Holy cow, this guys looks like a complete lunatic. i just read the other threads on this, i guess there are also some bad mercedes parts people too. You probably shouldnt contact him yourself (leave the fun stuff to us, hey, hey)

If what you say is true, then libel or slander are not an issue and there is nothing wrong with what you have said here and I would keep it up, nothing illegal about it and the guy needs a good b**ch slapping.

Gee, wonder what ill do about all the parts I just bid on, hmmm……. :-0

Well, I've been "instructed" to lay-off complaining about what the guy did to me on the forums and "in public" or "public forum". So I really can't go any furthur into the matter until the attorneys have had their day. Thanks for the support, but I wouldn't do anything we'll all regret later on.

Then again, I can't tell anyone what, or what not to do.

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If you get into the legal system then you should be able to find out the names of all the other people who posted negative feedback ( which got erased by his starting over) . And find what Ebay's rules are that allowed him to do that , effectively overcoming the purpose of feedback. If this goes on very long you may have cause against Ebay also. They represent themselves as having a balanced system of deciding these kinds of things.....

The guy is a powerseller so he has the upper hand when dealing with ebay. As a powerseller he has his own account rep with ebay. Someone he can actually call and talk to on the phone. (imagine that!) He is also paying them tons of money each month so ebay does not want to lose that cash, bad for the bottom line. A few years back I was a powerseller dealing in computer parts. The deadbeat bidder problem became so bad I quit as ebay would not refund my listing fees, just the end of auction fee. They also would do nothing about the deadbeat bidders and outright fraud. Good luck with your action. A letter from an attorney will get you back on ebay but I doubt it will get you anything else. The jerk you are dealing with will keep on screwing people as long as he can find people to buy his stuff. The actions of others screwing up his auctions will send a message and will cost him some $$$ so keep it up.

well the guy may actually post his parts on ebay from now on, and there might be a winning bidder on some, but Im not really sure if he is going to make a penny off ebay from this point on if you get my drift ;-)

let us know if this all gets sorted out so we can stop having fun.

ok, this guy must be really in bed with ebay. just checked his feedback and all the negs he had a few days ago have "miraculously" disappeared.

hmmm, guess being a power seller means that its all just a scam, the little guys get pounded by the power sellers and the power sellers get away with anything.

guess we'll have to keep winning bids on his stuff and see what comes of our feedback. guy is difinitely crooked and in a major way.

thanks for letting us know who not to go to for parts.

It's sad but true. eBay protects the sellers who make them money, even if they are dishonest, lying jerks and you can prove it to eBay. They really don't care as long as there's no way for you to somehow press charges against eBay (which is nearly impossible). I'd tell the guy you want him to get eBay to unfreeze your account, delete his negative feedback to you (if any), and do whatever you want to offset your financial loss on the transaction. If he'll do that, great, but who knows. He's still a nut. I use eBay too but I try to be careful about who I buy & sell from, because eBay sure as hell won't support you if you get screwed!! Some day when it gets bad enough there will be a class-action lawsuit against eBay for "protecting" the unscrupulous PowerSellers.

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Does anyone have a telephone number to call eBay directly and be able to talk to a real person? It's hard enough to even locate an e-mail address in the site.

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If there is a phone number anywhere, it will be VERY well hidden. I bet there isn't one - only email contacts. I work for a large company in the computer industry and our website is the same way - it's referred to as "call avoidance". A phone call costs the company $10-15, an email response (offen automated or "canned" with minor human help) is only a few bucks by comparison. Customer service is gone, it's all about the money - revenue & profits. Like I said... Sad.

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OK guys, enough of whatever you're doing to the guy. Ebay emailed (what looks for all the world like a PERSONAL email - WOW!) that they suspended because I changed my number to a message number, so I gave them a number to reach me at and they "claim" they'll "un-suspend" my account when they confirm it. Of course, I still won't be using ebay again. Once burned (after 3 years, not a bad record I guess???).....

Yes, it still happened just because of this guy, and yes, he's still to be avoided like the plague for parts, but I'm almost feeling sorry for him.

Somebody sent me an annonymous email trying to mediate between us and claims the guy probably didn't get any of my emails until after I complained to paypal in frustration. So it likely looked to him like I was just cancelling the payment in hopes of stealing parts from him (again, all I have is a cash account, not credit card funded so I CAN'T cancel, only paypal can AFTER they conclude an investigation.)

My take is, even if he didn't get my emails, if he would have looked at my ebay feedback and paypal record, he'd see that certainly wasn't the case that I'd trash my rep for 60 lousy $'s worth of parts. All he would've had to do is respond to paypal and tell them he shipped the parts and paypal would have concluded in HIS favor (but then I'd be REAL pissed with no parts AND no $'s).

Anyway, I guess the guy is getting spammed or otherwise tormented and as much as I want to see the guy pay for ruining me on ebay and acting like a jerk, it's not very satisfying to me, in fact it feels like a no-win situation and I don't feel right that someone is being hurt just becasue I was hurt. Whether he "deserves" something is not an issue.

He's already screwed me out of my principle source of winter income and has probably regretted it by now, so it doesn't do anyone any good at this point. The loss of business because of this is enough I think.

Thanks everyone for the support though, at least THAT feels good.

BTW, since I won't be selling on ebay anymore, anyone need some travelling mechanic work? Military systems designed? Timber felling? Interstate courier? Anybody....., Beuler....????

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Glad this somewhat worked out. I wouldn't necessarily quit Ebay - I've come to the point where I figure anyone who stays on Ebay long enough will pick up some undeserved negatives, simply because some people have learned that they can use deserved negatives to threaten or retaliate for their own mistakes. I check the feedback, and if its just a jerk leaving a neg, I discount it if the other feedback is good. Also, Bigbaboo is a big enough seller that a lot of people know about his setup.

I actually bought from Bigbaboo one time. I did receive the item, but only after about a month after payment (which was the same day I won the auction). He never did respond to emails, but what finally worked was calling on the phone and asking about it. My impression is that his operation is messy, so that orders get missed. This is the most common complaint against him.

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sounds like a cop-out to me. what did he do, threaten you or pay you off?

you want us to stop just as i was having fun? i have this week off and was just getting into ways to screw with the guy. he still needs a good screwing if you ask me. from the stuff i have seen that he has sent to others and not just you, he is a certified lunatic.

oh well, now ill have to find something productive to do this week.

I once won one of his auctions for w123 fender trims. To make a LONG story short, after 4 weeks of asking where the heck my parts were, he sends back my money with a short note saying he's going out of business. Seems like good news, if it's true. At least I got my money back, and hopefully this guy won't be causing any more headaches.

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"So it likely looked to him like I was just cancelling the payment in hopes of stealing parts from him "
This would be a possiblity except for the fact that he was late shipping AND had not shipped the item....
I hate to see this guy deprive you of winter income...

right, thats what i thought about it too, he didnt even ship it and said so in the bad feedback he left. i still think he needs to be seriously slapped around.

seems like you should be able to show a good case against the guy and ebay for loss of income. pretty much a provable no brainer on that.

oh yeah, i did contact some people in san diego county, told them about bigbaboon and his internet theft operations. this was before you asked us to stop what we were doing. i still think you need to pursue this guy and not chicken out just because he threatened you. he basically took your job away, he really needs to feel the loss too as far as im concerned.