Bought boots on ebay shop

[waterbabe]

After receiving my boots from the seller find that the security tag is still on how can I get it off dont want to have to send the boots back to shop to remove
Any suggestions

[lisi-heffa11]

Theres a contact number for ebay customer services on the top right hand corner of the home page screen. Its worth ringing - they are really good and is a lot quicker than contacting them by emeail - just have your item number to hand.

[Ethel]

I pay income tax on my ebay business and my pensions, the council and insurance company are aware of my business activities and I am fully legitimate and above board.

So you think it's alright to encourage people to go out shoplifting if they can sell their stolen goods through eBay do you?

And no, even when I was a smoker I did not buy dodgy fags. In my business, reputation was everything - people trusted me implicitly.
Loss of trust, loss of business.

[B00]

I'm siding with the doc on this one (yes im shocked too!), why shouls waterbabe miss out on a pair of boots? If she hands them in to the police she'll not see them or a refund of her money again.

Deal with the immediate issue of how to get that tag off waterbabe.

[Ethel]

Boo

She will get her money back if she paid by PayPal.

If this seller is eventually caught the buyer could feasibly be done for receiving stolen goods - the records will be there to show who has bought this sellers goods.

If nothing is done, how much more shoplifting is this person going to do, knowing she has an outlet for it? Shoplifting costs you, me and everybody - and that cost is rising all the time.

Turning a blind eye an letting them get away with it doesn't help.

[mrs.chappie]

What about a sort of half-way compromise? Keep the boots but only wear 'em on special occasions?

[B00]

That's all well and good Ethel- but what if she didn't pay by Paypal?

[emmagleb]

I agree with Ethel on this too - ebay is completely run on trust and without the trust there is no business.
I still say be calm about ti, raise the relevant disputes and wait and see. If a paypal claim is settled in your gain, then you can do what you want with the boots as there is no obligation to return them. If you paid by some other means, you may just loose the money, but kick up a fuss with ebay and leave the usual negative feedback.
See what else she is selling, it could be very telling!!