u/RoadFlippin

I didn't post the image because it's obviously NSFL ...

But I bought 400+ pictures in a sale on ebay. In it were a group of pictures of US soldiers in WW2 Europe. Regensburg, Germany... Cologne I think the writing says? Epitabat, France. Just a group of men hanging around, posing for the camera. All of these images have deckle edges.

There is another with the same deckle... Same aging/toning... A pile of bodies. Naked, very skinny. Piled high next to a building. Dozens, maybe hundreds. No writing on the back of this one.

I was NOT expecting to see a huge pile of bodies when I was flipping through Sarah's first grade photos from 1954....

I usually list cool old photos on eBay, but I have no idea what to do here. I obviously don't want to keep it.

Yesterday I had to make an emergency vet trip. Cat has been rapidly losing weight, wanted to make sure everything was ok. The vet feared cancer so wanted to do blood work and x rays. That, plus the medicine came $600.

(Not cancer yet, btw. More blood work needed).

Today, I got my eBay deposit for $320. Tomorrow $200 more is coming.

Because of flipping, I had the extra money to take care of my cat without worrying about bills. This is why I flip.

I went to a yard sale last weekend and this guy was selling a box of various military items. A canteen cover, some sort of replacement backpack harness and two large bags.

It looks like it may be military surplus stuff rather than actual gear worn/used by a soldier, but I can't be certain either way.

I got home and inspected the bags. One of them looks like a body bag,.. it's 7 feet long with three handles on each side. It is a thinner material - not heavy canvas - so I thought maybe it was something like a sleeping bag cover. But the general shape and the 6 handles are throwing me off. Gonna have to do more research before I list that one.

The second one is a shoulder/duffel bag. This one is a thicker canvas material with obvious signs of use. The problem is it has what looks like a social security number written on it in faded sharpie.

My initial thought was to return it to the guy who sold it - not for a refund or anything, just give it back... Surely he wouldn't have just sold it if he knew there was a social written on it. But I can't remember exactly where I bought it from, because I went to so many sales that day.

Donating it would be the same as selling it - giving the social security number to a random stranger for free.

It's a cool bag, and I don't want to scribble all over it with sharpie to block the numbers either.

I can't/don't want to keep it. So should I just throw it away or burn it?

What would you do?

I like to think I'm fairly knowledgeable about selling on eBay, but this is definitely a first. I've been selling since 2010 and I just got my first payment dispute. I guess that means I'm pretty lucky so far...

The buyer said they didn't recognize the charge. ($90 item)

I printed the shipping label straight from the order screen, packaged and shipped on time.

The tracking shows delivered, and that the item was picked up from the post office June 29 at 11:40am.

So I put the tracking number in the dispute, as well a screenshot from the USPS website showing the item was picked up.

Now it says the dispute will last 2 to 8 weeks until there's a resolution...

What's the usual outcome on these things? That's a long time for funds to be held...