Who has Got Ripped off From Ebay
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Originally posted by Tugz_S2K
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..
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..
dont be ignorant, NEVER, i repeat NEVER ship merchandise before payment!!
whoever is stupid enough to do that deserves to be ripped off.
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I got an email from the merchant today. Contrary to the details on his auction he doesn't accept CC. He does do PayPal though.
If I use my CC to pay through PayPal and he doesn't ship the goods does my CC company see this as a transaction with PayPal that was successfully transacted, or a transaction with the vendor that wasn't successfully transacted and can be credited back?
If I use my CC to pay through PayPal and he doesn't ship the goods does my CC company see this as a transaction with PayPal that was successfully transacted, or a transaction with the vendor that wasn't successfully transacted and can be credited back?
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The combination of Ebay and your credit card (if you used one) should cover it.
I had two incidences out of my 200+ purchases on ebay. One of them for $1400+, ebay covered. The other for $700 was a gonner. What I've learnt is to use a credit card to pay for stuff - even if through paypal. Never buy from anyone without a good history.
I had two incidences out of my 200+ purchases on ebay. One of them for $1400+, ebay covered. The other for $700 was a gonner. What I've learnt is to use a credit card to pay for stuff - even if through paypal. Never buy from anyone without a good history.
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Unfortunately PayPal seem to totally drop the bundle on anyone not within the US. Their protection policies are not international. Considering I'm in Australia and the seller is in Germany I doubt they'd even consider a complaint from me.
Nachtmeister is very kindly running some background checks on the seller. His rating looks pretty good on ebay. Maybe someone more experienced could have a look for me.
The auction is here.
Nachtmeister is very kindly running some background checks on the seller. His rating looks pretty good on ebay. Maybe someone more experienced could have a look for me.
The auction is here.
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Your best bet - is to ask him if he is willing to have your friend pick it up from him... If he backs off, you know it's fraudulent.
But his 69 record history looks ok. Also, check with the other buyers...
But his 69 record history looks ok. Also, check with the other buyers...
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