eBay Buyer Made Poor Decision on Chanel No. 22

A few days ago I saw an eBay listing by seller aiwi-53  (Jim Wilen?) for a huge bottle of Chanel No. 22 with no packaging listed with no reserve.  Seller's photos revealed about 1/3 of the bottle gone.  Looking at the bottle's straw, it was obvious the bottle had never been sprayed (unless something else really weird happened to it), so logically speaking, one would have to conclude that perfume evaporated.  How long would it take a 200ml bottle to evaporate that much fragrance?  It would have had to be stored in a very hot location and maybe in direct light.

Anyway, neophyte(?) buyer alyfestylenotforsale bought it, and for reasons I am not clear, ended up paying the seller outside eBay.  Apparently seller did not ship it?  I am unclear as to exactly what happened, but buyer posted this listing with details.  Let this be an object lesson to everyone.  KNOW what you are buying.  Do not pay outside of eBay if you do not know the seller from Adam.  Even if you know the seller, paying outside of eBay means you have no protection in case of any problems.  

I can see buyer's reasoning in posting this listing, but buyer has not thought this through very well again.  eBay is likely to suspend both seller and buyer for breaking eBay policy/rules. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29644...#Ad

Buyer states in the warning listing:  

aiwi-53 Jim Wilen is a Scammer, the auction ended for the N22 EDT partial on the 18th & later the payment was finalized privately due to shipping complications. Please do not Bid on the Re-Listed Listing, for you own safety! Thank You, help protect the fragrance community.

A lot of bad decisions here ... but I bet someone learns their lesson today.

When I was young (and innocent) and when LV bags were not as expensive as they are today, I bought a LV bag on Ebay for a supposed good price. The seller created a whole story of their job at a LV factory in Italy  (BS at its finest) bla bla bla... The bag was of course totally fake... Since then I don't buy on Ebay.

^^^ I have had a couple of really bad experiences on eBay (one was totally PayPal's fault), so now I am extra cautious.  I hope you had your money back on the LV handbag.

You know, it just occurred to me that that bottle of No. 22 might have been a factice.  That may explain the bubbles in the straw yet a third of the liquid missing.

The Dr. Pepper flavored Peeps in the second photo are the biggest red flag for me 🤣

Hi Oriane,

I just checked my bottles, and a few I really did spray were with bubbles in the straw. i guess this can happen. May be gravity + air getting into the nozzle can lead to bubble in the straw. That doesn't change this person being a scammer, but well, bubbles can happen in legit bottles too.

Your eyesight is better than mine.  I cannot make out what that is on the table.   🙄

Okay, I believe you, but I have never seen it happen.  All of my bottles after being sprayed had the air in the straw from the factory completely pushed through.