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Anyone ever been scammed by Ebay? Post here!

01-02-2006, 07:48 PM

I haven't joined the rest of the 209230482039842093840923 people who use ebay on a daily basis. I've never even bought something but I think I'm about to. Just want to make sure it's typically safe. Anything I should watch out for?

Thanks for helping a nooby.
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01-02-2006, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by Jayvis

I haven't joined the rest of the 209230482039842093840923 people who use ebay on a daily basis. I've never even bought something but I think I'm about to. Just want to make sure it's typically safe. Anything I should watch out for?

Thanks for helping a nooby.

Yes its pretty safe, your insure up to $1000 from paypal, if they don't send your product. If your buying something expensive, buy from people with high rating.
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01-02-2006, 08:31 PM

lots of interesting stuff in Ebay but I have never bought anything from there.
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01-02-2006, 08:47 PM

ebay doesn't scam people - people scam people

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01-02-2006, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by SleazyDream

ebay doesn't scam people - people scam people

Word.
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01-02-2006, 09:07 PM

Use paypal, it is not 100% safe but better than paying without a middle man. And no paypal does not really insure the buy unless you go through specific steps, they try to resolve the issue by talking to both you and the seller, but if the other person does not have the money in their account then they just lock down the other person till they pay you and basically tell you sorry we did what we could do.

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01-02-2006, 09:17 PM

Make sure you use PayPal... The only time I was ripped off I didn't... The guy had an Ok rating etc. Silly me it never occured to me that people would get FAKE good reviews...
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01-02-2006, 09:20 PM

I lost a couple hundred once. The guy scammed hundreds of people totaling several hundred thousand dollars.

Was a powerseller. He went to school at Ohio State on a school visa. Was from Indonesia.

Sold bulk dvd shipments and designer purses. Items were supposed to ship in a week. Everyone paid, took off back home.

I still get letters from the FBI about it. There was a large forum about this guy. I still remember his name. Filias Utama.

Hopefully the Tsunami made him homeless and poor.

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01-02-2006, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by SleazyDream

ebay doesn't scam people - people scam people

ebay scammed me for $5 once. they double charged my credit card

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01-02-2006, 09:31 PM

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear

ebay scammed me for $5 once. they double charged my credit card

Did you hit refresh when it was billing even though it told you not to?
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01-02-2006, 09:32 PM

I was scammed 1200$ from an ebay user

it was a user with 99.9% feedback, but alas, when his account is hacked, there is nothing we can do
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01-02-2006, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by jade_dragon

Use paypal, it is not 100% safe but better than paying without a middle man. And no paypal does not really insure the buy unless you go through specific steps, they try to resolve the issue by talking to both you and the seller, but if the other person does not have the money in their account then they just lock down the other person till they pay you and basically tell you sorry we did what we could do.

I bought something for $230 and the fucker never sent the item...i filed a complient thru paypal and got $208 back....and they said that's all they could give....well atleast I got something back...
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01-02-2006, 09:35 PM

use a credit card when paying by paypal if you get scammed and paypal says sorry we cant do shit call your cc company and do a chargeback paypal does not like this will suspend your account but if you bitch they will reinstate it.

had some fucker try to fuck me for some software that did not work did a $500 amx chargeback and i still have a paypal account

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01-02-2006, 10:49 PM

I just got a new keyboard for my laptop not to long ago. I used paypal since it was only a couple bucks... I had the keyboard in 2 days.

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01-02-2006, 11:14 PM

No way, I am way too sacred to end up spending money on something that doesn?t work or is a fake. I rather go out to the store and buy it there, with warranty and what not?
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01-03-2006, 12:30 AM

Originally posted by bdjuf

I was scammed 1200$ from an ebay user

it was a user with 99.9% feedback, but alas, when his account is hacked, there is nothing we can do

I had the exact same thing happen to me. The seller said his account was hacked. The so called hacker was smart enough to hack him but dumb enough to put his own bank details in there??? I didn't believe him so myself and about 8 others have handed it over to the authorities. I am still waiting to see what the outcome will be.

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01-03-2006, 01:41 AM

I use it alot, just you sometimes get not what u ask for ie a dvd that wont play etc but only a few times in about 2 yrs

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01-03-2006, 02:41 AM

Originally posted by Validus

No way, I am way too sacred to end up spending money on something that doesn?t work or is a fake. I rather go out to the store and buy it there, with warranty and what not?

me too.
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01-03-2006, 02:41 AM

paypal sux.

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01-03-2006, 02:50 AM

Originally posted by wedouglas

Did you hit refresh when it was billing even though it told you not to?

obviously not or i wouldn't be complaining

Anyways , its amazing we can put a man on the moon but cant detect a form from submitting a duplicate credit card order

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01-03-2006, 02:55 AM

Question for newbie seller too

I've also never used Ebay before but am thinking of using it to try and sell some old stuff. If I accept payments by Paypal, is there anything I should look out for as a seller not to get ripped off? I heard that people can "chargeback" Paypal payments, but what if I withdraw the money to my bank account right away. Can Paypal take it back from my bank account if some scammer decides to chargeback the Paypal payment after receiving the goods?
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