Scammed on PayPal/Shpock

[Hades]

My son's friend recently bought a 5700XT from Amazon and all that arrived was some clothes wrapped up in a box.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

such a shame these things happen.

 

[cadmunkey]

I ordered a laptop with a genuine retailer and received a parcel with two filled 1 litre bottles of water in its place instead of the laptop. So this kind of thing still happens away from selling sites.

 

[Captain]

such a shame these things happen.

They wouldn’t happen if people were more vigilant online.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

They wouldn’t happen if people were more vigilant online.

It would still happen just probably not as much.

 

[Malevolence]

Why would you use anything but cash on delivery or pick-up for sites like Gumtree and Shpock? And even then I wouldn't use those sites to purchase something as expensive as a 2080Ti.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Hm, i would only use paypal on ebay or reputable retailer sites.

Using it on places like gumtree, Shpock etc is asking for trouble.

Even ebay is full of scams for high value items and high end gfx cards seem to be a favourite... at least you stand a chance of a refund these days though.

 

[413x]

Yeah I made a mistake, now going through the pain of trying to resolve. The purpose of the thread was to see if any others were stupid enough to do what I do and what the outcome was. I'll live and learn I guess and also become less naive.

Many have.

Its a lesson. Many will do it again.
It's basically greed and gambling.

At least you won't do it again

 

[413x]

Even ebay is full of scams for high value items and high end gfx cards seem to be a favourite... at least you stand a chance of a refund these days though.

As a buyer you are fairly well. Protected on eBay. Say what you will buy I've never been 'successfully' scammed on ebay .

 

[goldy6660]

Update: got my money back from PayPal just going to buy a new 2080ti instead.

 

[Space Monkey]

Just lol

@op ive got some magic beans for sale, 25% of rrp, will post for free once money received.

interested?

No selling outside of the Members Market

 

[Illuminist]

No selling outside of the Members Market

Hahaha

 

[Yrkoon]

So... recently thought I was getting a very slight bargain from a random seller on Shpock for a 2080ti second hand, or at least I thought I had.

I actually received a big pile of paper...yep proper scammed.
The guy had couriered me a massive pile of paper, presumably for the postage thing for PayPal. I'm going through the dispute process with them now which is taking its time and so far the dude has put an evidence claim in so I'm just hoping it falls in my court to get my money back.

Has anyone had similar experiences in the past?

damn i feel really bad for you and hope you get you're money back, not impressed by some of the responses in this thread either

 

[Space Monkey]

damn i feel really bad for you and hope you get you're money back, not impressed by some of the responses in this thread either

Post #30 - He's just had a refund from PayPal

 

[goldy6660]

damn i feel really bad for you and hope you get you're money back, not impressed by some of the responses in this thread either

Cheers, yeah just (finally) got money back, definitely took its time. I was naive here and I'll be the first to admit but I won't be so much next time. Guess I kind of thought the best of the seller. I've not done enough posts to get accepted in to the realms of the MM yet but I've heard it's legendary.

 

[Yrkoon]

Cheers, yeah just (finally) got money back, definitely took its time. I was naive here and I'll be the first to admit but I won't be so much next time. Guess I kind of thought the best of the seller. I've not done enough posts to get accepted in to the realms of the MM yet but I've heard it's legendary.

ah just seen this and space monkeys post, glad you got the money back, i really hope you have better luck on the next gpu