Massive eBay Scam

RFW

sham63 wrote: »

I bought an item (£160) from an online retailer who went into liquidation. I didn't get anything back.

At least with Ebay you're likely to get all your money back.

Just in case you didn't know and for anyone else, if it's over £100 and you paid by credit card you can get your money back from your credit card company.

However much people knock Paypal it is pretty good for buyers who get caught either in a scam or someone going into liquidation or even with a seller who doesn't know the law.

sham63

I paid by debit card because they charged 2% for using a credit card - hard lesson learnt!

freddysmith

Talking about falling off a cliff, what a dramatic end.
Not the profile of a scammer I would have expected to see.
Maybe a risk/reward deal gone wrong for this seller.

peter_the_piper

sham63 wrote: »

I paid by debit card because they charged 2% for using a credit card - hard lesson learnt!

Visa Debit cards do a chargeback system, google it if it applies to you.

PHARR

How possibly can the seller get away with this? Surely his paypal / address is associated with the eBay account so they will come down hard on them?

Sorry i know very little but I'm curious to how they get away with this when i assumed eBay was all over this kind of scamming procedure?

Kind Regards,

originaladidas

freddysmith wrote: »

Talking about falling off a cliff, what a dramatic end.
Not the profile of a scammer I would have expected to see.
Maybe a risk/reward deal gone wrong for this seller.

Could be a shout that, I once went for punt (tho nothing like this scale)! and it left with two particularly sleepless nights! It all turned out fine in the end for me, but I think the lack of communication puts it firmly as "done one with the money".

A quick check over the sellers completed items, all within the last week or so, gave me a count of about 200 pairs! thats £5 - 6 grand! Because all the items sold so quickly because of pricing and economy delivered was offered as only posting method the first sign of a problem or posting of a negative only came after the pairs had sold.

I therefore dont ebay would have had a whiff of a problem, they will do over the next few days tho!

:eek:

RFW

Paddy_H wrote: »

How possibly can the seller get away with this? Surely his paypal / address is associated with the eBay account so they will come down hard on them?

Sorry i know very little but I'm curious to how they get away with this when i assumed eBay was all over this kind of scamming procedure?

I'd assume they can't find any problem out quick enough. Not that I'm planning on it but with my accounts and their several years good standing I'd probably get at least a fortnight of not sending before Ebay did anything.

I'm sure they'd like to find out sooner, as Ebay/Paypal are the ones who will lose out here, if all the buyers paid by Paypal they'll all get their money back.

There actually could be a few genuine reasons the seller has disappeared.

sham63

RFW wrote: »

There actually could be a few genuine reasons the seller has disappeared.

Exactly

Shout 'SCAM' first - ask questions later!

originaladidas

*** UPDATE ***

Received an email this evening asking me to complete the non received goods / request refund procedure. The actual date for me doing on the ebay timetable was 11th. They have obviously picked this matter up and prompted buyers to act now.

Buyer has til the 18th to respond... Odds anyone??

:rotfl:

steviebabes

Now NARU'd!