What do to when an ebay seller tries to scam you?

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I recently bought a near mint 1st edition raikou from revelations. Upon arriving, I found a sneaky crease, one of those ones that when you know where to look for, you can see it in the original pictures, but otherwise you wouldn’t notice. The seller has a bit of feedback, all positive, with selling pokemon cards and it was described as nm which it would have been if not for the crease so I trusted it. So I open the return case, because I just want to return it and get my refund, not interested in creased cards, but the seller said I didnt provide sufficent proof, which is bs because you can clearly see the crease. I know I will get reimbursed, but will ebay take the $180 bullet? Is the seller unaware I will get refunded regardless even if they deny the return or are the knowingly trying to scam ebay? I dont want to take the card, ive returned cards to disgruntled and misleading sellers before that fought the return, but this seems really unpleasant if this seller gets the card back and scams ebay of 180 bucks.

Sorry for the wall of text, just wondering what your guys’ thoughts are on this.

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Here is one of the pictures of the listing and then one of the several pictures I sent for context

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@hypernova put together a really good guide on how to handle ebay problems with sellers, suggest you read his post:
www.elitefourum.com/t/common-scams-on-ebay-and-how-to-fight-back/27939/1

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I think your photos show clearly that the seller could clearly see the issue but did not identify it and posted a blurry photo that would hide it from the buyer. Ebay will not lose money, they will just make the seller refund you for selling an item not as described

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They will force seller to take return, and take funds out of sellers account to refund you if seller doesn’t do it himself.

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Thanks guys. I was mainly considered if he’d get away with scamming ebay. Really annoying when a seller tries so hard to screw you, but theyll get well earned negative feedback.

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