New wrinkle in ebay scams?

[StereoInstaller1]

Ebay has truly destroyed any chance of profitability or success doing a retail business.

I am sorry to hear of the hassles you guys are having, but soon I am going to print up a few of these stories to "share" with my customers.

Buyer beware, indeed.

[parkerbink]

I got the refund email & now eBay shows the item as payment pending because he filed a non paying bidder claim.

He had the nerve to think I'd say I no longer wanted the item so he could get the fees deducted.

I told it like it was and when he emailed me to complain I told him to leave me alone as I was doing him a favor not leaving a neg & filing a non selling seller claim.

[Funkmasta]

if his account truly is closed, file a claim, it should refund immediately. ?

[scabzzzz]

I buy local, even if it costs more. I find my luck to be better that way. Otherwise, I'll find a credible website to buy products. I rarely shop eBay anymore and if it wasnt for R3V and BF.C, I wouldnt even do Paypal.

[parkerbink]

Surely you don't think those massive fees go into customer service, in any way. :roll:

Color me naive.

They are like the phone company was before the split up. ebaY, "We don't care, we don't have to"

[netcsk]

Surely you don't think those massive fees go into customer service, in any way. :roll:

Yes I did but same brick wall thing. All they agreed to do was send an email with directions to what to do, which they did not send.Their customer service is atrocious.

[parkerbink]

Yes I did but same brick wall thing. All they agreed to do was send an email with directions to what to do, which they did not send.Their customer service is atrocious.

[GaryE30]

Woah... you CALLED ebay? I had to wade through automated chat rooms to get my situations with a scam worked with... and even then it was like talking to a brick wall. I didn't think you could actually speak with an ebay rep.

[parkerbink]

The way this played out is the seller says his paypal was robbed & he lost thousands.

Since I refused to send the M.O. he filed a non payment claim saying I decided I didn't want them.

I said no and he lost. He has started the process to refund my money and I am debating leaving him neg fb & filing a non selling seller claim.

I am leaning towards just leaving it alone.

[mrsleeve]

Yeah it email was not a FWD from ebay. it was some fucktard trying to scam me for 100 bucks. I am not dumb I can spot this shit a mile away.

[cramer]

Well only go to ebay sites or Paypal sites on your own. Never use a link sent. Even if it looks like ebay or Paypal.

Exactly.

It's easy to verify second chance offers by logging into your Ebay account and checking to see if the message you got in email, is also on your Ebay messages. Also, avoid any email asking you to finish the transaction outside of ebay (ie the Western Union scam)

[dlmrun2002]

Well only go to ebay sites or Paypal sites on your own. Never use a link sent. Even if it looks like ebay or Paypal.

[mrsleeve]

I bought a set of SK wrenches on fri night, got an email sat morning that said I I could buy them at the last bid I placed because the bider did not pay. I won the fucking auction I paid and should see them tuesday and have a valid tracking #.

I agree Its getting way out of control something needs to be done, but short of shutting it all down, it will only continue to get worse.

[parkerbink]

I called ebay they say most likely the account is hacked (after saying it was a spoof email)

I hate ebay.

[jflip2002]

Same shit with craigslist. They are all in some middle eastern country, buying the product (computer in my case), for their relative in Africa. Fucking ridiculous.