Does Ebay have a Phone number?

[electrictroy]

I'm trying to contact customer support via the Ebay.com Website Forms, but instead I'm receiving "webform@ebay.com - unknown address" returning to my email account.

Is there a phone number I can use to contact Ebay directly?

thanks,
troy :-)

[briansraregames]

1-866-515-3229

[m0dem]

you could also do live help just go to the home page its top right

[electrictroy]

thanks!

[shrike4242]

I guess you're trying to get reinstated on Ebay? Since it looks like you're no longer a valid member:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=electrictroy

Must be the complete psychotic emailing fest you pulled, according to this forum link:
(damn link was working when I had it sent to me, I guess Ebay pulled it :evil: )

It's oddly poetic justice, since you always beat your chest and crow about getting people kicked off ebay:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1608354#post1608354

I'm sure they'll bend over backwards to let you back on Ebay. :roll:

[doodle777_98]

i'm just waitng for some here to permantently ban him. by the way shrike the forum link doesnt work.

[shrike4242]

i'm just waitng for some here to permantently ban him. by the way shrike the forum link doesnt work.
Well, damn it, it was working when it was sent to me over the weekend. I guess Ebay pulled it for him being a non-member, or something else.

That thread was about some issues he was causing in the Ebay forums, and of course, when I'd like to post the link, it's gone. :roll:

[pimpinc333]

I guess you're trying to get reinstated on Ebay? Since it looks like you're no longer a valid member:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=electrictroy

Must be the complete psychotic emailing fest you pulled, according to this forum link:
(damn link was working when I had it sent to me, I guess Ebay pulled it :evil: )

It's oddly poetic justice, since you always beat your chest and crow about getting people kicked off ebay:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1608354#post1608354

I'm sure they'll bend over backwards to let you back on Ebay. :roll:

Ahhh Great stuff Shrike. I find this thread very funny.

[worx]

prehaps he will become so occupied with getting his 96% feedback account reinstated that he won't have time to post here :D

[judyjudyjudy]

That thread was about some issues he was causing in the Ebay forums, and of course, when I'd like to post the link, it's gone. :roll:He still has a couple left:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000179360&tstart=80&mod=1136293445000
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000058534&tstart=80&mod=1136221986152
Not sure how long those will last though... The dynamics of the eBay boards are still a mystery to me, as posts and threads have a tendency to disappear (according to some of the regulars, some of it was due to self-reporting). The eBay crowd is pretty harsh, especially considering the average age there seems to be much greater than the average age here.

[doodle777_98]

I like how one person mentions "How on Earth can one eBayer get involved in so MANY problematic transactions as both a BUYER and a SELLER?".

[greendj27]

He still has a couple left:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000179360&tstart=80&mod=1136293445000
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000058534&tstart=80&mod=1136221986152
Not sure how long those will last though... The dynamics of the eBay boards are still a mystery to me, as posts and threads have a tendency to disappear (according to some of the regulars, some of it was due to self-reporting). The eBay crowd is pretty harsh, especially considering the average age there seems to be much greater than the average age here.

The impression I got from reading those was that troy was reporting those posts as flaming or something else and that was why the posts and threads were removed.

[Skylander7]

I guess you're trying to get reinstated on Ebay? Since it looks like you're no longer a valid member:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=electrictroy

Must be the complete psychotic emailing fest you pulled, according to this forum link:
(damn link was working when I had it sent to me, I guess Ebay pulled it :evil: )

It's oddly poetic justice, since you always beat your chest and crow about getting people kicked off ebay:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1608354#post1608354

I'm sure they'll bend over backwards to let you back on Ebay. :roll:

Shrike may be the king of trades, but he's the Emperor of thread-recall. He's like the fucking karma mod of CAG!!

[shrike4242]

He still has a couple left:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000179360&tstart=80&mod=1136293445000
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000058534&tstart=80&mod=1136221986152
Not sure how long those will last though... The dynamics of the eBay boards are still a mystery to me, as posts and threads have a tendency to disappear (according to some of the regulars, some of it was due to self-reporting). The eBay crowd is pretty harsh, especially considering the average age there seems to be much greater than the average age here.
Or in some cases, when they'd be most appropriate. :roll: Thank you, Ebay. :applause:

Shrike may be the king of trades, but he's the Emperor of thread-recall. He's like the fucking karma mod of CAG!!
I can't claim complete credit for those links, since I had them sent to me, though I can claim credit for having the brass cojones to speak it like it is. ;)

