Paypal Are Rubbish

burbs_2

I won an item a while back, i paid straight away via paypal and then the next day got an email off ebay saying this seller was fraudulent and please do not pay him, brilliant!!!

I filed a complaint with Paypal and today they have closed the case in my favour but they cannot take funds from the sellers account as he has withdrawn them all!!! They will however limit his account from now on. what use is that to me?

Unfortunatly for the seller i have his address and will be dropping by too see him. he has my money so therefore i will be receiving my goods one way or the other.

I hate t##ts

lyniced

How much money was it? I know you feel miffed (and I would be too, believe me) but is it worth going to see him. He could be a right thug, and don't forget he knows your address as well. Is it really worth it? Be careful.

burbs_2

it was £390. I dont really see how paypal can just say there is nothing they can do about it. the t##t even added on fees for paying by paypal!!

This is the second time that i have been took for a mug in the past 2 weeks and im starting too get annoyed now.

Probably going to see him with a few mates is not the most sensible thing to do but i really hate the fact that people seem to think they can just do this, take your money and then just vanish. Then ebay and paypal say there is nothing they can do except disable their accounts. If they cannot police their services properly then they should not be operating.

He will probably be planning to go out this weekend with my money, he had better think again.

lyniced

£390 is a lot of money. If its consolation I bought a piano a year ago from a second-hand piano dealer, who assured me that his men had spent hours and hours working on it and he thought he was almost 'giving it away' (£1300!!) to me. We have had no end of problems with it, and a recent tuner said all the string were so rusty he's not suprised we are having probs. The guy who sold it to me said 'that when it left his establishment it was in perfect working order' - yeah right! Anyway, he won't even consider taking it back or refunding us. So now I'm left with a naff piano, that works when it feels like it, and £1300 worse off. Some people have no heart. By the way, if you see a piano, with rusty strings go up for aution on Ebay - don't buy it! Just joking!

Nostromo

If you have a few mates to back you up then go for it mate.Its the only way you will get either your goods or your money back.

burbs_2

result...

I emailed this seller a few days back when i realised that i had basically been ripped off. I sent him a noice email that was not in anyway a threat but got my message across. I stated that i was disappointed that i was not going to receive my goods and i was going too have to pop round and see him to see whether there was an arrangement that we could come too over this small misunderstanding.

The response i got was one of expected abuse. Therefore today i emailed him back and in the email i forwarded a link too 1 of my business websites for him too look at. I run a security service as well as a car dealership. The security service that i run offers doormen to various clubs and bars throughout Birmingham and the West. I linked him to the about us page so as he was able too see that myself and my business partner were the owners of the said company.

As the person lives in Birmingham i gave him until tonight to respond too me else i would have to send my workmates over too recoup my money. He emailed me 33 mins later to tell me that he was unable to refund the money via paypal as his account was inactive, he could not send the goods as they do not exist and that he wants to refund my money and was there any other way he can do this. I have now told him that the only way i will accept payment is via a postal order sent to my business address, this way he has to pay extra charges and it teaches him a lesson.

If only paypal could police their services properly then we would have none of this to worry about.

Hintza

Good on you burbs...


Now I have over 30 NPB's can we come to some arrangement....lol

burbs_2

not allowed too advertise on here but i would definatly consider branching my security business out into debt collection solely for the jokers off ebay. I am fed up with people either bidding then not paying or actually taking our money, robbing us and then just getting away with it.

So they have their accounts suspended and they register under a new name, so they cant use paypal for a week, so what? If i was to rob someones handbag in the street which contained £390 i would be up before a judge, if i did it through Ebay and Paypal i would be suspended for a month. It really annoys me and from now on there will be no complaints filed too Ebay or Paypal by me, i will be dealing with it in my own way.

I have already had PMs from the do gooder brigade, dont bother telling me that i am not allowed to recoup my money because i am and i will.

culpepper

good on ya burbs.
Hope the postal order turns up though and is not just an excuse for him to dissapear with your dosh where you cant find him.
I would have been inclined to tell the police as he is a fraudster but then I dont have a pose of big blokies to back me up

JPS

burbs wrote:

result...

I emailed this seller a few days back when i realised that i had basically been ripped off. I sent him a noice email that was not in anyway a threat but got my message across. I stated that i was disappointed that i was not going to receive my goods and i was going too have to pop round and see him to see whether there was an arrangement that we could come too over this small misunderstanding.

The response i got was one of expected abuse. Therefore today i emailed him back and in the email i forwarded a link too 1 of my business websites for him too look at. I run a security service as well as a car dealership. The security service that i run offers doormen to various clubs and bars throughout Birmingham and the West. I linked him to the about us page so as he was able too see that myself and my business partner were the owners of the said company.

As the person lives in Birmingham i gave him until tonight to respond too me else i would have to send my workmates over too recoup my money. He emailed me 33 mins later to tell me that he was unable to refund the money via paypal as his account was inactive, he could not send the goods as they do not exist and that he wants to refund my money and was there any other way he can do this. I have now told him that the only way i will accept payment is via a postal order sent to my business address, this way he has to pay extra charges and it teaches him a lesson.

If only paypal could police their services properly then we would have none of this to worry about.

I am lovin that burbs! Of course it is only fair that you can try and get your money back. How dare this person think they can just take if off you and be done with it. I bet your e-mail to them scared the c**p out of them!! I hope it did!

Have you got your money back yet? I fully support you. If Paypal or eBay wont do anything, and the police wont exactly put it at the top of their list of things to do, then who else will get your money back for you? I guess sometimes you need to take the law into your own hands - as long as you know what you are doing!

Cactus_Jack

It really disturbs me to read how useless Paypal and eBay can be when it comes to getting ripped off. They're raking money in on every single transaction and not putting back into the system by spending some of their profits on making buyers safer.

How about using your idea and setting up a website burbs to hire them out to other ppl that've been conned lol, you can take a fee and be as big as eBay