Wilt Chamberlain 1999 UD Century Sig - eBay Chargeback Scam Artee Wang

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Hello All,

We wanted to post this in hopes of helping the community and blocking this buyer on eBay. Selling on eBay for over 20 years, we have never had such an incident. Now that eBay has finally concluded with the case, we will do a quick overview of what transpired between the buyer Apstudio813, for the Wilt Chamberlain 1999 UD Century Signature Card.

The buyer submitted an offer which we accepted, and then messaged us requesting to refund the shipping charges. We did speak with eBay about this and they said we do not have to since the offer includes whatever shipping costs are listed. However, we still wanted to make the buyer happy on such a high end order, so we did end up refunding the shipping costs.

The buyer made some comments about waiting for their buyer to pay them (since payment was not made until the next day). After the payment was made they also commented about PayPal double charging them. Again, this is something as both a buyer and seller have never heard of happening. They then say it must be a “bug” and to ship the card ASAP so they can get it to their client.

The card was sent to eBay’s authentication program and cleared without issue. The buyer received the card on Dec 16, 2024 (Lebanon, NH 03766). Over 3 weeks after receiving the card a case was opened for “double payment”. This of course is something as a seller we have no control over, so several calls to eBay were made, saying this was done with the buyers bank. eBay confirmed that they only saw one charge – and we certainly were not paid twice. Due to this card going through the authentication program, eBay said we would be protected. Finally this week, eBay closed the case, noting the bank sided with the buyer (which is astonishing as the buyer will now get both the card and a full refund @ $14,000!).

We have no idea if this buyer has done this with others. They have positive feedback on their account, but nothing in the last year. If anyone has additional information about this individual please share it here, so we can protect other members of the community. Here are the timeline and eBay user info:


Dec 6, 2024 - Offer Accepted
Dec 7, 2024 - Paid
Dec 9, 2024 - Shipped to eBay authentication
Dec 12, 2024 - Authenticated by eBay
Dec 16, 2024 - Delivered (Lebanon, NH 03766)
Jan 7, 2025 - Payment Dispute Filed

Ebayer user ID: Apstudio813
Buyer name: Artee Wang