ebay user cwheel5940 with 12 positive feedback wond the auction, submitted payment, and then shortly the payment was disputed as unauthorized.
the buyer submitted the following bitcoin address for delivery:
1FVem29X3ugDfbLFuwj77phW16t3ndaPvm
From Ebay:Buyer: Chris A. Wheeler
cwheel5940 (
cwheel5940@aol.com) [contact buyer]
Buyer's shipping address:
Chris A. Wheeler
118 Westminster Rd
West Seneca, NY 14224-1926 United States
The paypal account used for payment (giant red flag that the email address doesn't match):(Likely this is a hacked paypal account, so nothing against the owner)An unauthorized account activity claim was recently filed against the
following transaction.
Buyer's name: Michelle Rosmanitz
Buyer's email:
arosmanitz@shaw.caTransaction ID: 96722664VS0701306
Transaction date: Jun 7, 2011
Transaction amount: $265.00 USD
*edited to add:here is the ebay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230629836243Just got off the phone w/ eBay, their online dispute process isn't setup to handle this situation. They were entirely uninterested in taking any kind of report or complaint re the fraud and wanted me to just "request" to cancel the auction. That is I submit a request and the buyer has 7 days to accept/reject, etc.
I really only listed those few bitcoins on eBay as kindof a test when prices had just started to go up. I won't be doing it again as eBay's dispute processes take far too long. If I was going to do it in the future I think I would just sell an actual bitcoin wallet stored on cd containing the BTC for sale. It would then be subject to normal "seller protection", tracking numbers, signature on delivery, etc. Sellers are generally protected when shipping to a verified address, and are immune from chargebacks if all the "rules" are followed.