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How do I get out of this Ebay scam?

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  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    HopePray wrote: »
    Thats good news.
    Agree about the harshness too.

    what,accusing the innocent buyer of being a scammer from the off?
  • Oliver14
    Oliver14 Posts: 5,878 Forumite
    Wellworthit wrote: »
    From now on I will never send abroad and have changed my settings, thanks to Soolin for that.
    Sending abroad is no more risk than sending to the UK if you do basic things to cover yourself (which you didn't). You just need to the same things you would do to protect yourself in a UK sale.

    Also I suggest you read the Paypal seller protection which will help you. Also accusing your buyers of being scammers is not a good business model
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  • 19lottie82
    19lottie82 Posts: 6,032 Forumite
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    i made the mistake of falling for a similar scam a few years ago.....

    foreign buyer, paid over the odds for the phone and postage, i sent it to a country where tracking wasn't avaliable. buyer claimed he hadn't received it, paypal refunded them the cash. :(
  • soolin
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    19lottie82 wrote: »
    i made the mistake of falling for a similar scam a few years ago.....

    foreign buyer, paid over the odds for the phone and postage, i sent it to a country where tracking wasn't avaliable. buyer claimed he hadn't received it, paypal refunded them the cash. :(

    I think you must be on the wrong thread, there is no scam here.
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  • custardy
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    soolin wrote: »
    I think you must be on the wrong thread, there is no scam here.

    or in their own case
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