Proof that what goes around, comes around. :rofl:

[Will]

Never thought Id get to use this twice within a weeks? time much less on the same person-
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/CkyTx/Random%20Pictures/owned10.jpg

[greendj27]

Or in some cases, when they'd be most appropriate. :roll: Thank you, Ebay. :applause:


I can't claim complete credit for those links, since I had them sent to me, though I can claim credit for having the brass cojones to speak it like it is. ;)

Proof that what goes around, comes around. :rofl:

Nice, Shrike. And here I was trying to ignore him so it wouldn't cause trouble for the mods! :lol:

Thanks for the laugh.

[greendj27]

Hahahahahaha, more goodness:

Crazy stuff (http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000181774&tstart=0&mod=1136408733695)

[electrictroy]

All I was trying to do is get my money back from a dishonest seller.

I'm still trying. There's no excuse for advertising "mint" and then sending me games that are literally falling apart. And as I discovered, the Seller has done that to several other people...... who posted to the thread.

[judyjudyjudy]

All I was trying to do is get my money back from a dishonest seller.

I'm still trying. There's no excuse for advertising "mint" and then sending me games that are literally falling apart. And as I discovered, the Seller has done that to several other people...... who posted to the thread.They posted to the thread after you contacted them and referred them to the thread. As for false advertising, you listed several games as "brand new", even though they weren't new/sealed.

[electrictroy]

They posted to the thread after you contacted them and referred them to the thread.

What's wrong with that? They were ripped off. They have a right to complain about it.

troy

[Kapwanil]

He still has a couple left:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000179360&tstart=80&mod=1136293445000
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000058534&tstart=80&mod=1136221986152
Not sure how long those will last though... The dynamics of the eBay boards are still a mystery to me, as posts and threads have a tendency to disappear (according to some of the regulars, some of it was due to self-reporting). The eBay crowd is pretty harsh, especially considering the average age there seems to be much greater than the average age here.

That's just it, eBay has had little tolerance for posts akin to these for well into the past five and a half years or so, if not longer.

It used to be that you could post about problematic auctions if there was reason to do so to get insight from other members about what to do if something has gone wrong. Moderators would help out as well with information and links as well. Then this became a bit too pervasive and plenty of bidders and sellers were being accused of various acts and misdeeds they didn't actually do. As such, eBay started cracking down on the forums in the following ways...

1) Members were not allowed to post links to specific auctions or (obviously) any personal information (including e-mail addresses) of the other party in the dispute.

2) E-mailing other members over matters you had nothing to do with would be responded to in a harsh, immediate manner.

3) Accusations were to be kept off of the boards and relegated either to generic recounts of the goings-on ("I think I have a NARU seller on my hands. Do I still send a payment?") or to requests for information about reporting directly to eBay, nothing else.

4) Threads would receive a strict, immediate warning from Moderators about threads that were out of line and then would be deleted "without reason" if the conversation continued along those lines. Too many people ended up killing valid threads through threadcrapping, sadly.


I used to be heavily involved with the boards way back when, after I was the victim of some low-level scamming myself. With other peoples' help on the boards I discovered that my seller had a few other accounts and was running the same scam across all of them
. I joined them in finding shill bidders and the like back them and we were all disappointed when eBay started cracking down, but we could see why they were doing it. Plenty of people started using the forums as their own bitching grounds, most of their accusations being minor or completely unfounded.

So...honestly, if things have remained the same over the years, I highly doubt eBay is going to react to this in any positive way. I think the best they might say is that Troy could create a new account, but the likelihood of them just coming out and saying something like that is about close to nil.



Sell item for under $25, take the money, never ship, buyer doesn't claim loss since buyer would [back then] end up paying $25 for the resolution by a 3rd party. Spread out so ratio reaches around 1 out of every 35 or so customers, seems like rotten luck than anything else. Across 3 accounts, seller pockets an extra $1000 to $2000 each month (Power Seller, around 97% feedback on all accounts).

[judyjudyjudy]

Kapwanil, that explains a lot. It's an interesting online community; they're surprisingly nice and mean at the same time (they hijacked one of troy's threads by posting cookie recipes). btw, when they talk about "being slapped" or "pinks", what are they talking about?

What's wrong with that? They were ripped off. They have a right to complain about it.You went through the seller's feedback and contacted his past unsatisfied buyers (for transactions that were completed a while ago) for the sole purpose of defaming him in the feedback forum... you don't see what's wrong with that?

