Who do I report ebay to?

forgotmyname

Sort code and account number, You can do wonderful things with that.

As Jeremy Clarkson found out some time back. When he printed his account number in the paper? i think?

He said it was safe you cannot do anything with it. He was wrong it seems.

soolin

forgotmyname wrote: »

Sort code and account number, You can do wonderful things with that.

As Jeremy Clarkson found out some time back. When he printed his account number in the paper? i think?

He said it was safe you cannot do anything with it. He was wrong it seems.

It is people misunderstanding that were wrong.

A direct debit was set up using the details and going to a charity. When the bank advised Clarkson about the debit he allowed it to go through as it was a charity but he then canelled it as he is able to do under the direct debit guarantee.

So for a seller to be conned by this they would need to have an account they never check, ignore all letters from their bank advising them that a direct debit has been set up, and not notice that payments have gone out. Even then they can claim the payments back.

Think about it logically, your sort code and bank account was on every cheque you ever wrote, all those party plan parties, all those private cheques you sent to ebay sellers before paypal- every single one of those was as capable of having this done as just using a bank transfer.

The buyer here is extremely unlikely to get teir money back, the banks warn when you send a personal transfer that you need to check the details as they cannot be recalled.

Crowqueen

Just because something can happen, doesn't mean it will.

Every time you cross the road, you take a risk - but that doesn't mean that every time you do it you fall under a bus.

Not giving out your bank details because of the Clarkson scam is like never crossing roads because of buses.

forgotmyname

Its not the only one...

But you can do other things with that data to annoy the account holder etc.

Cause them issues.

Invalidation

The simple fact is.
Ebay dont care. If they did, their entire site would be more userf friendly in attmpting to report things and getting info.
Their one concern is getting your money, nothing else matters to them

davmail

Invalidation wrote: »

The simple fact is.
Ebay dont care. If they did, their entire site would be more userf friendly in attmpting to report things and getting info.
Their one concern is getting your money, nothing else matters to them

How true this is,I found out the hard way,and by a real nasty buyer.

AVOID E-bay and Paypal if you are a seller,find some other way of selling your stuff,local papers etc.