removed listing

pizzaboy

Hi all,i purchased an item from ebay for over £400on the 22/12/07 the money cleared through paypal on the 28/12/07 and the seller said i would receive the item on 7/1/08,he clearly stated that it would take ten days to arrive,today ebay has removed the listing...


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contacting ebay through their help pages doesn't really help,so ive filed a dispute with paypal,im not sure how much the insurance was,or what it covered.

Apart from sending seller an email which i haven't done yet,is their any likely hood that if i dont receive the item i will get my money back


thanks pizza

The seller is no longer a registered user
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FloFlo

Was there a payment protection logo on the item page?

pizzaboy

FloFlo wrote: »

Was there a payment protection logo on the item page?

To be honest i cant remember now,and i cant view it ,i think there was the paypal protection.

Ive started the dispute in paypal,should i contact him by email? its predictably a hotmail address ,i have his
home address.

dotchas

Paypal protection can be £150 or £500 ,so it would depend which level was applied.
It is a problem as the listing has been removed and you now cannot see the level.
It something I never thought about.
Paypal will refund depending on the level applied,you just don't know which

pizzaboy

He was selling three or four items at the time,and one item for just over £100 got good feedback on the 23/12/07 the day after i won the auction,he was very helpful with any questions about packaging,but checking his profile now and all items have been removed,is that because he is no longer a registered user?

pizzaboy

I may be clutching at straws now,but perhaps with the amount of goods sold,totaling over £500 the seller has reached his withdrawal limit in paypal and is no longer a registered user because of that,and i may still receive the item?and thats why all the listings have been pulled?.

FloFlo

He wouldn't have had his listings pulled for that. Any idea what feedback rating they had?

pizzaboy

FloFlo wrote: »

He wouldn't have had his listings pulled for that. Any idea what feedback rating they had?

(7) 100% feedback,not looking too good is it really:o

dotchas

I am sure with 7 feedback it will only be £150 Paypal protection

furrybloke

pizzaboy wrote: »

(7) 100% feedback,not looking too good is it really:o

Not really if he only has 7 feedback you are covered for only £150. YOu have raised a dispute. Suggest you consider esclating to a claim. How did you fund the Paypal payment. Please say credit card

pizzaboy

dotchas wrote: »

I am sure with 7 feedback it will only be £150 Paypal protection

Thanks.

I cant believe ive been stung like this,im normally ultra careful,never had problems in the past on ebay like this.