As for still trying to get your money back, I thought Paypal refunded you already.

[wubb]

I would imagine pinks = pink slips which is slang for getting fired, so on the eBay boards it probably means being NARU'd. But I could be off. Do you have an example so I could see it in context?

So troy went nuts on the eBay boards + contacting buyers of one of his sellers after getting worked up over a few scratches on games advertised as mint and lost his eBay count.

Ever hear the saying, don't cut off your nose to spite your face?

[greendj27]

I would imagine pinks = pink slips which is slang for getting fired, so on the eBay boards it probably means being NARU'd. But I could be off. Do you have an example so I could see it in context?

So troy went nuts on the eBay boards + contacting buyers of one of his sellers after getting worked up over a few scratches on games advertised as mint and lost his eBay count.

Ever hear the saying, don't cut off your nose to spite your face?

He's also gotten at least two ID's banned over there. I think "getting slapped" means having your post reported or removed by the mods there. Not sure what "pinks" means though.

[electrictroy]

What I don't get is the double standard.

Other prominent posters at that forum called me a liar (troy doesn't have a job), a lousy seller (cause of some negs ~3 years ago when I was still learning... even though I've had 100% since then)......, troy's a person who should be banned from ebay (recommending to everyone to add me to a blocked sellers list/hiring a private investigator to did up all kinds of private information about me & posting that private info to the public forum)....... , and so on. If my complaining about a ripoff seller was wrong, isn't what the people did to ME also considered "auction interference"?

Why are they allowed to get away with it? I kept clicking the "report" button but it did no good. Those people continued posting nasty lies/insults/auction interference about me.



Anyway, I'll call ebay. See what they say about a possible reinstatement. If Thanksgiving rolls around & my account is still NARU, I'll just sell my games on amazon.

[greendj27]

What I don't get is the double standard.

Other prominent posters at that forum called me a liar (troy doesn't have a job), a lousy seller (cause of some negs ~3 years ago when I was still learning... even though I've had 100% since then)......, troy's a person who should be banned from ebay (recommending to everyone to add me to a blocked sellers list/hiring a private investigator to did up all kinds of private information about me & posting that private info to the public forum)....... , and so on. If my complaining about a ripoff seller was wrong, isn't what the people did to ME also considered "auction interference"?

Why are they allowed to get away with it? I kept clicking the "report" button but it did no good. Those people continued posting nasty lies/insults/auction interference about me.




Anyway, I'll call ebay. See what they say about a possible reinstatement. If April rolls around & my account is still NARU, I'll just sell my games on amazon.

I highly doubt they hired a private investigator just to be able to post some information about you on an eBay forum.

[electrictroy]

Well then, who was that "Caped" person who dug up all that personal information about me?

Perhaps not a private investigator, but he sure had the skills.... he/they dug up all kinds of info that nobody knows except me & close family members (example - where I live/work). And then >other people< posted that private info to the board.





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[Kapwanil]

Kapwanil, that explains a lot. It's an interesting online community; they're surprisingly nice and mean at the same time (they hijacked one of troy's threads by posting cookie recipes). btw, when they talk about "being slapped" or "pinks", what are they talking about?

I wish I knew but I basically jumped ship from the forums years ago when they started feeling differently about the group of us who liked helping out desperate buyers and sellers who were having major problems. "Being slapped" sounds vaguely familiar and I want to say it probablyhas some connection to being banned, but I cannot say for certain.

And yeah, things have changed a lot. It used to have a larger number of nice people overall and an overwhelming willingness to help everyone as much as possible. It started going a bit downhill when people also liked to take revenge on known scammers and people suspected of being scam artists and whatnot. It never really got out of hand like I've seen elsewhere, but at least the mean people had ways of threadcrapping and hijacking that were humorous.

I think one of the finest benefits was that, many years ago, if you helped out on the forums the moderators or other higher-ups would notice your good deeds and credit your account for a bit of money. I think I accrued $30 worth of credit just for helping other people. It was quite a surprise, to say the least, and I was glad to do it. During that time eBay was really swelling up with shill bidders with a lot of womens clothing and accessories auctions, not to mention the same in a lot of auctions for childrens toys.

eBay never really did pick up the slack on illegal auctions, though. They were always big on having a representative from the company with the copyright issue to have someone from legal or otherwise send them info to shut those auctions down. I used to send particular seller names towards major companies when I had a free minute just to let them know but the sticking point was that, probably like now, any NARU'd buyer or seller can pretty much grab another account without a problem and start pulling the same ol' thing. C'est la vie?

