Is This Too Good To Be True?

TheRainman

If anyone else contacts the buyers on ebay through the scammers feedback if they post up who they have contacted, this will prevent us contacting them on numerous ocassions and also ensure that everyone has been informed. :T

natalie1974

TheRainman wrote: »

I have just messaged cheekylittlemonkeys12, monster_munch2005, monteserin-2008, charliebarritt, eileenc64. Advising them to log onto this forum to see this thread and also to contact the sellers local police station ASAP, will message another 5 tomorrow night, daily limit exceeded.

I had already emailed monster_munch and I am charliebarritt so those 2 are covered

curly.lulu

on ebay I'm lilac0505 so i won't need contacting. I will also message some more tomorrow.

pilchardandpizza

nuttynoo26 wrote: »

Hi, I have emailed the police on the 11th and got the following response on the 12th:
Hi Natalie,

Thank you for your e-mail, I have forwarded it to Crime Management Unit who will be looking into it.

Shamim Ahmed
Secretariat
Hillingdon Police

Phone 0208 246 1479 (Met 41479)

Do you think I should call them for a reference number?
I also emailed paypal about my claim and explained the full situation and got this response:
Dear Natalie Stevens,

Thank you for contacting PayPal in relation to your complaint with your case.

Ms. Stevens, I understand that you would like to have a refund for this
transaction.

Upon reviewing your account I can see that this case is just waiting for
the sellers’ response. Please be advised that if the seller will not
respond in a given period of tome (10 days) this case will be decided in
your favour and the funds will be credited to your PayPal account.

For the meantime I have logged your email to this case as a reference. You
will be notified once we have an update.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Joan
Resolution Services Department
PayPal, an eBay Company

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I did only pay £99 for my buggy but there seems to be hope for some of us

Your all doing such good work with this, I have not pm'd you cos I am rubbish at figuring all this out.

Natalie

Someone will be ringing you from the Ruislip crime management unit soon! We all got emailed then a phone call to ask you questions.

carla24

Hi there

Im not sure how to PM you happymummy but I have just emailed the police from the link on here and within seconds I got a reply

Hi Carla,

Thank you for your e-mail, I have forwarded it to Crime Management Unit for their necessary action.

Hi Val,
For your necessary action please. Thank you

Shamim Ahmed
Secretariat
Hillingdon Police

Phone 0208 246 1479 (Met 41479)

"Not Protectively Marked"

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Original Message

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Sent: 15 October 2008 11:34

To: XH - Enquiries

Subject: Discount Buggies Scam

Hi

I am another unfortunate who has been scammed by Discount Buggies.

I am on the Money Saving Expert Forums and the thread on there regarding this is advising everyone to email you.

I paid £100 through Ebay on 9th September 2008, I then had an email from Ebay saying they had removed the listing as it breeched one of their terms and conditions.

I then contacted Discount Buggies by email and they said they would still honour my purchase.

On Monday 6th October I emailed them again as I still hadnt received it and I had an email from Emmanuil saying it would be delivered on Weds 8th between 3 & 5pm, it didnt arrive. Since then I have emailed them several times and had no reply, thats when I started doing some research and found it was a scam.

I have contacted Paypal about a refund, and im still waiting to hear from them.

I still have all the emails I have sent Discount Buggies and the 2 replies I had from them if you need them.

Thanks so much for all your help on here guys, lets just hope they catch this scumbag and we all get our money back!

We live and learn eh?

xxx

Lisa_Lou

I have email the police, had an email back to call them, have called them and left my number and the person who has took the case is going to call me back to get more details.

I too had a few emails go between me and discount buggies, I have kept all these just in case,

MonikaD

soolin wrote: »

I read it to mean that you only get the level of protection that showed on your individual auction when you bought. So if it was just showing £150, that is considered basic protection only and is not a guarantee of a full recovery of funds. However, if paypal do not come through then anyone who paid by a credit card, or some certain visa debit cards can then do a chargeback via the card company.

It is always best to wait until paypal finish their rumblings first though.

Thanks! I went to my bank today (Nationwide) to ask them about the charge back option (I paid with visa debit card). They told me that because I paid via paypal they are not able to charge back the funds I paid, I need to deal directly with Ebay and Paypal (

I emailed Met police yesterday and they called me within 2 hours! How efficient! Its a very good sign as it looks like they took this case very seriously!

MonikaD

I am not so familiar with Ebay as used it only 4 times. I would love to help you emailing people who left negative feedback but no idea how to find the link. I was trying to leave negative feedback myslef but I am not able any longer.

This is the message I get:
This Listing Is UnavailableThis listing (320302439819) has been removed or is no longer available.
If the listing was removed by eBay, consider it cancelled. Note: Listings that have ended more than 90 days ago will no longer appear on eBay.


Let me know how and I will do my best to help )

aaron772

MonikaD wrote: »

Thanks! I went to my bank today (Nationwide) to ask them about the charge back option (I paid with visa debit card). They told me that because I paid via paypal they are not able to charge back the funds I paid, I need to deal directly with Ebay and Paypal (

I emailed Met police yesterday and they called me within 2 hours! How efficient! Its a very good sign as it looks like they took this case very seriously!

call your bank and ask to speak to the fraud dept, you can charge the items back its not rel, that its been brought through ebay and paypal. I have done this a few times in the past were i have trusted sellers and its past the 40 day claim period with paypal and with no or little response from the seller the bank issued a chargeback took a few weeks but I got my monies back..


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Dont be too quick to judge

MonikaD

I have just received an email from Ebay about Paypal protection, see the link below:
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/buy/PurchaseProtection-outside