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I could no longer trust paypal after they debited from my account.
An unfounded dispute, raised by an unscrupulous buyer from ebay. Paypal saw fit to refund the money before I had a chance to respond. I proved the claim was fraudulent the same day, but it took six weeks for paypal to refund my money.
Never again.
An unfounded dispute, raised by an unscrupulous buyer from ebay. Paypal saw fit to refund the money before I had a chance to respond. I proved the claim was fraudulent the same day, but it took six weeks for paypal to refund my money.
Never again.
Paypal always sides the the buyer, its the easy option.
Ebay is becoming more like Amazon, just a handy place to buy from traders, terrible place to sell anything as an individual.
It was good in its day, individual people seem to buy and sell via facebook these days instead.
I called it a day when some knuckle head did not read the detailed description, moaned to ebay, who then made me pay to have the item sent back to me when there was nothing wrong with the item, and they gave him a full refund inc postage. I had over 500 positive feedbacks, not one negative, made no difference to ebay, they sided with the clown and did not even read the description themselves which confirmed I was correct.
Ebay is becoming more like Amazon, just a handy place to buy from traders, terrible place to sell anything as an individual.
It was good in its day, individual people seem to buy and sell via facebook these days instead.
I called it a day when some knuckle head did not read the detailed description, moaned to ebay, who then made me pay to have the item sent back to me when there was nothing wrong with the item, and they gave him a full refund inc postage. I had over 500 positive feedbacks, not one negative, made no difference to ebay, they sided with the clown and did not even read the description themselves which confirmed I was correct.
PAUL500 said:
Paypal always sides the the buyer, its the easy option.
Ebay is becoming more like Amazon, just a handy place to buy from traders, terrible place to sell anything as an individual.
It was good in its day, individual people seem to buy and sell via facebook these days instead.
I called it a day when some knuckle head did not read the detailed description, moaned to ebay, who then made me pay to have the item sent back to me when there was nothing wrong with the item, and they gave him a full refund inc postage. I had over 500 positive feedbacks, not one negative, made no difference to ebay, they sided with the clown and did not even read the description themselves which confirmed I was correct.
Yep, indeed they do! listed an iphone as spares or repairs then 3 days after the sale the buyer opens a case stating...'item faulty!' Ebay is becoming more like Amazon, just a handy place to buy from traders, terrible place to sell anything as an individual.
It was good in its day, individual people seem to buy and sell via facebook these days instead.
I called it a day when some knuckle head did not read the detailed description, moaned to ebay, who then made me pay to have the item sent back to me when there was nothing wrong with the item, and they gave him a full refund inc postage. I had over 500 positive feedbacks, not one negative, made no difference to ebay, they sided with the clown and did not even read the description themselves which confirmed I was correct.
Even though they could see the listing with the phone described correctly they sided with the buyer and refunded, thankfully I had removed my card details from my Paypal after withdrawing the funds, got emails/letters from ebay debt collectors hasing me for the full amount plus their fee, I sent them a very detailed and to the point email, they responded with ebay have informed us to close the case.
I keep meaning to de-link my payment cards to stop me buying so much s
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But I've noticed the scam buyers. I collect IBM Thinkpads, and upgraded my PC with second hand parts a few months ago, so bid on a fair bit of crappy old tech auctions. 3 in 5 times I get a second chance offer on something I've lost as the buyer turned out to be a fake. Which is annoying as usally I go "Ooooh, this must be worth more than I thought" and go find a reasonable BIN and just buy that to secure what I need. Missed out on 16gb of nice matched ram that way, I just went and bought an 8gb stick thinking there was hot demand for it.
tBut I've noticed the scam buyers. I collect IBM Thinkpads, and upgraded my PC with second hand parts a few months ago, so bid on a fair bit of crappy old tech auctions. 3 in 5 times I get a second chance offer on something I've lost as the buyer turned out to be a fake. Which is annoying as usally I go "Ooooh, this must be worth more than I thought" and go find a reasonable BIN and just buy that to secure what I need. Missed out on 16gb of nice matched ram that way, I just went and bought an 8gb stick thinking there was hot demand for it.
beko1987 said:
I keep meaning to de-link my payment cards to stop me buying so much st
But I've noticed the scam buyers. I collect IBM Thinkpads, and upgraded my PC with second hand parts a few months ago, so bid on a fair bit of crappy old tech auctions. 3 in 5 times I get a second chance offer on something I've lost as the buyer turned out to be a fake. Which is annoying as usally I go "Ooooh, this must be worth more than I thought" and go find a reasonable BIN and just buy that to secure what I need. Missed out on 16gb of nice matched ram that way, I just went and bought an 8gb stick thinking there was hot demand for it.
