I was contacted by a real sleazebag after I "lost" the bidding on a GeForce2 card. He offered it to me for $190 as a direct purchase. I was a fool and bought it, and got completely jacked out of $190.
I paid him with PayPal (via my credit card) and both he and I are verified PayPal users, so I contacted PayPal to get a "fraud investigation" conducted, but as usual the response from customer service is utterly atrocious. I'm working with the credit card company to dispute the purchase, but I may be out the money.
Has anyone else had this kind of experience? I think it's reasonable for eBay to crack down on direct seller/buyer transactions to prevent scams. Also, if you have any suggestions as to how I can recover my losses, please contact me!
P.S. NEVER, EVER buy something from "comopsomida" on eBay (e-mail address: skorcomputers@yahoo.com) unless you want to lose your money...
Comments? reach me @ match1520@hotmail.com
Thanks for the update... I did not know that. Either way, I'd rather they close my PayPal account and I recover my money than they force me to pay $190 for a product never received.
There are alternative services, like BillPoint so I could still send money online, though I'm becoming increasingly disgusted with the whole online auction scene and the prevalence of fraud.
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I was contacted by a real sleazebag after I "lost" the bidding on a GeForce2 card. He offered it to me for $190 as a direct purchase. I was a fool and bought it, and got completely jacked out of $190. I paid him with PayPal (via my credit card) and both he and I are verified PayPal users, so I contacted PayPal to get a "fraud investigation" conducted, but as usual the response from customer service is utterly atrocious. I'm working with the credit card company to dispute the purchase, but I may be out the money. Has anyone else had this kind of experience? I think it's reasonable for eBay to crack down on direct seller/buyer transactions to prevent scams. Also, if you have any suggestions as to how I can recover my losses, please contact me! P.S. NEVER, EVER buy something from "comopsomida" on eBay (e-mail address: skorcomputers@yahoo.com) unless you want to lose your money... Comments? reach me @ match1520@hotmail.com
Thanks for the update... I did not know that. Either way, I'd rather they close my PayPal account and I recover my money than they force me to pay $190 for a product never received. There are alternative services, like BillPoint so I could still send money online, though I'm becoming increasingly disgusted with the whole online auction scene and the prevalence of fraud.