Fraudosynthesis

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by BobC

All one has to do is look at who the seller of that card is, and that should tell you all you need to know about staying away from that auction.

Not so much. The guy had 179 stars and a perfect rating and nothing but positive review comments.

[D. Bergin]

I quite enjoy the subliminal message placed strategically in all their Ebay listings.

Their listings look like an AI bot in a dystopian 70's Sci-Fi movie trying to convince you they are a real person.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

Not so much. The guy had 179 stars and a perfect rating and nothing but positive review comments.

Then you likely have never dealt with or talked/communicated with the seller. How long did he last on here before getting banned..............................?

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by BobC

Then you likely have never dealt with or talked/communicated with the seller. How long did he last on here before getting banned..............................?

Yeah, I didn't even mention that aspect of it. I was hoping the people hitting the link would see his name and immediately react, "Holy hell!!! That guy again???!!!!!!!"

[BobC]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Yeah, I didn't even mention that aspect of it. I was hoping the people hitting the link would see his name and immediately react, "Holy hell!!! That guy again???!!!!!!!"

LOL

Didn't know if you were specifically posting about it because he was the seller, or if that was just a coincidence. Great catch either way!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by BobC

Then you likely have never dealt with or talked/communicated with the seller. How long did he last on here before getting banned..............................?

He has been banned on here several times under multiple accounts. He has posted several lies about me on here. One of the village idiots on here still believes the lie about me being in prison.

I seen a item I really wanted recently untill I noticed it was an account linked to one of his still active fake accounts on here.

[BobC]

Kutcher55, not putting you down at all. Consider yourself extremely lucky to be able to say nice things about the seller. Trust me and the others when saying you should be happy in not having dealt with him. Just do a search here on the forum looking for posts that mention "toppsaholic" in them. You'll get the drift pretty fast.

Oh, also believe it was him that was here on the forum as "RealToppsaholic" as well. That was after he was on the forum initially as "toppsaholic" and got banned pretty quickly. And he could have been, still could be, here on the forum under other usernames as well for all I know.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by BobC

Then you likely have never dealt with or talked/communicated with the seller. How long did he last on here before getting banned..............................?

There must be some confusion here. I’m not talking about a net54 seller. I’m talking about an eBay seller. I recently won an auction from him. The settling price was low. I paid right away and it has been five days since the close and he hasn’t shipped. Two days ago I sent him a polite note asking if he would ship the card. I got no response and I left it at that.

The guy had no red flags. I’ll probably just wait out the shipping date and put in for a refund after the ship date expires. Not worth starting a war over.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

There must be some confusion here. I’m not talking about a net54 seller. I’m talking about an eBay seller. I recently won an auction from him. The settling price was low. I paid right away and it has been five days since the close and he hasn’t shipped. Two days ago I sent him a polite note asking if he would ship the card. I got no response and I left it at that.

The guy had no red flags. I’ll probably just wait out the shipping date and put in for a refund after the ship date expires. Not worth starting a war over.

As I said, do a search and check out "toppsaholic" being mentioned here on the forum. He also came on the forum and posted as "RealToppsahoilic" for a while as well. We know exactly who, and what, he is, and how he can in certain instances operate. Understand that you are only talking about him as an Ebay seller, but a lot of people have had interactions with him on Ebay, and through this forum. Again, consider yourself lucky if you don't have any transaction or communication issues with him, and pray it stays that way. No idea what triggers him, just know that you don't want to be the person to do that. And I sincerely hope your transaction with him as the seller goes through with no hitches or issues, for your sake.

[Kutcher55]

Ok got it but how do you know the EBay seller I referenced is Toppsaholic? It’s probably some other a-hole. But I agree with your point that I should not engage the guy and just get my refund and move on.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

Ok got it but how do you know the EBay seller I referenced is Toppsaholic? It’s probably some other a-hole. But I agree with your point that I should not engage the guy and just get my refund and move on.

Because if you go to the Ebay auction link that Darren (JollyElm) provided, it clearly shows the seller's username is "toppsaholic". If you go back and search through posts/threads by forum member "RealToppsaholic", you'll see he even notes that he is Ebay seller "toppsaholic". And now, go back again to the Ebay auction and you'll also see that the seller "toppsaholic" has a positive feedback rating over 20,000. Do you really think any new Ebay seller is going to get such a high number of positive feedbacks in only a couple years or so since the original "toppsaholic" was on Ebay and our forum? Plus, I don't think Ebay even allows someone else to adopt a former username, ever. At least I've never heard of that before as it would cause issues were someone to do an Ebay search for that particular username one would think. Trust me and the other posters, that is the same guy/seller.

[Kutcher55]

Aha. I was taking about a different eBay seller. But yeah those eBay star ratings are pretty much worthless. They just have little interest in banning anyone who generates revenue for them except in the most extreme cases.