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General Discussion Area / Re: Ebay robbing sellers
« on: 20 December 2007, 22:07:19 »Quote
my wife likes her technology as much as i do, for xmas she had hinted she would like a Blackberry Pearl i tried to talk her out of it and in a way i think it was form over function that drove this decision of hers.
Found one on flea bay, new, seller had good feedback and the price was reasonable, we couldn't get one from the network as she works for them and they want full retail off her for it.....figure that one out!!!!!
Paid for by paypal as requested by seller, most probably the best thing i could have done, the next i hear from him is an email saying that the phone will not be supplied until the money has been deposited into his own bank account, at that point alarm bells were ringing, but he assured me that he would post it on the day it cleared into his account.
i should have listened to the bellsi have heard noting from him, and am now out of pocket and the missus is without an xmas present
i am heading home to plymouth tomorrow, i have his address as supplied by Ebay when you dispute something, and it checks out with 192 as well, i am tempted to go round there and create mary hell demanding either my money or my phone........
I am somewhat livid currently, Ebay have referred me to Paypal and i have to fill in a buyer dispute, this will take until Dec 30th to sort at the earliest
I had a "chargeback" of about £200 from paypal which they take straight out of my business account - buyer supposedly used a credit card fraudulently - which means i lose out both ways , on lost goods and payment. I reminded paypal of their obligation to carry out reasonable checks on credit cards as i had to do when i took credit card payments thro my merchant account. Still no +ve response from paypal. On contacting them and advising the buyer will be reported to police for fraud and i expected paypals full co-operation with the police - suddenly paypal refunded chargeback in full into my account!
Worth a punt!?
