Report bad sellers on internet. (Page 5 of 11)

Actually that does work.  If you paid using a credit card through Paypal and you file a chargeback with your credit card company, Paypal will lose the funds and immediately go after the seller.  You basically screw the seller's Paypal account until Paypal gets their funds back.  Unfortunately I've had to do this a few times due to jackass sellers on both eBay and Discogs.

EDIT:

ALWAYS try to work it out through Paypal first, and if you can, try calling Paypal customer service.  The Paypal employees won't say it directly, but I've had them agree that the only way I could go forward with getting my payment was to file a chargeback with my credit card company.

Also, if you don't provide as much info as possible, you could end up getting screwed in the end.  Make sure to add as many details about why you're doing it, since you don't want Paypal coming after you.

No problem at all, I hope it works out for you!

Josefstylin on discogs.

Never replied till now, and I said that after a year I didnt want it anymore.
Now the man sends Me an invoice even tough I said that waiting a year before an answer is a no-deal.

I already have the damn record from a good seller.

hitopadidas@hotmail.com

What an incredible Ass this guy is

Even when you look at his positive feedback you can see that there are often problems.

What should I do in this situation...?

I paid a *lot* for a record off discogs, the seller seems honest enough (but bad communication), but still not arrived after 3 weeks.
I'm getting worried/paranoid

Should I just be patient or open up a Paypal dispute?

This is true, only a few times I've been ripped off.
As a seller I hope that customers will be patient if stuff gets delayed in the mail, so I guess I should act the same.

It's more the bad communication that worries me, no confirmation of receiving payment or shipping the record hmmm

@ Hysteric: did you get a mail from discogs a couple of weeks ago about cosmic flavas / muzakmuzak / nativeforce? His account has been suspended because he`s a fraudulent seller (well you knew that). That`s the shit with discogs: sellers can rip off people until their account is closed, then they simply open another account and continue their miserable rip off`s.

Let`s face it: discogs has become an average marketplace: the database is not important anymore, releases are pending for years, prices are over the top and every day hundreds of people create an account just to buy or to sell (a big part of them being timewasters)

i don't really agree, it's still is valuable to me as a resource for info and as marketplace.
and they keep developing the application. funding has to come from somewhere.
can you name a more extensive/reliable resource for information than discogs other that fora etc.? i'll be glad to know.

there is something called 'seller rating', just be carefull when selling to/buying from newcomers...
wake up, the world is full of ripp offs/fraudsters/sorry ass timewasters, why should discogs be different?

Watch out for fraktaldibs on Discogs. The guy got my (valuable) record plus took the money back via a paypal scheme and there ain't a thing i can do.

I'd really like to join you... but a long way from Australia.

In the meantime, don't even think about buying from http://www.discogs.com/user/berndie2
He owes me a lot of money for a rare italo...

I asked him to send via registered and he didn't! in fact I don't think he sent it at all
Didn't answer any of my mails until I opened a paypal dispute.

Completely ruined my trust in people to do the right thing, which is worse even than losing the money.

I'd also like to get his full address, can anyone help?
His name is Bernhard Durner, he lives in Germany...

It would be worth every penny He`s from Charleroi, that`s the criminal-ghetto of Belgium, no kiddin`

Sounds like a job for Ray Van Mechelen