[briansraregames]

Troy, it really sounds to me that you might need a little vacation from the whole ebay thing. Don't let the bad transactions get to you so much, it's not worth it. Shit happens somtimes. Take a break, play some games, and try the whole ebay thing in a few months.

[judyjudyjudy]

Perhaps not a private investigator, but he sure had the skills.... he/they dug up all kinds of info that nobody knows except me & close family members (example - where I live/work). And then >other people< posted that private info to the board.Dude, it's called internet/Google.

[greendj27]

Dude, it's called internet/Google.

That's my guess. Its actually kind of scary the information you can find out on people on the internet. I remember seeing some of the posters here get information on scammers and it amazed me what they had been able to dig up.

[shrike4242]

Perhaps not a private investigator, but he sure had the skills.... he/they dug up all kinds of info that nobody knows except me & close family members (example - where I live/work). And then >other people< posted that private info to the board.
I hate to break this to you, though you're not that important an Ebay seller to have that happen.

When your feedback is in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, I can see that might be possible, though it's still in the realm of ridiculous fiction.

The Internet has lots of information available out there. Try Googling your name and you'll see some odd stuff come up.

[greendj27]

Try Googling your name and you'll see some odd stuff come up.

Man, do I regret that one time I took some pictures in my girlfriends underwear ;)

[electrictroy]

Man, do I regret that one time I took some pictures in my girlfriends underwear ;)

Yeah, and me & those sheep pictures. Man, that's embarrassing.

[alonzomourning23]

Troy seems to have an awful lot of problems. I never know what to think of troy since I seem to agree with him more than anyone else in regards to ebay and ebay selling, but I have a drastically different ebay history (ie. a lot less problems) and those who buy and sell from me seem to have a very different experience overall.

[electrictroy]

I wish I knew but I basically jumped ship from the forums years ago when they started feeling differently about the group of us who liked helping out desperate buyers and sellers who were having major problems. Doing what you just described is what got me banned.


One of the things the ebay feedback forumites did was accuse me of being a "scam artist" trying to bilk a Seller out of money. I pointed out that I get paid $50/hour & therefore have no need to scam anybody...I've got plenty of money. At the time that seemed like a good argument, but in retrospect it was rather stupid. The forum posters immediately accused me of "lying" and "probably living in his parents' basement".

As proof I faxed a paycheck to one of the Feedies. Naturally they said a paycheck proves nothing (rolls eyes). A bunch of dishonest people on that ebay Feedback site.

[judyjudyjudy]

Doing what you just described is what got me banned.Are you really that clueless? You spammed the boards with your problems, repeatedly acted like a prick and didn't listen to anybody's advice, harassed a seller by obsessively contacting his (very much) past buyers, misrepresented your products (including reselling one of the games you complained about as "brand new"), made multiple IDs to post on the boards and talk to yourself, and the list goes on.

And why would ANYBODY in their right mind fax a complete stranger their paycheck?

[electrictroy]

(1) I did not resell the damaged game which was sold to me (the case was damaged). I sold a brand-new game that I bought from another seller ~6 months ago. You can verify that it was "brand new" by reading the positive feedback from the customer.

(2) Nothing you said has anything to do with what Ebay said: "Interfering with a transaction". That's the reason I was banned. Quote Kapwanil: "I jumped ship from the forums years ago when they started feeling differently about the group of us who liked helping out desperate buyers and sellers who were having major problems." That's what I did (trying to expose a poor seller) & led to my banning.

[EDIT - And why is faxing my paycheck a bad idea? I don't understand. All of the account numbers are censored.]

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[shrike4242]

Are you really that clueless? You spammed the boards with your problems, repeatedly acted like a prick and didn't listen to anybody's advice, harassed a seller by obsessively contacting his (very much) past buyers, misrepresented your products (including reselling one of the games you complained about as "brand new"), made multiple IDs to post on the boards and talk to yourself, and the list goes on.

And why would ANYBODY in their right mind fax a complete stranger their paycheck?
Yes, I believe he is that clueless.

And only a fool would fax a stranger their paycheck.

Clueless and foolish? Bad combo, IMHO.

[worx]

Yes, I believe he is that clueless.

And only a fool would fax a stranger their paycheck.

