How to beat the credit crunch and get free goods!
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So, you fancy a free laptop, iPod or decks? Here's how you do it.
1) Bid for the item of your choosing on eBay.
2) Win the auction.
3) Pay via Paypal.
4) Await delivery of goods.
5) Take delivery of goods.
6) Claim you didn't receive goods and use Paypal's Chargeback facility.
7) If you had to sign something as proof of delivery, claim that the package contained an old brick.
Why this works?
1) Paypal usually sides with the purchaser.
2) Royal Mail's delivery system doesn't check the contents but merely the delivery of the package.
3) It is a "civil matter" so the police don't care.
4) You can't leave negative feedback any more.
This is, of course, a piss-take with a serious underlying message.
1) Bid for the item of your choosing on eBay.
2) Win the auction.
3) Pay via Paypal.
4) Await delivery of goods.
5) Take delivery of goods.
6) Claim you didn't receive goods and use Paypal's Chargeback facility.
7) If you had to sign something as proof of delivery, claim that the package contained an old brick.
Why this works?
1) Paypal usually sides with the purchaser.
2) Royal Mail's delivery system doesn't check the contents but merely the delivery of the package.
3) It is a "civil matter" so the police don't care.
4) You can't leave negative feedback any more.
This is, of course, a piss-take with a serious underlying message.
Edited by shadowninja on Monday 10th November 14:55
_Batty_ said:
++++++++++++++++awesome poster, would read again 
I was considering posting it as a "spoof" email to people who'd forward it to their email list. When it hits Snopes, eBay really get a kick in the nuts for mistreating their customers.
Edited by shadowninja on Monday 10th November 15:04
Good luck.
ds are trading on ebay now, i bought a generator less than a months ago, used it for the first (and only) time and its knackered, ebay arent interested, paypal ask you to send the item back at your cost, so you lose permanently.Not quite as bad, but I sold a game for £20, and exactly this has happened to me, by a guy with 9 feedback. I got charged ebay listing fees, paypal fees, ebay final price fee's, and paypal fee for witholding my money whilst they make the decision on who gets the money/game.
They just said he is victorious and have awarded him the money, he still hasn't returned the game.
They just said he is victorious and have awarded him the money, he still hasn't returned the game.
I believe PayPal are FSA regulated now, so it would make sense to draft a letter of complaint. When I worked for a finance company we took complaints from the FSA very seriously and would pretty much bend over backwards to sort it out. (Mostly because the FSA would bend you the other way if you didn't)
f**king hate that company, listed a laptop on ebay, it auto-filled the listing for me about the specs. laptop was sold and i received £18 for postage to send it to ireland. The postage was actually £22, so i was down already.
buyer got the laptop and emailed me to say it was not a core2 but a celeron, but it stated in the advert it was a celeron and one field that ebay completed stated core2. he wanted a refund. so i said fine, give me your email and i send the funds back as i have already withdrawn the money. he failed to get back to me on 3 messages, so i sent it to the email address i was told about. money was unclaimed and paypal have just given him all the money back, PLUS the postage of £18, luckilly i got the laptop back, but i'm down £40 and they say that the buyer was in the right, he could have even claimed for the money to return it back to me!
never again will i accept paypal!
buyer got the laptop and emailed me to say it was not a core2 but a celeron, but it stated in the advert it was a celeron and one field that ebay completed stated core2. he wanted a refund. so i said fine, give me your email and i send the funds back as i have already withdrawn the money. he failed to get back to me on 3 messages, so i sent it to the email address i was told about. money was unclaimed and paypal have just given him all the money back, PLUS the postage of £18, luckilly i got the laptop back, but i'm down £40 and they say that the buyer was in the right, he could have even claimed for the money to return it back to me!
never again will i accept paypal!
Badgerboy said:
I believe PayPal are FSA regulated now, so it would make sense to draft a letter of complaint. When I worked for a finance company we took complaints from the FSA very seriously and would pretty much bend over backwards to sort it out. (Mostly because the FSA would bend you the other way if you didn't)
Potentially good news, then?
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