Today I received a collection letter in regards to eBay... - GoFuckYourself.com

Sly · 08-17-2005, 02:55 PM

The letter was addressed to my old place, which I moved out of 2 years ago, it was forwarded here. The letter states I owe eBay $150. At the time I had only bought one item off of eBay for $50. Why would I owe eBay any money? Is this a new sort of scam going around?

Anybody heard of this before?

detoxed · 08-17-2005, 02:57 PM

Well if you owed anything they might have added collection fees into your total

Sly · 08-17-2005, 03:01 PM

Ok, I could see that. For what reasons would I owe money? I've never sold anything on eBay.

bjjb · 08-17-2005, 03:02 PM

Ever hold auctions then cancel them or not sell the items after they were bid on? I got into that once after I decided not to sell the stuff I offered. Had to pay the fees anyway on the high bids.

marzzo · 08-17-2005, 03:06 PM

The only way you would owe eBay money is if you listed items for sale and then didn't pay your listing / final value fees.

If you bid on something and never paid for it then you wouldn't owe eBay anything, and I highly doubt that a seller would send collections after you for a bid.

edit: what's the 'pay to:' name & address?

beemk · 08-17-2005, 03:16 PM

damnit sly, stop trying to scam ebay.

08-17-2005, 02:55 PM	#1
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,340	Today I received a collection letter in regards to eBay... The letter was addressed to my old place, which I moved out of 2 years ago, it was forwarded here. The letter states I owe eBay $150. At the time I had only bought one item off of eBay for $50. Why would I owe eBay any money? Is this a new sort of scam going around? Anybody heard of this before? __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

08-17-2005, 03:01 PM	#3
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,340	Ok, I could see that. For what reasons would I owe money? I've never sold anything on eBay. __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

08-17-2005, 03:06 PM	#5
marzzo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,134	The only way you would owe eBay money is if you listed items for sale and then didn't pay your listing / final value fees. If you bid on something and never paid for it then you wouldn't owe eBay anything, and I highly doubt that a seller would send collections after you for a bid. edit: what's the 'pay to:' name & address? Last edited by marzzo; 08-17-2005 at 03:07 PM..

08-17-2005, 03:16 PM	#6
beemk CLICK HERE Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20,829	damnit sly, stop trying to scam ebay. __________________ I host with Vacares

08-17-2005, 02:57 PM	#2
detoxed vip member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,798	Well if you owed anything they might have added collection fees into your total

08-17-2005, 03:02 PM	#4
bjjb Have laptop will travel Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 145201426 Posts: 13,074	Ever hold auctions then cancel them or not sell the items after they were bid on? I got into that once after I decided not to sell the stuff I offered. Had to pay the fees anyway on the high bids.