 Anyone have experience with e-Bay Buyer Protection ?, looks like I may be out 300.00 |
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| gandalf_025 |
 May 9 2010, 06:00 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States  |
I won an auction for a set of 4, 14" alloys last month. I sent the seller a Moneygram at his request, since I don't use PayPal.
We were in contact a few times and he said he would get the tires dismounted and send the wheels. After 2 weeks, I started e-mailing asking for tracking #s and he said he would try to find the receipt. Then nothing.... I opened a Claim with e-Bay and they say I'm covered by their "Buyer Protection" Anyone have any experience with this ?? I think I'm out 300.00 Oh, yeah.. the guy had perfect feedback 37 Positives.. No negatives.. Guess I'll have to wait to see, as they give him 7 days to respond..  |
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| JamesM |
May 13 2010, 09:14 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,082 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
I used to work for ebay in their fruad investigation dept and if there is one point i cant stress enough it is to ALWAYS pay with paypal. That is pretty much the only way to guarentee that you wont be taken. Be very suspicious of any seller that does not accept paypal and even more suspicious if they only accept wire transfers. Anytime you mail someone a money order or use a wire transfer the moeny is out of the hands of anyone that could possibly do anything about it, with paypal ebay has control of the money on both sides of the transaction so if something goes bad with a deal they can easily undo it. It does take a good deal of personl information to secure a paypal account however this is a good thing as it means its MUCH easier to hold someone accountable. Feedback means nothing if you are dealing with a seller whos account has been compermised, and getting personal information from ebay in that case is just as useless because the person you mailed the check to is not going to be the person you are calling.
Again, with ebay use paypal, it is the safest way. QUOTE(gandalf_025 @ May 9 2010, 04:00 AM)  I won an auction for a set of 4, 14" alloys last month. I sent the seller a Moneygram at his request, since I don't use PayPal. We were in contact a few times and he said he would get the tires dismounted and send the wheels. After 2 weeks, I started e-mailing asking for tracking #s and he said he would try to find the receipt. Then nothing.... I opened a Claim with e-Bay and they say I'm covered by their "Buyer Protection" Anyone have any experience with this ?? I think I'm out 300.00 Oh, yeah.. the guy had perfect feedback 37 Positives.. No negatives.. Guess I'll have to wait to see, as they give him 7 days to respond.. |
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gandalf_025 Anyone have experience with e-Bay Buyer Protection ? May 9 2010, 06:00 AM
detoxcowboy I do not know how it works with sending "mone... May 9 2010, 07:23 AM zonedoubt Get his phone number through eBay and call him. May 9 2010, 08:10 AM 914 Seems pretty cheap for the set of rims,What kind o... May 9 2010, 08:20 AM gandalf_025 Well, as I pretty much expected, e-Bay bagged out ... May 13 2010, 01:10 PM charliew One of the times I got ripped using paypal was on ... May 13 2010, 01:36 PM RJMII Stillwater Montana is 2.5 - 3 hours north of me. ... May 13 2010, 01:41 PM mk114 :shoot2kill: :sawzall::shoot2kill: :sawzall:
I... May 13 2010, 02:09 PM gandalf_025 My Bad.. I'm in Massachusetts..
Seller is i... May 13 2010, 02:14 PM turboman808 I just paid for an item I expect the seller not to... May 13 2010, 04:42 PM
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