ebay help

IronWarrior · 3 Sep 2015 at 17:26

Time to post some poop my good friend and have it delivered though their letterbox.

Malevolence · 3 Sep 2015 at 17:34

n111ck said:
When you get it back just say there was a brick in the box and open an item not as described dispute...

This. Play the ***** at their own game.

theone8181 · 3 Sep 2015 at 17:57

I have a seperate bank account purely for PayPal and I keep very little in my PayPal account for this reason. I've not had any issues yet tho touch wood.

Edit:just thinking, might be worth claiming off your house insurance if it's only 50 quid excess and you actually get it back.

Haggisman · 3 Sep 2015 at 19:26

Take the buyer to small claims? Possibly report to the police for fraud?

Assuming it's not your ps4 you get back, or it's obviously been purposefully damaged, then they've basically stolen £260 from you - should have taken the money out of PayPal when you had the chance :/

teenwolf · 3 Sep 2015 at 19:56

IronWarrior said:
Time to post some poop my good friend and have it delivered though their letterbox.

i'm afraid the OP could well get some back in return as the buyer will have his address.

hyperseven · 3 Sep 2015 at 20:26

Haggisman said:
Take the buyer to small claims? Possibly report to the police for fraud?

Assuming it's not your ps4 you get back, or it's obviously been purposefully damaged, then they've basically stolen £260 from you - should have taken the money out of PayPal when you had the chance :/

Loose even more money and wasting Police time :rolleyes:

For the umpteenth time, how can you prove what item you sent in the first place?

norm · 3 Sep 2015 at 21:32

The old swap-a-roo.

Did you ask to see photos of the exterior packaging? For the PS4 to be dented in transit it'd have to take a hell of a knock, destroying part of the packaging in the process.

I wager the buyer is 99% scamming you, the mention of the "bump" on the console, the basic nondescript language suggests they're completely unwitting, but they've played it down too much in an attempt to disguise the truth they damaged it in the first place. That's my opinion anyway.

Moral of story sell only high costs items in person for cash e.g. on Gumtree.

HPTL7 · 3 Sep 2015 at 21:42

norm said:
The old swap-a-roo.

Did you ask to see photos of the exterior packaging? For the PS4 to be dented in transit it'd have to take a hell of a knock, destroying part of the packaging in the process.

I wager the buyer is 99% scamming you, the mention of the "bump" on the console, the basic nondescript language suggests they're completely unwitting, but they've played it down too much in an attempt to disguise the truth they damaged it in the first place. That's my opinion anyway.

Moral of story sell only high costs items in person for cash e.g. on Gumtree.

yup, asked him more than once for pictures or video, has not sent anything.

norm · 3 Sep 2015 at 21:50

HPTL7 said:
yup, asked him more than once for pictures or video, has not sent anything.

Do you have the cash from the transaction in hand so to speak? If so unlink your payment methods and bank funding from Paypal. This is your only viable option of not losing out at this point.

Your Paypal account will be blacklisted, and you'll have to forfeit your ebay account as it's associated with it. But you can setup new ones in 6 months or so.

Depends what's more valuable to you.

413x · 3 Sep 2015 at 21:52

norm said:
Do you have the cash from the transaction in hand so to speak? If so unlink your payment methods and bank funding from Paypal. This is your only viable option of not losing out at this point.

Your Paypal account will be blacklisted, and you'll have to forfeit your ebay account as it's associated with it. But you can setup new ones in 6 months or so.

Depends what's more valuable to you.

This would have been the best action as soon as the buyer hinted at a case
Funds will already be frozen I expect

norm · 3 Sep 2015 at 21:59

Ebay/Paypal are cretinous companies really, they put as much exposure to risk on sellers and charge them extortionate rates in the first place to use the service.

Haven't sold anything with them for years now.

Twirlywoos · 3 Sep 2015 at 22:12

Tefal said:
and if they accept that as proof.

then you could have a big stack of broken playstations and one good one.

take the pictures of the good serial then send out the broken ps3.

if they send it back you say look ebay different serial.

ebay let you keep money?

but i have the feeling ebay would go sorry serial isnt proof for just this reason

They will never accept that as proof as sellers can then exploit it by sending an item which doesn't match the advertised serial number.

Dannyb01y · 3 Sep 2015 at 22:30

So is the summary of this thread basically you cant sell anything on ebay without being scammed?

koolpc · 3 Sep 2015 at 22:42

Ebay is a cesspit of scum bags

Tefal · 4 Sep 2015 at 01:23

Twirlywoos said:
They will never accept that as proof as sellers can then exploit it by sending an item which doesn't match the advertised serial number.

That's my point.

People say "always record the serial numbers" but it would make no differ3nce

413x · 4 Sep 2015 at 07:13

Dannyb01y said:
So is the summary of this thread basically you cant sell anything on ebay without being scammed?

I've never been scammed.
And I've sold a lot

Greebo · 4 Sep 2015 at 07:34

I'm now single al4x said:
I've never been scammed.
And I've sold a lot

Me too but it's always a Risk. Let's say there are 10000 items sold every hour. 100s might be bought by scammers. Just bear in mind that whatever you are selling on eBay might be a total loss. If you are happy with that then that's fine.

413x · 4 Sep 2015 at 07:40

Greebo said:
Me too but it's always a Risk. Let's say there are 10000 items sold every hour. 100s might be bought by scammers. Just bear in mind that whatever you are selling on eBay might be a total loss. If you are happy with that then that's fine.

I think it's what you sell

Desirable and high value

Sell a bit of electronic hardware like a phone /gpu and it's scam paradise
Sell a equal value bike gear system, less likely

I impart some very stringent personal rules to avoid those scams
I haven't sold anything since the fee rise but I know I've done better than on MM all accounted for.. I know others disagree but I've had this go 20-30pc more

Marmot · 4 Sep 2015 at 07:45

One day I'll have MM access and won't need to risk eBay for this sort of stuff.

gradyhawks · 4 Sep 2015 at 07:48

Osprey said:
One day I'll have MM access and won't need to risk eBay for this sort of stuff.

One day? You're but 20 posts away good sir! (see you there!).

After you take into account fee's and paypal, you walk away with the same on the members market with a much greater chance not to get burned.