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The_Dude said...
So what specifically did he do that allowed him to get scammed that was out of the ordinary? Where did the OP deviate from standard Ebay transactions that allowed for such a scam to take place?
I am seriously not trying to be a hard ass, but not a single person has told me what the OP specifically did to get scammed that he should have been able to see coming according to you?
This post was edited by Pervis Muldoon on 5/6/2012 at 12:12 PM
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Zed's Dead said...
What is your feedback history and what is hers? If you are 100% with numerous transactions and she has previous issues it should be a no brainer for eBay. Did you offer shipping insurance at the buyers expense? You could show that you offered it and she opted not to pay.
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The_Dude said...
Let me ask my question for a third time...what did the OP specifically do that deviated from standard protocol that allowed him to get scammed, or you can't answer that bit is just 'his fault'?
Gotcha. You are the type of person that bitches about stuff but offers exactly no solutions.
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Loose Stools said...
Only if you are a buyer. I suggest you post your thoughts in the Ebay seller's forum and see how it goes. Now, can you protect yourself? Sure. But as far as insurance, most don't insure if under $50 or so. They'll eat a loss here and there because the insurance fee adds up more quickly than the occasional loss. But, saying Ebay is set up so the seller cannot be scammed is a joke.
One of the best ways to protect yourself is setting up buyer requirements. I don't allow buyer with under x amount of feedback, over x numbers of cases pending, etc, to even bid on my items. Most scammers are hit and run with very little feedback. Very few people are going to the effort of building up a certain amount of feedback to blow it on cheating someone out of $50. I deal in coins, so I'm very "fussing" about who is bidding on my items.
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Rocket_Play said...
Dude, THE FUCKING SOLUTION IS IN THIS THREAD. First the OP is an ass fuck twin who I would never help, but just like eBay has a Buyer protection policy, they have a Seller protection policy. It's been posted numerous times. How dumb are you? Is this a bit? Seriously, read the entire thread, don't just respond to random posts and act like you have any clue what is going on.
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Rocket_Play said...
Ok you don't know what you're talking about, got it. I have no need to go to the feedback forum. I know what the rules are. Is eBay heavily tilted towards buyer experience? Yes. Do they just not care if a seller gets scammed? No, they care and will make it right if you try.
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Loose Stools said...
Yes, they have a seller's protection policy--it's literally about a half page long. In fact, I used it against ebay when someone left bad feedback on my shipping charges (a $3 shipping charge I actually lost money on). It took over 4 months for them to remove the feedback, and they only did so when I repeatedly shoved their own policy down their throats.
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One of the best ways to protect yourself is setting up buyer requirements. I don't allow buyer with under x amount of feedback, over x numbers of cases pending, etc, to even bid on my items. Most scammers are hit and run with very little feedback. Very few people are going to the effort of building up a certain amount of feedback to blow it on cheating someone out of $50. I deal in coins, so I'm very "fussing" about who is bidding on my items.
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bigwali said...
This is the answer. As mentioned above, only deal with the people with close to 100% feedback or 100% feedback and a minimum # of transactions. I'm sure a lot of us have been burned before on eBay, but you quickly learn to minimize your chances of getting your ass burned.
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Pervis Muldoon said...
It started many years ago, when Ms. MSUx2 got knocked up behind the milkcan toss at a carnival in Howell. Ten months and two weeks later, she reached into her vagina and pulled out a slimy, screaming baby who had stubbornly clung to the walls of her uterus in hopes of living there forever. Having finally rid her body of this parasite, she left it in the bathroom of a Stuckey's and fled the state by fellating a Greyhound bus driver.
Having been rescued by a long-haul trucker who happened to have had the squirts that day and raised in the cab of a Peterbilt by a succession of truckstop whores and meth-addicted hitchhikers, the child grew up to be what his mother had expected: a psychopathic moron. He now spends his time on a computer at a library, trolling on this board and trying to sell stolen items on Ebay.
It was the latter activity which led him to peddle a camera he had gotten from a nine-year-old girl at a park, who dropped it and ran for her mother when she saw him. When a stranger made the winning bid on the camera, MSUx2 shipped it, using money he had stolen from a donation jar at a gas station - a small label had been affixed to the jar, detailing the plight of a family of nine who were all in the hospital after being hit by a Greyhound bus while the bus driver was receiving fellatio. After shipping the camera, MSUx2 heard from the buyer, who claimed to have not received it and has also filed a claim with Ebay, forcing MSUx2 to return the money.
His personal history, his lack of education, and his anger over the incident all led him to the last line of his diatribe: "That said, hope she ets hit by a bus."
I hope your need for answers has been satiated.
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So what specifically did he do that allowed him to get scammed that was out of the ordinary? Where did the OP deviate from standard Ebay transactions that allowed for such a scam to take place?
I am seriously not trying to be a hard ass, but not a single person has told me what the OP specifically did to get scammed that he should have been able to see coming according to you?
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