eBay

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

🙂 If yes, is there a way to tell? I looked in the item description for any revisions for some indication, but of course there mayn't be any there.

Can you tell and if so, how can you tell? (When the seller is incommunicado).

My seller's last known activity was Nov.16, 2014 when someone else's Best Offer was declined...but then, that too may have been an automated function.

Any ideas are appreciated.

pierrelebel · ‎11-28-2014

I do not understand the meaning of the question.

A seller may relist an unsold item on eBay in one of three ways:

1 - manual relist (which could also include using the "sell a similar item" function)

2 - automatic relist

3 - bulk relist

What difference does it make to you, a potential buyer (or competitor)?

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

I'm trying to figure out if my seller died.

pierrelebel · ‎11-28-2014

" died"

?????

1) phone the seller

2) check "obits" in a newspaper where he is located

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

Yes, been doing that. He's either in hospital or dead from what little I can find out.

As I said in my other thread, Advance Search will not provide any contact information for the selller.

Paypal transaction details do not the individual's name.

Paypal email has been sent.

Contacted seller multiple times using sole message received Nov. 16 2014.

No replies.

Opened INR case. No seller reponse.

This silence does not seem to typify the seller history.

Ebay Customer Service cannot help either 😞

Maybe he's in the pokey? An 80 yr old man?

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

No phone number to call.

No tracking number uploaded.

Shipped item icon is ON but no estimated date of delivery.

Any further recommendations, I'm wide open.

pierrelebel · ‎11-28-2014

I do not know about "another thread".

You can get your sellers telephone number from eBay using this link:

http://pages.ebay.ca/help/tp/questions/member-phone.html

The PayPal payment (click on 'details' from your PayPal account) should give you a name and address where the payment was sent.

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

hello again, pierrelebel. My apologies for referencing our conversation from the other thread here without providing the link:

http://www.community.ebay.ca/t5/Buying-on-eBay/One-INR-case-three-different-Escalation-Deadlines/qaq...

The link you provide above takes me to the Advance Search feature. If you read my earlier post above here you'll see I've repeatedly tried Advance Search without success. No results are available, not even a Not A Regestered User notation, not a phone number, not a name, not an address, not a phone number.

Nothing.

pierrelebel · ‎11-28-2014

Phone eBay.

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

I did that link wrong somehow, sorry, I'll try this again, for clarity:

http://community.ebay.ca/t5/Buying-on-eBay/One-INR-case-three-different-Escalation-Deadlines/qaq-p/2...

pierrelebel · ‎11-28-2014

Did you send an email message to the email address used for your PayPal payment as suggested earlier?

If you do not get a reply by Monday, escalate your PayPal claim to get your money back.

I do not understand how you cannot get the phone number from eBay. It has always worked for me.

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

Yes, called customer service, did that one already. Have you ever heard of ebay calling you back? I'm waiting but not real optimistic about it. Plus, it takes over half an hour each time.

But thank you for your suggestions anyway. Perhaps paypal knows more than shows in the details..

goodlittlekitty · ‎11-28-2014

This is all y PayPal detail shows (unique identifiers redacted by me):

Payment To: (name of vending company) (The recipient of this payment is Unverified)
Seller's ID: (ebay seller ID)
Seller's Email: (google mail account)

Like I said. No individual's name.
No company address.
No phone number.
No contact information or changed seller account status using ebay Advance Search.

femmefan1946 · ‎11-29-2014

Opened INR case. No seller reponse.

Take the next step and get your refund. You don't need a response from the seller. If he does not respond, PP will refund you and go after him (or his heirs) for their money.

pjcdn2005 · ‎11-29-2014

I agree with Femme. You are over thinking this. I do think that it is a good idea to message and or email the seller before opening a claim when there is a problem but since you have done that and they haven't replied, move on and follow up on your inr.