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This advice relates to a particular scam carried out by some people living in Nigeria but elements of it may be useful for other scam buyers. HOW THE SCAM WORKS The scammer lives in Nigeria but because they're pretending to live somewhere else they ask for the item to be sent to a relative or friend in Nigeria (really themselves). They persuade the seller to send the goods on receipt of a fake payment confirmation email, usually from Paypal but also from various banks, Western...
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Pi's Postoffice Wall Here is a list of some scams recently pulled on eBay members Protect yourself against them! (There are several variations on these scams, so be vigilant!) Partial List of Ongoing Scams: Spoof eBay Email Encounter Unsafe Safety Board Hijacked Account Fake Escrow Account Indonesian Credit Card Scam Company Check Crumbles Deceptive Double Whammy Buy-It-Now, But Off eBay Spoofed eBay Pages Drippy Drop Shipper Dangerous Questions Phony escrow.com African Adventure Weird Wedding...
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All members should read this important warning. If you shop on websites other than eBay, you should exercise caution if someone emails you claiming to be an eBay representative! We are seeing an increase in reports of fake eBay Motors transactions that originate automotive websites other than eBay, such as Craigslist. Fraudsters are sending online shoppers fake email messages claiming to be from the eBay Trust and Safety Department, the eBay Motors Finance Center, an eBay Escrow...
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Ebay ; I'm really sick and tired of your lack of low feedback community these are the people with 1-15 positive feed back and who bascially make false offers or malicious ebay users who log on with a different ip address and engage in shill bidding and not to mention the games by a fair amount of message boards or forums. Ebay continues to run away its good customers and inviting the non paying customers. I really and most patiently urge ebay to allow sellers block new users and people with...
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Seller refuses to complete sale, claims he forgot to place reserve on item. Claims he couldn't cancel as E-Bay would not allow. I thought you could cancel an auction up to 12 hours before. I believe he did not like the final price and is trying to weasel out of it. He is only using Google checkout----must send an invoice which he refuses to do. I even offered him an extra $15 for USPS priority shipping with insurance. Item new sells for about $250-$350, used normally $80 -130 Item sold for...
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i listed a louis vitton bag and just put the basics on and they booted it (t&s ) and told me to relist it with more pictures and a better description so i did just what they said to the letter and they booted it again and this time they suspended me for 7 days ..is this fair in my 2nd listing 1. i put serial number 2. 5 great pictures 3. gave a 7 day return policy on item if they were not happy and i got booted again with a suspension any way what is coming to ebay ... now...
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If you are buying land in Arizona, I suggest you carefully check the feedback of your prospective seller. Pay particular attention to feedback received from other members that are "No longer a registered user". Also check the feedback left. This post is not accusing anyone of anything. I'm just saying....►►►Give us your favorite holiday recipe. Give and Take.◄◄◄Grammar Tip of the Moment: You're going to shoot your eye out.
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There is an auction for live puppies. I've reported it twice and the listing is still there. Search "Cute Live Puppies for Sale." What will it take to get this listing removed?
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Oh no! I've received a hateful, powerful anti-semetic message as a positive feedback! I sold a little package of wooden dreidels for scrapbooking, and just received this anti-jewish message. I checked out the buyer, and all the feedbacks he's left are all hateful, horrible racist spoutings. Of course, the first thing I did was report him to ebay, I haven't heard back from them yet. This guy is nachos9mm, so be careful! Has this sort of thing happened to anyone else? Will ebay remove the...
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If someone bids on their own item (shill bidding) in order to prevent it from being sold too cheap, and it is obvious what has happened according to the bid history, what are the repercussions? Will the rightful winner ever get justification?
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I am tired of sellers canceling all bids and ending auctions early, because they are not getting the price they desire. I read the rules, they can cancel for no reason if more then 12 hours remain in the auction. However, I can not find out how to find how much time was remaining. Without a way to see this, we don't know if the seller is in compliance with the rules. I also believe we should be able to leave negative feedback for sellers who do this. They can certainly leave negative...
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I purchased an item Nov 7 and paid immediately. Afterwards the seller claimed to have shipped item with a delivery date of the 16th-23rd. When it didn't arrive I emailed and asked for a tracking number. The next day I got a message back that he didn't even have it in stock! Sorry he said 3 weeks after he supposedly shipped it. He agreed to refund my money through paypal and 3 hours later he still hasn't. What can we do when sellers accept payment for merchandise they don't have?
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I know I don't know alot about Ebay, but is this kind of auction legal? Selling 54 different sets of dishes on one auction when it should be 54 auctions, right? I just don't get it. How do you bid against each other when everyone is bidding on different sets. Shipping is out of this world. Only $7 to ship a set of dishes? That's nuts. Should be alot higher, right? Are they just pulling you in? I don't know how to bid? 320452753168
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