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http://www.10news.com/news/5217923/d...0481&qs=1;bp=t
Accused eBay Bully Allegedly Terrorizes Online Users
10News Investigates Accused eBay Bully
POSTED: 4:49 pm PST October 31, 2005
UPDATED: 7:49 pm PST November 3, 2005
SAN DIEGO -- Some consumers are discovering that when they bid on eBay, they're opening a portal to problems.
Tina Schimke and her husband, Dwayne, began having trouble with eBay when they placed a bid on a bike from what looked to be a legitimate seller.
"He had quite an ad on the site -- it had lots of bikes. I admit, I didn't completely read the ad," Tina Schimke said.
When the Schimkes e-mailed back with a question about the shipping cost, the seller allegedly blasted them with a nasty e-mail.
"As soon as he got my e-mail, he was pounding the keyboard and venting," Tina Schimke said.
The anger didn't stop there, she said.
The seller allegedly left her a message that said, "Hey there, schmuck boy -- not answering the phone now?"
The alleged eBay bully was on a roll.
"I know exactly where you f---ing live. E-mail me again and see what happens to your little b---- a--," the accused bully said in the message.
"I was afraid this person was a maniac and was going to show up on our front door," Tina Schimke told 10News.
The Schimkes aren't alone. This eBay bully had struck before, 10News reported.
He allegedly called the Burleson household 37 times.
Cindy Burleson and her daughter, both from Dallas, were also hammered over their questions about comic books the man was selling.
Cindy Burleson said the accused bully threatened her life.
"(He said,) 'I'm going to kill you. Scumbags like you shouldn't be allowed to live.' (He said) stuff like that," Burleson said.
These women and the Schimkes filed police reports but got no results.
So, 10News went looking for the accused eBay bully and tracked him to a home in Cleburne, Texas, near Fort Worth, Texas. It's not only where he lives, but also where he does business.
Frank Esquitin, the name of the alleged eBay bully, also goes by the following eBay aliases: Old School Riderz, Cool Cat Cycles and Cool Cat Biker, 10News reported.
He's been arrested for drugs, weapons violations and harassment, police records show.
KGTV's Dallas affiliate tried to get a response from Esquitin but no one answered his door.
Esquitin later told 10News by phone that his accusers are deadbeats and sociopaths. He said that if he threatened them, they must have threatened him first.
Despite complaints, Esquitin is still on eBay.
The company said it assumes no responsibility for any encounters outside its Web site.
"I think I'll use eBay again, but I'll hesitate," Tina Schimke said.
And, Burleson and her daughter said they will tread more carefully after their experience with the alleged eBay bully.
"We were terrorized. He terrorized us. If he wanted to terrorize us, it worked," Burleson said.
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The biggest miscarriage of justice is here
These women and the Schimkes filed police reports but got no results.
And you know there are ALOT more victims out there.
ebay has, as usual, not behaved the way they should have
The company said it assumes no responsibility for any encounters outside its Web site.
Sorry, that sh!t doesn't hold water.
ETA and gee, his feedback is private-wonder why?
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...ldschoolriderz
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...=coolcatcycles this one is NARU
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...d=coolcatbiker
The problem I have is that he has a HISTORY of this.
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Interesting concept.
Let's imagine it as if it were threats through snail mail...
Now I know the post office service has inspectors that handle certain investigations, but do they do threat mail investigations, or does some law enforcement agency handle them? If the POI does the investigation do they have powers of arrest or do they have to turn that responsibility over to the DA's office or the police for enforcement actions when their investigation of an incident is done?
I don't know the answers to those questions, but perhaps the answers may be indicative of how ebay should handle it, after all ebay is the principal courier of the message.
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This seller was suspended by eBay under his coolcatcycles selling ID but he has at least SIX active selling accounts under other userids. (probably more than 6) I thought it was against the rules to create another ID on eBay if you were NARU?
He made his feedback private for all of his active accounts except one and that one he's desperately trying to keep clean by using the mutual withdraw feedback option. Gee, I wonder what he said to get those unhappy buyers to withdraw their negative remarks?
His eBay comments to others tell you everything you need to know about this seller and Googling on his other ID's tell you more than you want to know.
IMO, this guy and his wife are bad news.
Here's an email they sent to someone who purchased a vase on one of their websites: http://www.livejournal.com/users/njlirpy/7446.html
Blanche
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Originally Posted by bhearsch
Here's an email they sent to someone who purchased a vase on one of their websites: http://www.livejournal.com/users/njlirpy/7446.html