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  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,419 Ambassador
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    mo-money wrote: »
    Yes i did and im an idiot i no, so am i not going to get this back?
    :o :mad: :(

    Not unless for any strange reason the seller still has funds in their account.
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  • justjohn
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    edited 23 November 2009 at 8:52PM
    mo-money wrote: »
    I paid via a solo debit card, in the invoice i made them type the ebay item number i was buying and paid via goods not gift if thats any help? Should i contact the bank can they do anything?


    Unsure what protection you have this is fraud and you have paid for goods you have not recieved. Contact debit card company transaction is between you and paypal not you and seller.

    Paypal is the reciever of funds and not the seller. thats the way Visa card company's see it.

    unsure what protection you have on debit cards
  • mo-money_2
    mo-money_2 Posts: 22 Forumite
    I just tried emailing the emails on that website and it keeps failing argghh
  • justjohn
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    soolin wrote: »
    Paypal protection is 100% on ebay, however in this instance it was not an ebay transaction so OP has only limited protection and will only get a paypal refund if the seller has money in their account. If seller has cleared out their account then paypal will just find for the buyer but not recover any funds at all.

    Basically write your money off, you have fallen for a very obvious scam and I doubt whether you will be able to trace this money at all or even get the police interested.

    Also you do need to take some basic precautions when buying from an unknown source, the ID you quote is from a zero feedback seller who had opened an account in 2005 and never used it. Sorry to be harsh but did you not think that even the slightest bit odd?

    carp its not 100% protection if they can get out of it they do.
  • mo-money_2
    mo-money_2 Posts: 22 Forumite
    calling the bank now...
  • soolin
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    justjohn wrote: »
    carp its not 100% protection if they can get out of it they do.

    Not if you know the rules and quote them at paypal.
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  • mo-money_2
    mo-money_2 Posts: 22 Forumite
    Natwest cant do anything they just gave me paypals number ARGHHH
  • danlojo
    danlojo Posts: 564 Forumite
    Get down the local plod shop tomorrow, it is fraud! :mad:
    Life is a rollercoaster.....ya just gotta ride it:whistle:
  • clb776
    clb776 Posts: 647 Forumite
    justjohn wrote: »

    unsure what protection you have on debit cards

    is the same protection i thinks its just different cos u lose the money straight away whereas if u pay by credit card it isnt really your money, so its better for u to pay by credit card so u dont really lose out...i used to work at a bank and was told this
  • mo-money_2
    mo-money_2 Posts: 22 Forumite
    This is ridicuolous
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