The number of fake bidders on vintage computers is getting stupid.tBut I've noticed the scam buyers. I collect IBM Thinkpads, and upgraded my PC with second hand parts a few months ago, so bid on a fair bit of crappy old tech auctions. 3 in 5 times I get a second chance offer on something I've lost as the buyer turned out to be a fake. Which is annoying as usally I go "Ooooh, this must be worth more than I thought" and go find a reasonable BIN and just buy that to secure what I need. Missed out on 16gb of nice matched ram that way, I just went and bought an 8gb stick thinking there was hot demand for it.
beko1987 said:
I keep meaning to de-link my payment cards to stop me buying so much st
But I've noticed the scam buyers. I collect IBM Thinkpads, and upgraded my PC with second hand parts a few months ago, so bid on a fair bit of crappy old tech auctions. 3 in 5 times I get a second chance offer on something I've lost as the buyer turned out to be a fake. Which is annoying as usally I go "Ooooh, this must be worth more than I thought" and go find a reasonable BIN and just buy that to secure what I need. Missed out on 16gb of nice matched ram that way, I just went and bought an 8gb stick thinking there was hot demand for it.
I've got a stack of old ThinkPads if you're interested (14 or so I think). Was gonna put them on Gumtree/Friday-Ad etc but would be happy to do a job lot to a fellow PHer.tBut I've noticed the scam buyers. I collect IBM Thinkpads, and upgraded my PC with second hand parts a few months ago, so bid on a fair bit of crappy old tech auctions. 3 in 5 times I get a second chance offer on something I've lost as the buyer turned out to be a fake. Which is annoying as usally I go "Ooooh, this must be worth more than I thought" and go find a reasonable BIN and just buy that to secure what I need. Missed out on 16gb of nice matched ram that way, I just went and bought an 8gb stick thinking there was hot demand for it.
To save my own bank balance I'm probably going to have to decline I'm afraid, although thank you for the kind offer and I'm regretting typing this as we speak, but I need to stop buying so much crap before I have to start saying I'm a hoarder rather than a 'collector'...
(unless it's silly cheap?)
(unless it's silly cheap?)
Another Scam, or at least very dodgy dealing that Ebay seems rife with right now is Japanese guys selling stuff they don't actually own. They basically find an item online from somewhere that doesn't havean ebay presence, copy/paste the ad into ebay and add a margin.
So here is the same item (a vintage Yamaha guitar with a damaged/repaired headstock) available at:
£760, plus shipping (mentions the broken headstock).
£873 with mention of "some scratches but otherwise no issue", despite the same picture of a broken headstock!.
£876
£753
And finally £896
All of these guys have loads of feedback despite some negative comments pointing out that items weren't available after being bought because they never actually had the thing in the first place. Ebay obviously don't care so long as they're getting their cut.
So here is the same item (a vintage Yamaha guitar with a damaged/repaired headstock) available at:
£760, plus shipping (mentions the broken headstock).
£873 with mention of "some scratches but otherwise no issue", despite the same picture of a broken headstock!.
£876
£753
And finally £896
All of these guys have loads of feedback despite some negative comments pointing out that items weren't available after being bought because they never actually had the thing in the first place. Ebay obviously don't care so long as they're getting their cut.
Saleen836 said:
Was watching 'Fake Britain' on tv other morning and ebay was mentioned regarding scams and the fake feedback that scammers are buying to make their fake accounts look genuine!
But if you have a fake fake, that by definition is genuine. Or is it a double fake? I'll try Angela Rippon or that tt Dom for an answer! Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff