Look out Look out There's a Thief About

With the development of the Internet , and especially the rapid growth of on line auctions it was only a question of time, when and not if the thieves would strike.

With on line auctions I am afraid that thieves (some call them fraudsters but i genuinely consider that sounds to nice) operate both as buyers and sellers and the bottom line is to be very vigilant , Some are very clever.
One way as a buyer you can give yourself extra protection is If the item you are buying
is over £100 then were possible buy with a credit card.
If things go wrong then you have added protection from your card company and you should be able claim back your money if your purchase does not turn out to be what it was described as or not fit for the purpose it was meant for or you do not receive it at all.
And always remember if something looks to good to be true then it probably is.

The broken item scam and how to protect yourself.

This scam recently happened to a friend of mine Paul but like a good boy scout he was prepared ..
Paul collects and trades in Lladro , very beautiful and fragile handcrafted figurines of porcelain. To add significant value to their collections Lladro will only make a fixed number of any one piece , and then make them retired.
So as you can expect these pieces increase in value and become quite rare.

Paul has been trading in Lladro for many years , but since the development of the on-line auctions he has exclusively traded on line making an exceptional living.
On a recent auction of his for a piece called the gossips (see picture) the bidding was quite vigour's , it seemed that one person was going to buy the item no matter what. Over bidding what anyone else was prepared to pay , nothing unusual in this in fact this is the fortunate position any trader dreams off.

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Back to the story


Auction over and a nice profit made , Paul very carefully parceled the item , remember that he has done this many hundreds of time over the years and knew how to pack.
With in hours of the successful bidder receiving his parcel the scam started. Paul received an email informing him that on opening the parcel the item was broken , and in no uncertain terms informing Paul that if this was not sorted very quickly
then he would leave negative feed back as well as informing the auction site concerned and demanding a refund.

As anybody that has traded on an auction site will know feed back can make or break you
and is the last thing you want to see against your name especially if you make a living on line .
Straight away this got Paul's hackles up and he felt something was not right , yes sometimes things did get broken in transit but Paul knew that the way he parcel's items up that it would have to been run over by a steam roller to break. Paul replied to his buyers email asking that he repackage the item up and send it back , and on receipt of the item Paul would refund his purchase.


On receipt of the parcel Paul opened it and straight away knew this had not be broken in transit , he surmised from the chip on the base that this had been dropped or knocked over from where it had been displayed.
Then taking the item and putting it under a special light Paul knew for certain that this was not his Lladro.
You see this same scam happened to Paul long before online auction's , but back then he did not know what to do about it and lost a valuable item plus granted a refund .

It was only after talking to a friend in the same line of business that Paul found out about , UV markers pen's. This makes an invisible mark that can only be seen with a special ultra - violet lamp so it won't devalue or spoil valuable property .
A UV pen and lamp can be brought for a few pounds from most good stationer stores.
A good investment to protect your property from thieves.

The completion to Paul's story is that he reported this to both the police and the auction site ..

Now do not get me wrong the majority of people on auction sites are as honest as you and me but you need to beware that there are thieves out there and you need to know the scams and what you can do to protect yourself from suffering a loss.

I hope this has been helpful to you ,until next week.

Happy Hunting
Chris-Allan
http://collectible.chris-allan.com/