DANGER! Watch out for this seller on ebay

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A couple weeks ago I bid on a Sparton Mirror in lid set from an Ebay seller located in Elmore OH. The set had been on ebay for more than 5 weeks and had no bids. I made an offer of $250 and it was accepted. The listing required local pickup in 5 days. I have a friend in the area that was going to get the set and hold it for me. However the friend had car trouble and was not able to make the trip in the 5 day period the seller required.

I contacted the seller and informed him of that fact, and requested that he give me a longer period to pick the set up. He refused, and in addition he refused to issue a refund and cancel the sale.

I contacted ebay and started a claim against him but ebay sided with the seller saying I had not adhered to the sellers terms for pick up; essentially allowing the seller to keep my money and the tv set too.

The seller has now re-listed the set WHICH I PAID $250 FOR and is attempting to resell an item that I essentially purchased and that, theoretically, I now own.

Here is a link to the listing which is re-selling the set I purchased.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SPAR...item3a80449102

The guys name is Ernest Scarano his email address is ernie@elmoremantiques.com

I strongly urge you to never do any business with this thief. He stole $250 from me and is impossible to deal with.

As a point of advise for all of you, NEVER NEVER NEVER, use PayPal to pay for anything by making a direct transfer out of your bank account to pay for the item. Never make a purchase on ebay when funds are sitting in your PayPal account, because they will take your money out of your PayPal account instead of letting you pay for it with your Master Card or Visa. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT BALANCE AT $0.00 ZERO Never leave any cash in your PayPal account, always draw it off and send it to your own bank immediately as soon as it is available to transfer out of PayPal.

When you pay for something through PayPal,, ALWAYS use your Master Card, Visa or other major credit card that is registered in your Pal Pal account. That way you can always go back to the credit card company and place a protest against that charge if you have a problem with the transaction. That's what I have now done because I used my MC to pay for this tv. I am waiting to see what MC is going to do when they find out the guy is trying to re-sell an item that was paid for using my Master Card.

When this is all settled I will post what the outcome is.

Meantime, I am asking all my fellow TV buddies here on VK to send emails to Mr. Scarano explaining to him how all the tv collectors now know if his theft of my $250 and that none of us will consider buying his Sparton Tv. It was a POS in the first place. I never should have bid on it. I guess that makes me the stupid one.