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11-11-2008, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Findlay, Ohio | | | Possible ebay scam?
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Something doesn't sit right with this.......
I listed a couple lane poor pickups on ebay. The first one sold on buy it now, and immediately following the auction I get this message from the buyer.... Hi. I would like to let you know that we can not make a payment through eBay/Paypal now cause of their system trouble. I will get back to you as soon as the problem is solved. Sorry for the delay of payment and thank you for your patience.
*** @ Allied partner of eBay for Japan - Shop Airlines, Ltd.
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When you receive payment from us and ship the item(s), would you please put your item ID xxxxxxxxxxx at the side of package(s) or on the shipping label? Just in your handwriting is fine. The ID number is used in our operation in warehouse. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
There were no system outages that I am aware of, but I did a search on this user name, and came up with quite a few others where on the span of the last couple days had the same buyer hit a buy it now, and send the same email word for word.
So I listed a second lane poor......same buyer, exact same email after he hit the buy it now. I blocked the bidder from buying, and relisted the pickups.
Well today, I have paypal payment for both of them....verified account, etc.
The info on the paypal receipt is:
Customer Service URL:  http://www.sekaimon.com/ Customer Service Email: removed@sekaimon.com
Sekaimon is like the japan ebay. I am totally confused here............
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11-11-2008, 01:14 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | That is hella weird, I agree. The one thing I can think of is that in Japan it is very common to have a "middle man" buyer for international transactions, such that you are selling to one person who acts on behalf of another. In this case Sekaimon may be a professional middle-man entity in addition to being the auction house. I'm not sure though. |
11-11-2008, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania  That is hella weird, I agree. The one thing I can think of is that in Japan it is very common to have a "middle man" buyer for international transactions, such that you are selling to one person who acts on behalf of another. In this case Sekaimon may be a professional middle-man entity in addition to being the auction house. I'm not sure though. |
Me neither.......it just doesn't feel right, and with both of them going for a total of $900, I am going to wait a bit before shipping. It seems like everything adds up on the paypal end.....verifier member, doesn't ask to be shipped to an alternate address, etc.
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11-11-2008, 01:21 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Maybe post a thread with a title asking Japanese TB'ers to look into it for you? |
11-11-2008, 01:33 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania Maybe post a thread with a title asking Japanese TB'ers to look into it for you? | The only TB'er in Japan I know of is Pacman, and he's from the USA. 
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11-11-2008, 01:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | If you got paid, it seems OK. However, there is a lot of cash involved. Did you open it up to international purchases? If not, cancel the deals and refund the money.
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11-11-2008, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Austin, Texas | | | Wait a minute, Lane poors are THAT much?!?
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11-11-2008, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim If you got paid, where's the problem? Ship. | If it is a hijacked account, after I ship two pickups out, they deduct the money from me.
Not in the mood to give away 900 bucks.
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11-11-2008, 01:41 PM
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11-11-2008, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chriss62 Wait a minute, Lane poors are THAT much?!? | Apparently. I love them, but not THAT much! I bought a flea for $900, and sold the pup for $475. About the only way I can afford nice gear.
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03-18-2009, 11:53 AM
| | | | Can anyone tell me how this worked out? Was it actually a scam, or did it turn out to be legitimate? |
09-06-2009, 11:01 AM
| | | | Tim Cole, did you have ANY problems with this company? I'm just curious because many sellers on Ebay had gotten their money yanked from paypal, as this company has filed "Not as described" claims on almost everything they have bid on! Most recorded material, which I am sure has been copied. I recently sent this company a VERY rare 4 cd set of Michael Jackson discs, with backing tracks and alcappela tracks from all of his hits. I had included a free bonus DVD of all of michaels videos. They filed a complaint after a whole month had gone by, and refused to return the merchandise until I grant a full refund (including shipping!) I had to force paypal to email them with a demand for the return of the merchandise. This company is supposed to be in Carson, but the address is actually a RESIDENCE!!! And there is no business phone listed to that address, only a residencial address. I have filed a formal complaint with Ebay, and paypal, but little good that will do! There have been over 200 complaints filed by sellers on only ONE of this companies 15 Ebay ID's!!!! I wonder how many complaints are on the other IDs???
Anyway, to answer the previous question asked by icanhaveablast, YES, this is a scam, this is a bogus company, and they are not legit at all! They ripped me off for 49.00 on this deal, and are fighting the return of the merchandise! Tell your friends!
William L. Taylor
Last edited by williamtaylor : 09-06-2009 at 11:03 AM.
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02-05-2010, 01:34 PM
| | | | I just had a buyer from Allied Partner of eBay for Japan - Shop Airlines, Ltd....has anyone found out anything new? I searched them, and this site came up first! |
02-05-2010, 03:45 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | 900 dollar pickups?  |
02-05-2010, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by tarponjuli I just had a buyer from Allied Partner of eBay for Japan - Shop Airlines, Ltd....has anyone found out anything new? I searched them, and this site came up first! | Well, williamtaylor's post seems enough for me to avoid them like the plague.
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