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    I had something similar happen near the beginning of the pandemic. I
    ordered what was supposed to be a 3M respirator--for chemical
    application, not for the virus--from an outfit that appeared to be
    in mainland China (a lot of these showed up on eBay about then, all
    trying to undercut each other by a couple cents). Anyway, the
    respirator never came, and from the start the seller had implored me
    to 'contact him, not eBay.' Every time I did, they gave a different
    tracking number, which appeared to originate at various places in N.
    America (I don't know if the numbers were hacked from the USPS, or
    were just random). A couple cycles of this and I contacted eBay to
    report a fraud; they refunded my money within a few days. Maybe your
    seller had 'connections?'<br>
    <br>
    Bob<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/9/2021 6:27 PM, Alan Seigrist
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>The bizarre thing is I believe the whole thing began with a
          mainland seller (who I purchased a small thing from) and they
          never delivered.  When they never delivered, I gave them a bad
          eBay rating.  That dishonest seller then asked that if I
          change my rating to good, they would refund my money.  That
          request made me angry, so I reported the conversation to eBay
          that a seller was holding my refund ransom to change their
          rating to good.  Well, why would I change the rating to good
          to get my money back? So in effect I would give them a good
          rating for not delivering what they promised.  Crazy.</div>
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        <div>Oh well, this is the internets.  Easy enough to just make a
          new account.</div>
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        <div>Cheers,</div>
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        <div>Alan</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:11
          AM Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="ltr">I don't know.  Possible, they refused to give
            me a reason.</div>
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at
              10:06 AM Bob Spidell <<a
                href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank"
                moz-do-not-send="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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              rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Alan,<br>
              <br>
              I believe you live in Hong Kong; could the recent actions
              by the CCP <br>
              have instigated this?<br>
              <br>
              Bob<br>
              <br>
              On 3/9/2021 5:59 PM, Alan Seigrist via Healeys wrote:<br>
              > All -<br>
              ><br>
              > Obviously I use ebay to purchase random parts here
              and there, Ebay <br>
              > just cancelled my account after 18 years for no
              reason.  I've <br>
              > contacted them, and they offer no explanation.
              Totally weird....<br>
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              > Anyone else have this issue?<br>
              ><br>
              > Cheers,<br>
              ><br>
              > Alan<br>
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