> In March I was another victim of Ebay and one of Ebay's regular crooks.
> I paid nearly $200 for a lot of supposed stamps, from a crook now living
> in Spain.
> When his rubbish arrived, it was all forgeries, counterfeits and even some
> photocopies - not one genuine stamp in the lot.
> I now find out, from authorities in Germany, that Mike Topas has been
> under criminal investigation for his sale of counterfeit stamps of Germany,
> among others.
> Ebay now are refusing to refund my payment, even though I did what they
> told me to to - return the junk by REGISTERED MAIL, with post office
> tracking number.
> I paid by Paypal and Paypal likewise are refusing to refund, telling me to
> discuss with the crook, their customer!
> To add insult to injury, Ebay/Paypal have had the crook re-sell the lot
> after he got it back, on Ebay!!
> Suggestions on what to do about the crooks running Ebay & Paypal much
> appreciated.
> I see that the Government of Canada is now after Ebay, in connection with ...

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>> In March I was another victim of Ebay and one of Ebay's regular crooks.
>> I paid nearly $200 for a lot of supposed stamps, from a crook now living
>> in Spain.
>> When his rubbish arrived, it was all forgeries, counterfeits and even some
>> photocopies - not one genuine stamp in the lot.
>> I now find out, from authorities in Germany, that Mike Topas has been
>> under criminal investigation for his sale of counterfeit stamps of Germany,
>> among others.
>> Ebay now are refusing to refund my payment, even though I did what they
>> told me to to - return the junk by REGISTERED MAIL, with post office
>> tracking number.
>> I paid by Paypal and Paypal likewise are refusing to refund, telling me to
>> discuss with the crook, their customer!
>> To add insult to injury, Ebay/Paypal have had the crook re-sell the lot
>> after he got it back, on Ebay!!
>> Suggestions on what to do about the crooks running Ebay & Paypal much ...

> On Fri, 9 May 2008 22:58:34 +0100, "David French"
>
>
>
> tiscali-nospam.co.uk> wrote:

>>"ElCheapo" pseudo.borked.net> wrote in message
>>news:c35ceba97420935b9b636625fcaa57b3@pseudo.borked.net...

>>> In March I was another victim of Ebay and one of Ebay's regular crooks.
>>> I paid nearly $200 for a lot of supposed stamps, from a crook now living
>>> in Spain.
>>> When his rubbish arrived, it was all forgeries, counterfeits and even some
>>> photocopies - not one genuine stamp in the lot.
>>> I now find out, from authorities in Germany, that Mike Topas has been
>>> under criminal investigation for his sale of counterfeit stamps of Germany,
>>> among others.
>>> Ebay now are refusing to refund my payment, even though I did what they
>>> told me to to - return the junk by REGISTERED MAIL, with post office
>>> tracking number.
>>> I paid by Paypal and Paypal likewise are refusing to refund, telling me to ...