Just a caution to all. In the future I will ask the seller to upload a photo of the item with their ID written on a card held in front to prove the item they have listed is theirs and that pictures are of actual bag...
I purchased a chanel flap yesterday after I had it authenticated. I was so excited as the bag was a great price and in beautiful condition. I paid and then was just looking at some other bags and to my shock saw the bag (all the same pictures) listed from another seller ID in another country! Even the serial numbers were the same. I got right on the phone and called paypal, ebay and my bank. Too late for the bank to do anything, paypal couldn't take the payment back and ebay said they would look into the duplicate listing. I emailed the seller and provided the item number of the other auction. The seller emailed back, They must have stolen the photots). I then looked at the other seller's feedback and listings and noticed all their listings show the same sofa so the seller of the bag I purchased lied.
I made numerous calls to paypal and they open a claim and told me to refuse the bag if it was delivered. I emailed the seller again and pleaded for them to refund my payment and apprised them of my calls to ebay, paypal and my bank.
Last night at near midnight my payment was reversed, PHEW!
Very frightening for everyone. This probably happens everyday. Going forward I will always ask the seller to show somehow the pictures are their own. I did email the other seller and still have not heard back. I warned them someone is using their pictures.
Be careful!! I hope this helps someone. The seller is in Portugal and I am in US and the other seller was in Malasia.
I purchased a chanel flap yesterday after I had it authenticated. I was so excited as the bag was a great price and in beautiful condition. I paid and then was just looking at some other bags and to my shock saw the bag (all the same pictures) listed from another seller ID in another country! Even the serial numbers were the same. I got right on the phone and called paypal, ebay and my bank. Too late for the bank to do anything, paypal couldn't take the payment back and ebay said they would look into the duplicate listing. I emailed the seller and provided the item number of the other auction. The seller emailed back, They must have stolen the photots). I then looked at the other seller's feedback and listings and noticed all their listings show the same sofa so the seller of the bag I purchased lied.
I made numerous calls to paypal and they open a claim and told me to refuse the bag if it was delivered. I emailed the seller again and pleaded for them to refund my payment and apprised them of my calls to ebay, paypal and my bank.
Last night at near midnight my payment was reversed, PHEW!
Very frightening for everyone. This probably happens everyday. Going forward I will always ask the seller to show somehow the pictures are their own. I did email the other seller and still have not heard back. I warned them someone is using their pictures.
Be careful!! I hope this helps someone. The seller is in Portugal and I am in US and the other seller was in Malasia.