Never spend more than you are prepared to lose.

 

Use an escrow company. If you do a search, this has been covered before and there will be information there about it.

 

Your CC also offers you fraud protection by means of the ability to charge back the transaction to the merchant thru the issuing bank. Merchants HATE it when you chargeback because they have to pay back the transaction amount plus an average of 15% chargeback fee to the issuing bank. All my online auction and paypal payments I use my CC just because if things aren't the way I like it then I still have the option to do a chargeback.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by josh3io
[B]Your CC also offers you fraud protection by means of the ability to charge back the transaction to the merchant thru the issuing bank.

 

If they try to rip you off, give me their adress and phone number and I'll deal with them .

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by josh3io
[B]Your CC also offers you fraud protection by means of the ability to charge back the transaction to the merchant thru the issuing bank.

 

This is a good topic...I have a guy right now who wants to trade my S2K CD player for a brand new Panasonic CD player...he claims to be honest. Sofar has given me his adress, phone number and even his local police department number....We just contacted each other thru emails...this is outside the use of EBay...How can I protect myself??

BTW he wasnts me to ship to him first..

 

No, it should read "Who has been ripped off by an EBay seller"

 

I agree 100%.

Hey! I got my logo for S2KCA!

 

I've been burned through ebay before... basically, I always use a credit card,
either through paypal or by some direct payment the seller has. If something
goes wrong, have the CC company deal with it.

Sorry to hear about getting burned on front lip though.... I would still go through
the ebay buyer protection plan.... yes, it's a pain in the ass, but if you can get
something back, it'll be worth it.