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Originally Posted by Skunkie
A bloke over here in the UK, bid on a Harley in London, won the bid, was told the bike wasn't in London but in Italy...he told them to go fuck 'emselves. The seller contacted the second place bidder via email, told him the same thing, the bike's not in London, it's in Italy, what does the fucking idiot do......sends the money, not via paypal but by wire....guess what? The bike didn't show and he was down about £7k. Now if I was buying a Harley from eBay and the seller told me it was in Italy and not the UK, I'd either tell him to shove it, or arrange to go over and pick the bike up personally, then ride it home through Europe. The stupidity of some people is astounding.
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Even if he used paypal, paypal will only protect you up to $1,000 USD. Chances are the scammer will withdraw the money before the bike is suppose to be delivered, so the most paypal can do is put a hold on his account, and collect the money only if he deposits more funds into the account, and we all know that aint going to happen. The most they will pay back is $1,000 out of their pocket.
People need to learn to use ESCROW.
I never have problems with scammers for the smaller ticket items. It's only when buying something that is either real hot, or a couple thousand dollars that the scammers seem to be an issue when going to buy.