Claiming money through PAYPAL

James21_2

Won an ipod on 8th April paid for it straight away through PAYPAL, emailed seller about delivery but no communication so filed for claim through paypal yesterday and today i see this on his feedback.......

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=electrodealzuk&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

So im not the only one who has been scammed with this sale of ipod.

Do you get your money back claiming through paypal...otherwise iv lost £116.00:mad:

frivolous_fay

I wonder if it could have been a hijack - things appeared to be going swimmingly up to 16th April. From that point, the negs start coming - all for private auctions (not a fantastic sign)

If you had buyer protection (and I can't tell, as the listings were private) you're in with an excellent chance of getting your cash. If there was no buyer protection, your chances aren't quite so great. (but there's still a chance)

If you funded your payment with a credit card, you're most likely covered with them too.

frivolous_fay

It seems strange that some of the feedback comments are so similar.

ITEM NOT RECEIVED, IGNORED ALL EMAILS, NO COMMS, STILL NO IPOD - STAY CLEAR
NO IPOD NO REPLY TO EMAILS NOW GOT CLAIM GOING DO NOT USE VERY POOR
NO IPOD RECEIVED, HAS NOT REPLIED TO ANY OF MY E-MAILS OR PAYPAL DISPUTE. V POOR
NO IPOD RECEIVED, HAS NOT REPLIED TO ANY OF MY E-MAILS OR PAYPAL DISPUTE. V POOR
NO IPOD RECEIVED, NO COMMUNICATION , IGNORES EMAILS, IGNORES PAYPAL DISPUTE, BAD

These were all from different users. Allegedly. And the top two were posted within a minute of each other, along with one more at the same time.

Auction wrecking?

soolin

It doe slook like a standard hijack. Selling smaller items, usualy sub £25 then suddenly makes all the auctions private and starts selling ipods by the dozen.

Looks fishier than a dead salmon left in the sun for week.

With any luck paypal will have closed the account quickly enough to retain some funds, otherwise try your CC company.

digerati

frivolous_fay wrote: »

It seems strange that some of the feedback comments are so similar... These were all from different users. Allegedly. And the top two were posted within a minute of each other, along with one more at the same time... Auction wrecking?

Yes, it looks like the anti-scam brigade have discovered the fraudster using a hijacked seller's account and taken down the auctions since eBay hasn't yet. Give it a few days and all evidence will vanish so once more eBay appears to be "a safe place to buy and sell".

By my estimate the scammer would have made off with several thousand pounds (minus the anti-scammers who didn't pay).

To James21, follow soolin's advice and file with PayPal, then your credit card company if PayPal can't "make you whole" with a full refund.

greeneye

If you look through completed items all the ipods sold did have buyer protection.
The last one sold on the 9th is here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-APPLE-IPOD-VIDEO-30GB-BLACK-MP3-PLAYER-IN-UK-NOW_W0QQitemZ250102942290QQihZ015QQcategoryZ73839QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

So OP you don't have anything to worry about and your paypal claim will be sucessful.

Looks like paypal are about to get hit hard.... ahhhh
Either that or the sellers in hospital - seems odd that the auctions have buyer protection unless the paypal account was hijacked as well.

James21_2

yea i hope its protected he has till the 27th to reply to my dispute then hopefully i wil get my 116.00 back but gay coz once it goes into my paypal account payapal will prob take 5quid off me or sumthin as a fee:mad: