Just got off the phone with ebay, essentially the only way I can get anything at all is if I mail him back the whole thing. I explained the entire situation to them, they transferred me to another department, I explained it again and they told me that if I'm not returning it for a full refund and since I can't work anything out with the seller, there is absolutely nothing they can do for me. Clearly I'm not going to return it to the seller, and I told them about what he's pulling and that he has done this before and all they said was "well we are going to watch him in the future, he has the case against him showing that he lost" so basically he is free to do it again and has no visible mark on his account saying that he is doing what he is doing. Whether I ship it back to him or I keep it, he wins. He wants me to ship it back so I'll disappoint him on that front, but he has still made money off it and wont be punished in any way.
I kept all the terms simple when talking to ebay, saying he bought a replica item and a real one and sold both at the real price without adequate information in the description and they said nothing to be of any help. They continually said that the only way they can help me is by returning the full item, other than that they have no power to do anything else. I had bought a relatively cheap and complete 2 cell too upon recommendations from another user, so I have a complete graflex for the total price they are now going for, but I'm still extremely disappointed with ebay. I understand their rationale and everything, but to offer me no other help, and no reprimand to the seller is not the way to run their business. Its almost like the people I spoke to had no power or information in their possesion. All they asked for was my name, didn't need to spell it or anything and they continued. The automated prompts had referenced my phone number and asked for a zip code, and it told me that they didn't have enough information but will continue anyway.
