Ever been screwed over on ebay?, cuz i have Options

[SlowCelica94]

So I won an AFC2 auction and the guy wanted to do a wire transfer to malayasia. So I did, and he said he shipped it out. Then today this emai lfrom ebay:

The following is a notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding:

Item Number - 7980591486
Item Title - USED APEXi S-AFC II SUPER AIR FLOW CONVERTER

Our records show that you were a bidder on this item. We recently removed this listing and have suspended the seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we will not be able to share further details related to this seller.

If someone claiming to be the seller asks you to complete a transaction outside of eBay, we strongly recommend that you ignore the request. Transactions for items listed on eBay that are completed outside of the eBay marketplace are not covered by the Buyer Protection services offered by eBay and can be highly indicative of fraud.

If you have not sent payment to the seller, we urge you to not proceed with the transaction.

If you have already paid, you may wish to pursue recouping your funds. Some steps you might take include:

1. Ask the seller for a refund
2. If you paid by check, ask your bank to stop payment
3. If you paid by credit card, contact your credit card company's security department
4. If you have made a payment by money order or wire transfer, you may contact that company for further information at 1-800-325-6000 (Western Union), or at 1-800-926-9400 (Money Gram)
5. If you paid with PayPal, review the Buyer Complaint Process at:

/csg/p?www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/protections-buyer-outside

6. Review eligibility requirements for eBay's standard purchase protection program at:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw...quirements.html

There are many tips on how to protect yourself with any Internet transaction in the eBay Security Center located at:

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Our goal is to ensure that your eBay experience is safe so that you can buy confidently. It is rare that something goes wrong with a transaction on eBay, but we're here to help you protect yourself in the event it does. If you have any questions, please reply directly to this email.

Regards,
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anyone had issues with ebay? Did you get them resolved?

[BlackCelicaGT94]

exactly why i dont do internet buying!!

[OOBE]

Did you check out his feedback? If he had negative, did he respond positively or he "gave an attitude"? That is how I spot bad people on eBay. I have NEVER been screwed on eBay...because of the feedback. Sorry you were had, brother. For the next time, if it's a Western Union or Money Gram transfer outside the U.S., it is a scam. I got scammed for $400 from a guy in Italy for a Novation Supernova II...which sells for over $1,000...in a SonicState.com music instruments classified. He was such a nice guy and we chatted by e-mail for a while until I sent him the trasfer. Never heard from him and 2 days later I read on the SonicState.com classifieds that he was a scammer. I had the chance to get suspicious when he said he needed me to contact MoneyGram and change a letter in his name because they wouldn't give him the money and they were looking at him like he was a criminal. I wish that would've woken up a paranoia in me but it didn't. Oh well! I reported it to the FBI complaint center but I knew they weren't going to do anything.

[dustin15brown]

I got rolled once... on something for my friends crx and he lost like $40.... the guy even had a decent feedback rating.... o well though... technically i got screwed but this guy paid for it outta his pocket

[creis]

I bought a set of z3 fenders for my civic off ebay about 2 years ago, there still on back order as far as i know, lol

cost me $120.

I used paypal, but the guy closed his account right when he got the money withdrawled from paypal, and then closed his ebay account.

This post has been edited by creis: Jun 17, 2005 - 9:36 PM

[lagos]

im sorry man....but i would have known better not to wire transfer money to malayasia !

i never had any issues with buying stuff on the net. just becarefull and stick with paypal and youll be ok.

[red94celicagt]

buy from ebay established comanies...ive bought speakers and subs and neons and all that form companies...never had any problems

[Rjb23]

The only time I've ever had trouble off of ebay is when I bought something from a foriegn company. I bought this alarm from a place in taiwan or china and they "didn't have it in stock" I eventually got it though it took like 3 months.

File a safe harbour complaint I think you can still get your money back that way.

[Drunken_Style]

sorry to hear

[Yota]

I got screwed by PlanetFuzz on ebay...he's a member on here. Some Cusco Rear Strut bar...I'm still bitter about that, even though I did get my money back.

[turboinduction]

I got taken on Tein springs when I had my Celi. Guy had like an 900 score too, very little negative. Just never replied to my emails and I guess I let it go too long for Paypal todo anything about it. Kindof sucks - but I learned from it. The guy also deleted both accounts roughly after a month. DAMN.

-Ti

This post has been edited by turboinduction: Jun 18, 2005 - 8:25 AM

[creis]

on big buys, always get buyer protection from paypal, ALWAYS. (anything over $50 is when i go for it....)

[ScoobyDooCruiser]

on big buys, always get buyer protection from paypal, ALWAYS. (anything over $50 is when i go for it....)
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The paypal buyer protection is kinda a scam by the way. I tried to get my money back from them, and after wasting too many hours filling things out and answering questions and the like, and waiting like a month, I got the reply (paraphrased slightly) from paypal: "You are right. He owes you money. So, as soon as he leaves money in his account, we will give it to you." Like the scammer ever leaves a balance just sitting in his paypal account. He would have to be stupd to do that. And paypal won't take it out of his bank account or credit card that they have on file because thats a "privacy breach" or something like that.

Credit card companies will ususally help. If you paid with Credit card, they can get your money back. The paypal buyer protection is bull. Read the fine print.

[Andason]

i have never expierenced being ripped off on ebay. that is because i have always had the attitude if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. that and not ordering stuff from foreign countries.

[Andason]

i have never expierenced being ripped off on ebay. that is because i have always had the attitude if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. that and not ordering stuff from foreign countries.

[SlowCelica94]

Actually he emailed me and told me he was going to send it. We'll see.....

[ArizonaRed]

never wire money to someone like that. do it through paypal or the marketplace checkout. that is just asking for it.

exactly why i dont do internet buying!!
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haha you just baught something online.