Scammed by Ebay and Paypal

RFW

Ellejmorgan wrote: »

It's because of the distance and amount of time it takes to get there, it's been said on ebays community section to take caution,
Remember doesn't have to show as sent in event of claim it has to show as delivered..
The buyers will often open a claim after a week because of the distance, not good for a newbie seller

Also well known that italy's postal service do not often obtain signatures, a sig is required claims over £100 and under has to show as delivered...

I find Australia post takes much the same time as to the USA, Australian customers are usually the most well mannered and patient of all Ebayers, not to mention good spenders:D

Again if you're sending low value items to Italy there's no need for a signature and for higher value items a courier would probably be a better deal than Royal Mail.

J_J_Carter

No more posts from OP? Must have been a troll or a 'drive by' noob.

soolin

J_J_Carter wrote: »

No more posts from OP? Must have been a troll or a 'drive by' noob.

It is a shame when people post and run and I do get concerned when regulars spend a lot of,time trying to help and it is wasted.

Unfortunately it happens a lot and I think it has an impact on newbies when they post as after a while regulars stop spending too much time doing the leg work in case OP never returns.

theonlywayisup

J_J_Carter wrote: »

No more posts from OP? Must have been a troll or a 'drive by' noob.

soolin wrote: »

It is a shame when people post and run and I do get concerned when regulars spend a lot of,time trying to help and it is wasted.

Unfortunately it happens a lot and I think it has an impact on newbies when they post as after a while regulars stop spending too much time doing the leg work in case OP never returns.

I always wonder with posts that have a 'copy and paste' appearance.

soolin

theonlywayisup wrote: »

I always wonder with posts that have a 'copy and paste' appearance.

Our board luckily isn't oo bad, but on some other boards the regulars go out on a limb to give quite detailed responses- only to never see the OP return again. I think it such a shame as it will impact genuine people who have a problem as the regulars just won't keep on spending that much time and effort.

Ellejmorgan

RFW wrote: »

Correction again: "If he doesn't pay they MAY take him to court", there's a big difference, there are very few examples of Paypal taking anyone to court in similar circumstances and in some cases the seller may indeed be able to win their case. I'd suggest if it was under £100 it was unlikely, over £1000 likely, in between , who knows, seek legal advice to make sure.


It can't affect credit without going to court, and being found against, if it did it would be contravening several laws. A letter from a debt company, no matter what they say or suggest cannot affect credit rating, it is no different to Joe bloggs sending a letter asking for a debt to be paid. Saying otherwise on a site like this is quite dangerous and plays into the hands of the more unscrupulous debt collection companies who want everyone to think that way. If you don't know much about this, try not to advise on it.

I mentioned parcels as the only usefulness for sending anything recorded is for a letter that you may need proof someone has seen. I'm sure someone else will point out the uselessness of recorded delivery as far as claims, etc goes. As I understand it is no longer a valid method of proving delivery and a claim can be made with RM with just proof of postage for low value items.
The latter sentence is indeed quite accurate, the higher the value of the item and the more sought after the more likely there will be someone around to rip you off, on Ebay or anywhere else for that matter. higher value items should be sent by Special Delivery or a courier with online tracking.

If he was to go for credit with any other company that are in affiliated with ebay they will know of this debt, therefore his credit will be affected..
Credit can be affected without going to court...

They can also just reach into his bank account if he has any cards on file which are still active, he has already given consent when he signed up as a seller...

If a seller makes a claim for a small value item in some cases receipts have to be provided to show the purchase price and he could end up receiving a book of stamps instead of the worth of the item..

RFW

Ellejmorgan wrote: »

If he was to go for credit with any other company that are in affiliated with ebay they will know of this debt, therefore his credit will be affected..
Credit can be affected without going to court...

Only if you have a consumer credit agreement, there isn't one with Paypal/Ebay.

RFW

Ellejmorgan wrote: »

If he was to go for credit with any other company that are in affiliated with ebay they will know of this debt, therefore his credit will be affected..

So, in a nutshell, he couldn't open another Ebay or Paypal account, any other passing of information to other companies that could affect credit rating without a credit agreement or court backing is illegal.

Blackjack_Davy

J_J_Carter wrote: »

No more posts from OP? Must have been a troll or a 'drive by' noob.

I honestly think that people post stuff like this expecting sympathy and when they don't get it they leave under a cloud... probably go to some juvenile forum and go off on a rant about "evil" eBay and PayPal and how no-one should ever sell there, period. Forums like this that are actually populated by adults are quite rare I find. Not talking about eBay/PayPal specifically, but in general.

theonlywayisup

Blackjack_Davy wrote: »

I honestly think that people post stuff like this expecting sympathy and when they don't get it they leave under a cloud... probably go to some juvenile forum and go off on a rant about "evil" eBay and PayPal and how no-one should ever sell there, period. Forums like this that are actually populated by adults are quite rare I find. Not talking about eBay/PayPal specifically, but in general.

Or they are as incompetent at reading the replies as they are at reading the rules on whatever platform they use to part with their cash?