Clueless and foolish? Bad combo, IMHO.

Wait wait wait ... he faxed a paycheck :rofl:

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess he was trying to make himself look important based solely on income. Since he must make at least 150K a year then he MUST be right :rofl:

[GizmoGC]

Wait wait wait ... he faxed a paycheck :rofl:

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess he was trying to make himself look important based solely on income. Since he must make at least 150K a year then he MUST be right :rofl:


And I thought when he decided to fake a quote by me and blame me was great...too bad the mods see every time you edit you're post and I made no such remark. Even to the point where he was calling me a liar...ahh, good times.

As per ebay, they STILL have forums? I thought they got rid of those years ago. They caused way too many problems and were often overrun with Soccer Moms bitching about the price of Pokemon toys.

[Kapwanil]

As per ebay, they STILL have forums? I thought they got rid of those years ago. They caused way too many problems and were often overrun with Soccer Moms bitching about the price of Pokemon toys.

Yeah, mostly cut down to size and harder to access (not as straightforward as it used to be), but they still exist. Not really worth all of the trouble, really.

[pimpinc333]

If you have plenty of money why do you Buy and sell on Ebay? It don't make sense, unless your one of those greedy pich people then it does make perfect sense. Personally, I think your a little fat kid.

[greendj27]

As proof I faxed a paycheck to one of the Feedies. Naturally they said a paycheck proves nothing (rolls eyes). A bunch of dishonest people on that ebay Feedback site.

The reason they probably said it means nothing, is that something like that could easily be doctored before it was faxed. I'm not saying you did that, but I wouldn't think it would be very hard to do.

Anyway, if you are having that many problems with posters there why continue to post. Stop for a little while until they aren't as upset with you and then start over after a short break. At this point all you are doing is annoying them more and more each day.

[electrictroy]

The reason they probably said it means nothing, is that something like that could easily be doctored before it was faxed.You gave good advice about not posting to a forum, if people don't like me. ----- As for my check, if you look you can see this check would be very difficult to fake (because of the microprinting): deleted (shrug) Maybe it could be faked, but it's waaaaaay beyond my ability.

And the point was to demonstrate I don't need to steal/scam anybody. The notion a $100,000/year employee would steal $8.00 from someone (they claimed) was ridiculous.

[GizmoGC]

You gave good advice about not posting to a forum, if people don't like me. ----- As for my check, if you look you can see this check would be very difficult to fake (because of the microprinting): http://darkestknight.homestead.com/files/ck2_1_.JPG (shrug) Maybe it could be faked, but it's waaaaaay beyond my ability.

And the point was to demonstrate I don't need to steal/scam anybody.

:lol:

[GizmoGC]

I withheld many MANY comments from all of you're threads electrictroy, but here you're asking for people to come and make comments. You're posting you're PAYCHECK online! PAYCHECK! Don't worry, no more comments from me. I'll enjoy the commenst others wil be giving you shortly. Blocking now.

[Genocidal]

The best part is the main page where that check was hosted.

I am Dreemora Dreamstealer Dark Elf Necromancer of Norath. Mistress of the Darkest Knights and keeper of the undead in the service of the Father.

Golden.

[doodle777_98]

yeah i withheld most of comments before the last couple threads. I thought maybe he had a couple of bad post, he's not really a whining little bitch. Then i realize nope, he is a whining little bitch.

[electrictroy]

Jeez. How did the a simple request for an Ebay phone # devolve to this? (repeating CheapyD's words in my head) - 'If someone bugs you, just ignore them.' 'Just ignore them.' 'Just ignore them.' Mmmm. Troy, tTake a break, play some games, and try the whole ebay thing in a few months. Yeah that was the plan. I usually only sell my stuff at Christmas, because I can only deal with non-paying bidders 2 months out of the year.

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[doodle777_98]

Your older post and complains lead to this.

[worx]

The best part is the main page where that check was hosted.



Golden.

:rofl: Thanks for quoting that.
I'm glad electrictoy posted a pic of his dad's paycheck :roll:

Making 50.00 an hour (which I doubt you do with your level of people skills) still doesn't mean you're not a scammer and/or complete moron.

[electrictroy]

I am Dreemora Dreamstealer Dark Elf Necromancer of Norath. Mistress of the Darkest Knights and keeper of the undead in the service of the Father.
Not my words. Not my website.

[help1]

i pick my nose and flick boogers at you.