Pig sticker John

[Doctor]

Unusual question but does anyone know who PIGSTICKERJOHN is.

This guy bought a panel saw of me on ebay.

He then never responded to my replies, invoices, emails, etc, as a result i relisted it, with a buy it now price.

Within an hour he had bought it again.

with an accompanied message saying "don't you love time wasters"

what a nice chap


this is his email address [email protected]

anyone know how I can trace who it is

 

[wizer]

Obviously someone is winding you up Doc. You can ban him from bidding on your items. But I'm guessing he's going keep signing up dummy accounts. Now entirely sure what you can do.

 

[Doctor]

Guess you are right Wizer.

Bit more than a wind up though.

He calls himself JOHN WINTER.

I have sold the saw to someone else who contacted me after the bidding closed, seems genuine but maybe he has a massive chip on his shoulder and will go to any lengths to annoy me.

 

[studders]

I'm having a great time winding up some bloke on ebay. I keep buying his Panel Saw even though I don't want it.

PJ

 

[Doctor]

your a funny guy studders.

But somehow, i feel your just a big softy :lol:

 

[studders]

i feel your just a big softy :lol:

Me? Never. I is well 'ard.





OK you're right, I'm a big girls blouse really.

 

[gerrybhoy70]

On ebay you can report the guy for bogus buying.
They (through the wonders of technology) can track him down, and even link however many different accounts he opens and ban him from the site.

Not 100% foolproof, but goes some way to removing timewasters.

Hope this helps.

Gerry

 

[big soft moose]

what a tosser

despite whats probably being said, it wasnt me either.

report the tw*t to ebay at the very least you can hurt his feedback rating.

 

[wizer]

It wouldn't take much effort to consistently become a thorn in your backside.

It's a good idea, I must try it on a few of my arch enemies :lol:

 

[big soft moose]

It wouldn't take much effort to consistently become a thorn in your backside.

It's a good idea, I must try it on a few of my arch enemies :lol:

all that you'd have to do to combat it tho is to set your prefference to bidders with 5 feedbacks or more .

plus a gerry says ebay can link them together and ban the lot of them

also if they are persistent ebay can block their IP - but then hes probably using a proxy anyway

 

[Doctor]

True, but I rarely sell on ebay, and it looks like the saw is sold.

I am forthright and probably not popular, but this is a bit over the top, i hope its not someone on here, but unfortunately I honestly think it is.

 

[big soft moose]

I am forthright and probably not popular, but this is a bit over the top, i hope its not someone on here, but unfortunately I honestly think it is.

if it is then he should be f*cking well ashamed of himself.

Ive had my differences with you and others from the otherside but badinage (hows that for a big word ) on the forums is one thing, messing with someones real life interests is something else entiely and well out of line.

If you do find out who it is and can prove it , I hope the mods ban the sad twunt.

 

[Doctor]

BSM - I have no grudge with you, I have no idea at the moment who it is but I suspect its from here as the only link I put up was on here, and I really don't think anyone out of the blue would decide to **** me around big time, and send gloating messages.

 

[gerrybhoy70]

Nothing wrong with being forthright - beats the hell out of pussyfooting.

If it is someone on here, I totally agree with BSM - they should be seriously ashamed of themselves and booted.

Gerry

 

[wizer]

If it wasn't a member here, I'd be astonished. Tho it's not completely unusual for someone to just be weird enough to wind people up randomly.

 

[big soft moose]

you could report him to microsoft for misuse of hotmail also - but again i doubt he was stupid enough to put any personally identifiable information onto that account

so unless he's silly enough to revisit the ebay account chances are we'll never know

which is a shame as by making the buy on ebay hes entered into a legally binding contract (twice) and if we had his real world ID you could debateably enforce it is court or sue him for the breach. I say debateably because i dont know enough about law to know how enforceable ebay contracts are (but you could ask a freindly lawyer )

 

[gerrybhoy70]

BSM - you're right again.

I've been in the position of trying to get someone to pay for a purchase on ebay - and they can (and do) use debt enforcment on non-payers, unless an amicable agreement can be reached between the buyer & seller beforehand.

Gerry

 

[wizer]

they can (and do) use debt enforcment on non-payers,

Really? Is that even legal? Surely not. The buyer has a right to cancel, doesn't he?

 

[big soft moose]

they can (and do) use debt enforcment on non-payers,

Really? Is that even legal? Surely not. The buyer has a right to cancel, doesn't he?

it clearly states in the terms that by bidding you are entering into a legally binding contract to buy - this is equally binding on the seller to sell.

mind you ebay is based in the states , wheras british law does give you a cooling off period on new purchases - but not i think on second hand ones

we need jake or another leagle beagle to clarify that one beyond doubt.

I dont think they use debt enforcement routinely but they can in exceptional circumstances - such as this one where pigsticker is clearly acting vindictively against doc

 

[wizer]

I'd be very surprised if eBay could force you to buy something from someone else.