Ebay seller threatening to publish my details on gay blogs.

StormWarrior · 11-05-2009 4:20pm #1

As I mentioned in a thread a few weeks ago, I had a dispute with a seller. I won the dispute eventually and left bad feedback for the seller. Now, weeks later, the seller sent me an email saying they're not happy that I left them bad feedback. I wrote back explaining why I had done so. Now they have written me another saying that I have been writing bad blogs about them all over theinternet and if they see another bad blog about them, they are going to publish the personal details they gained from our paypal transaction (I guess they mean my name and address) on gay blogs.

I haven't written any blogs about them. I actually have a life you know. I guess they must have pissed someone else off. However, I don't want my personal details posted online. What can I do?

dlofnep · 11-05-2009 4:22pm

Where are they based? Save all the details, forward it onto the Gardaí. Surely, you have their contact details too? Advise them that you are contacting your solicitor in regards to the threats and to never contact you again.

StormWarrior · 11-05-2009 4:38pm

I have requested their personal contact details from ebay. My local police station said that if I get their address, they will warn them not to do it, but really, how are they going to stop them? If my name and address are published on the web, it could be a fraud risk, plus I don't want random weirdos off the net calling me or coming to my house!

dlofnep · 11-05-2009 4:53pm

I understand your concern - But I think you could certainly get him on harrassment. Is he from Ireland or outside?

Alli Babba · 11-05-2009 5:00pm

Hi
Have you contact Ebay themselves and explained the situation and what had happened
Surely they can do something or remove the seller from Ebay
So surprised:eek: about that though that is the whole point of the feedback

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StormWarrior · 11-05-2009 5:39pm

Me and the seller are both in the UK. Ebay doesn't have their full address, only says that they're in Liverpool. But I have a return address for the product, which is in Manchester, and a phone number which has a Manchester code. Anyway, I hope it's enough for the police to go on, they said they'll send someone to the address and speak to her, but they said the threats she'd made and even publishing my details are not illegal, and so they can't necessarily do anything. I've also written to ebay but I doubt they'll do anything. How can I make ebay do something? The seller has my name, home address and phone number, email adress, paypal details. I can't believe how unprofessional the seller is, the emails and threats they write make them sound 12 years old! I mean, when I wrote them bad feedback saying the item was not as described, they wrote follow up feedback falsely claiming that I'd returned the product empty and that "the police have been informed!" I mean, seriously!

dlofnep · 11-05-2009 5:54pm

You could still get her for something on harassment I think. Best of luck with it. Hope it all works out for you.

JJ · 11-05-2009 7:19pm

When you request contact details from eBay, you just get your trading partner's name, city, county and phone number but not their full address. If you have contacted the police, the police can contact eBay using the contact details here:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/safetycentre/law_enforcement.html

I would highly recommend you give the police the contact details at the above address. It may help them with their investigation.

Ebay seller threatening to publish my details on gay blogs.

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