Is it a scam?

"andy" said:
if the money was in his account they would do a chargeback and give you it back

if the money had been taken out they would send him fake debt collector letters for about a year (we will be coming for the money next week etc etc when in reality its a man in an office and they have no actual door to door collectors), followed by some fake debt collector phone calls , after that i don't know

and this is through ebay... i imagine they are even worse on outside of ebay claims
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Liampope said:
He has nothing so his costs are 0.

People pay him money.

He does a runner.

Some poeple may get their money back, some wont.

Profit.

?
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I was under the impression that paypal gave me the money then chased him for their money
 
You'd be safer paying through paypal but not using an account, just pay through paypal using a credit card (not debit).

But I don't see the point of going through that aggro when you know it's fraud.
 
Telescopi said:
You'd be safer paying through paypal but not using an account, just pay through paypal using a credit card (not debit).

But I don't see the point of going through that aggro when you know it's fraud.
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yeah. I'll leave it. If he posts pics of it then I think that changes everything
 
Paypal will look for confirmed delivery. He could send you a brick and you'd have a tough time convincing paypal that he did.
 
If you pay via credit card via paypal then I think you are covered?

I've been done over on a few purchases this way and paypal were rubbish however my card (Barclaycard) gave me my money back within 30 days and then said they'll investigate it and could take the money back should the investigation be in the sellers favour. They said if I didn't hear anything after 4mths (they gave an actual date) then they concluded that I was in the right. I didn't hear anything.

It was a festival ticket scam website, and I got back around £600.
 
Gaygle said:
Seriously - just....use your brain?! How did this ever look like anything other than a scam??
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I was under the impression that paypal always refund you so that I would be safe. Obviously this is not the case.


ghost101 said:
Paypal will look for confirmed delivery. He could send you a brick and you'd have a tough time convincing paypal that he did.
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good point
 
Why bother to take the risk when you can buy an iPad with WiFi + 3G + 64GB for £399 at a well-known food house and you know that if it goes wrong you can take it back for repair.
 
enter mandatory picture of admiral ackbar declaring whilst waving his scampi like finger in the air that it is indeed a trap. Or alternatively:

3stooges_face_palm.jpg


Simply because if you have to ask here if its a scam you already know the answer
 
wildman said:
enter mandatory picture of admiral ackbar declaring whilst waving his scampi like finger in the air that it is indeed a trap. Or alternatively:

3stooges_face_palm.jpg


Simply because if you have to ask here if its a scam you already know the answer
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As I said before, I thought that paypal would refund all the money if it was a scam and I thought i'd have nothing to lose. I was checking that
 
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