EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

You seem to be stating ebay won't do anything, but exactly what have you tried to do with ebay to address this?

The seller has violated multiple ebay rules (asking for more money is a BIG no no)

Hopefully you DID use paypal. It is about the best protection (despite my own issues with one co-founder of paypal and some of their fees they pass on to sellers) but they have come through for me in the past.

Obviously, you can make a dispute with your credit card, if you used one, but expect that to take considerable time on an overseas transaction.

If something escalates and you feel physically threatened, I would make a police report, but for that, you need a paper trail and evidence of what ebay has done (or not done) and ultimately may just require you to change your email address and logins for ebay (or even, perhaps your ebay account/name) and certainly a phone number. I'd not do the latter until I was sure there was going to be an escalation AND in consultation with EBAY (well documented consultation for your records).


Good luck. I really hope you take the time and persistence to MAKE ebay stand up for you. I know they will (eventually), but it can be damned frustrating process. Still, don't let that deter you.