ripped on ebay
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- smartK
ever been ripped on ebay?
I bought and paid this
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.…haven't heard anything since then, that was 4 days ago.
This woman has 55 positive feedbacks (1 negative)
- Skylark0
smartK
- jox0
Ouch.
how can you pay that kinda cash without getting her phone # and contact info first?
- smartK0
kinda stupid I know. well maybe she'll write back
skylark - did you design that hapiness shirt? one of the most beautiful shirts I've seen - send me one please
- dstlb0
Is there any purchase protection on eBay? Seems like it's real easy to rip people off and real hard to get anything back if it happens.
- rson0
Did you pay via paypal
- tomkat0
in germany, you can always take back a moneytransfer for like a week or so. just talk to your bank. ;)
- Soler0
The whole reason that ebay even exists is because you have to be a member to be a seller. Any seller on ebay has given ebay their credit card and/or bank account #. You have to contact Ebay, they pay you back, and track down that kaniving __** who ripped you off.
Its all posted on their site
- elwolverton0
4 days isn't all that long. people have been on trips before or such...give it 7. get seller's phone # from ebay (gotta HOUND them to get it) and also file a complaint with ebay
- Xentic0
smartK: That shirt is designed by joachim Baan.
http://www.anothercompany.org
http://www.untitledlab.com (offline for the moment)
- ldww0
did you pay with paypal? they have a this where you pay extra 3 bucks for protection.
- smartK0
thanks everyone ... I paid via normal bank transfer from austria to germany ...
I'll call my bank tomorrow
- webazoot0
German ebay seems more dodgy that the UK or US versions due to their 'privacy' laws over there.
My favorite thing as a seller is folks in the US buying Videos in the VHS PAL category that have a box with Bold Type explaining that this is a vhs PAL tape who then wonder why tapes won't play in their vhs NTSC machines and expect a refund.
Not that i'm bitter or anything.
- mitsu0
the feedback's pretty good. i'd wait about 2 weeks and see what happens... you should be fine.
- Lop0
you have been punked
- mbr0
Be very careful. I asked a question once of a guy (there was a NOTE: please email me at this address: ....) and clicked the 'ask seller question'.
I received an email from him, saying how great a deal it was and how he had 275 100% comments. A few minutes later I received an email saying 'Don't know what you are talking about, I don't have a Litespeed (road bike)'.
His account was hacked and the other guy was misrepresenting himself. This also happened toa buddy of mine where his account, and yahoo account, where hacked and taken over (they change the passwords once they gain access).
So beware. Ask lots of questions that only an owner will know. I always ask for them to send me a pic with their hand on a certain part. Like 'right hand on left brake lever', which, I hope, would be hard to do without actually having the object.
Hope it works out.
- smartK0
false alarm - she just replied ...
thanks everyone anyway
- rasp0
same thing happened to me, nearly lost a grand. sussed out it was a scam and told ebay there was something dodgy going on, they replied back saying someone hacked someone elses account.
glad youve not been ripped off though.
- treZor0
i suggest u eat him alive
- Skylark0
no smartk, I did not make that design, but I do agree it is beautiful. The designer of this nice t-shirt is Joachim Bann from untitledlab.
- Skylark0
I just noticed that xentic beat me to it...