes! You can try waiting, but if they find the error, you will have to repay them. If they really don't like you, they could claim you commited fraud to get the money.
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Hi,\n\nI hope you'll listen to this answer because it is grounded in knowledge. Although some have answered that "No. He can't sue." The fact of the matter is anyone can sue anyone, over almost anything. Someone else tried to answer that someone can only sue "a financial burden or emotional burden that's irreversible or irretrievable without the court of law's help." That's not really accurate. What he is sort of describing is a tort, but that still wouldn't be even 75% accurate. Let me explain:\n\nThe two follow-up questions to the simple "Can he sue" are, "Would he win?" and "Is there a basis for the suit?" Let's take the latter first. The basis for the suit is grounded in his belief that you entered into a contract with him. The fact that it is electronic is irrelevant based on Federal Law, so disregard any comments suggesting that the fact that this is online has any bearing. A contract is a contract and you did, in fact, enter into one. Is the contract binding? Generally, yes. By joining eBay you agreed to be bound and by bidding you once again acknowledged the binding nature of your bid, agreeing to buy at a certain price. There was a meeting of the minds and a contract resulted. You may argue that there was no meeting of the minds, but to do so, you would (although there are other ways) probably have to show that you gained some knowledge of the item, after the auction concluded that was not *available* prior to your bid. It could not be something you missed or that was ambiguous, it would have to be actual new knowledge generally. So, YES there is a basis. In fact, it is this very basis on which a service, gaining a lot of popularly, called ReliaBid is based. ReliaBid helps sellers collect on bids, when necessary, through traditional debt collection services.\n\nAs to who would win in a lawsuit: nobody ever knows. However, a few things to consider. Any action for this amount would have to be brought in small claims court. It is highly unlikely that it would be brought. It is not unlikely that if you failed to show up, that a judgment could be entered against you. I doubt that legal fees would be awarded (I even doubt someone would retain or find an attorney to retain) for damages of this amount. It is possible that court fees could be assigned to whoever lost. So, who will win? Hard to say. But more importantly:\n\nOne thing brings me to believe that this person will not bring any action: he claimed his basis for action would be fraud. Your auctions do not constitute fraud. Your actions constitute a breach of contract. Clearly, he has a weak legal background and has not consulted an attorney. I'd guess that he is making idle threats. If he really cared about completing his transactions, he probably would have joined ReliaBid. Folks have taken other folks to court before, but my guess is that it won't happen this time.\n\nI hope this has been informative and left you with some good decision making information.\n\nDISCLAIMER: This information is not meant to constitute legal advice does not constitute legal advice or legal opinions and should not be used as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney licensed or authorized to practice in your jurisdiction.
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ask somebody at ebay or paypal.
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if what you get from the seller is not what you were supposed to get, first you should try to email the seller and get it straightened out.\nIf that doesn't work, you can report them to ebay.
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EBAY... buyer beware!
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First of all, how old are the tradelines (reported items) on your credit report? If they are old enough, say 5-6 years old or more, you may be able to dispute them. However, you must be aware that you do not want to initially dispute with the credit reporting agencies, but with the creditors themselves. It is called a "Request for Validation." Persuant to the Fair Debt Collections Act, 15 USC 1692g Sect. 809 (b), the debt collector must provide you with evidence that the debt belongs to you. If they CANNOT provide you with sufficent written proof, then persuant to Fair Debt Collections Act, they must stop all collection activity, and delete the tradeline from your credit report. BE AWARE: not all collectors are willing to cooperate. They may report a current delinquincy on your credit report while you fight the debt, and may begin the collection attempts all over again. Also keep in mind that it is very feasible that the creditors may validate the debt(s), re-report to the credit bureaus, and your score may go down. \n     Please note that there is no such thing as a quick fix. Fixing your credit takes time, energy, and a whole lot of patience. Don't fall prey to any company that claims to fix your credit overnight, especially when they are charging a ridiculous amount of money.  Even if it is possible, the next scoring cycle may put you right back to where you started. Credit repair can be done on your own for free. If you are interested, I have completed a massive amount of research, and I have a collection of interactive PDF forms that you can complete and mail off to the collectors as well as the credit reporting agencies. \n     If a creditor validates a debt, then you need to work with them on a settlement. DO NOT send them a payment without a written agreement of the terms. Collectors are tricky, and want to collect as much from you as they can. In other words, get everything in writing. Again, I have settlement forms in PDF format should you be interested.\n     All of these techniques have worked for me, as I have increase my score over 120 points in the past 14 months. At a 518 FICO score, you really don't have much to lose...
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You have the right to instruct them not to contact you by phone. As I have written before, the less scrupulous collectors will either not heed your request or worse "transfer or assign" your case to another department in their own company or to another company in league with them so they are honoring your request by playing the shell game. Check the link for your rights under the law.
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If they won the auction and didn't check out they still are obligated to pay...an auction is a binding contract.....and if they don't pay open an unpaid item dispute and let Ebay try to get them to pay.  If they still don't pay after Ebay tries contacting them, leave negative feedback....and they lose their privledges of leaving feedback for you.
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send it to a collection agency
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Here is the link to report this scammer:\n\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/programs-investigations.html\n\nThese sorts of practices are not allowed on Ebay.\n\nPlease report this person and protect the Ebay community.\n\nEbay will investigate and try to get your money back.
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If you tell them the item was sold as is, two things may happen.\n1. They may lodge a paypal complaint if they paid by paypal. \n2. They will probably give you negative feedback.\nIf you are not too worried about either one do nothing.\nYou can offer a refund to them, less postage and listing fee. But you will only refund on receipt of your Kirby in exactly the same condition as it was when it left your house. You also should tell them, that the return postage is also not refundable. If they agree, then refund them when you get your kirby. If the kirby is not the same or condition, remember to take photos, of it because you have the photos from your auction to compare. Keep all your documentation regarding the auction as well. I think either way you go you will get a negative feeback especially if the refund doesn't go down well.
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send a report to Ebays fraud department, they are very good and deal with the police in handling these matters. awhile back here in the states that sent two men to prison for fraud on ebay... talk it over with the right people to see who can help you better \n\nthere is the department below
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I buy and sell on ebay all the time.  Many times since 2000.  In that time I have had only 2 people not send the item and ebay and paypal investigated and resolved the issue.  One time I sold and had someone not pay and said they were in identity theft.  Didn't believe that....but filed a strike against them.  Mostly people are honest.  You have to check their feedback scores from other people and see if they are slow shippers, bad payers, etc.  I never buy anything from anyone with less that a 97% feedback score and do not sell to anyone with a no pay strike within 60 days.  I have bought things from cell phones, to bed linens, clothes, appliances, toys, electronics, shoes, tupperware, and I could go on and on.