Bad experience with RTX2080ti eBay

In 2016 I managed to get a 1080 for £310. It was on the Amazon market place and obviously did look suspicious but the seller had good rep and quite a lot as well. Since it was through Amazon I wasn't too worried about a scam as it would have been resonantly simple to get my money back (also used a credit card). I did end up receiving the item, which was correct and legit. Soon after ordering they were taken off sale and put back later at normal price so it was a simple pricing error they actually honoured.
 
Getting big electronics can sometimes be very hit and miss on eBay or anywhere third party/sites selling used, I've had some issues previously. Most of the time if its too good to be true it usually is. Since its eBay, hopefully Paypal (or your card company) can help out! All the best!
 
Like others, I would never buy anything to that value off eBay. I haven't used eBay in years as it's just hassle I don't want when things go wrong.

I hope you get your money back though.

Get working in your post count and get access to the mm on here, this is all I use for second hand pc parts
 
Makes you wonder how much you'd be able to make in a 3 day window... £1000+ per card adds up quickly.

What I don't understand is; how does the seller run off without any comebacks? Paypal/ebay must know their address and have history of their account information. I'd have thought that they could chase the seller after they've unlinked their bank accounts instead of shoulder-shrugging it :confused:
 
johnyt said:
I’ve bought and sold considerably more expensive eBay items for years particularly ham radio equipment.
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I've bought and sold amateur radio equipment on eBay as well and the prices have always been good both when buying and selling. Out of interest, what's your callsign?
 
EVH said:
Makes you wonder how much you'd be able to make in a 3 day window... £1000+ per card adds up quickly.

What I don't understand is; how does the seller run off without any comebacks? Paypal/ebay must know their address and have history of their account information. I'd have thought that they could chase the seller after they've unlinked their bank accounts instead of shoulder-shrugging it :confused:
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I'd guess that the seller is a genuine seller, who's Ebay account and Paypal account have both been compromised (same password for both maybe, or maybe someone obtained his information, maybe he was scammed and his information was harvested )

In such a case by my thinking, it might be possible to do it;
  1. The criminal uses the password to login to the compromised Ebay account and list the card (hoping the account owner won't notice)
  2. The card sells quickly (low price, high demand), buyer pays with paypal (account owner still doesn't notice)
  3. Because the seller account has previous good history, the money isn't held by Paypal
  4. Criminal immediately transfers the money to a different Paypal account <like a buffer account>, followed by a bank account somewhere.
  5. Paypal catch up and shut down the accounts, but by that time the money could have traversed several accounts / countries,
  6. Considering this probably happens thousands, or tens of thousands of times per day - it's simply not economically viable to go traipsing all over the world trying to track it down - so they take the hit on it.
I think those are my basic thoughts on how it might happen, and it does happen a lot - so somebody must be making some money somewhere.
 
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