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Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Kaliko22 on May 27, 2002, 11:31:31 PM

I bought a memory card for ps2 off ebay a few weeks ago and now the user that I bought it from all of a sudden has gotten 50 negative feedbacks in past week all saying she took money a never sent item.. Her email address doesnt work anymore so what the hell should I do... I just bought it off ebay because it was so hard to get here (hawaii) and now this ****.. I know it\'s only 20 but it just pissed me off.. LMK what you think I should do....

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: mm on May 28, 2002, 02:20:29 AM

ebay has specific procedures for this

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: ##RaCeR## on May 28, 2002, 03:54:46 AM

Lets just say your buggered. They really only trace things of large value.

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Skyrider666 on May 28, 2002, 04:40:08 PM

What comes around goes around.And I hope she gets shafted.

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Hells of d-day on May 28, 2002, 04:57:33 PM

Damn that sucks man, i know what ure feeling.....thats why i would never buy anything off ebay!!

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Tetrad on May 28, 2002, 07:26:32 PM

Can\'t you report the seller to Ebay. They should make things rite. Or how did you pay. You can always denny payment if you used a credit card.

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Kaliko22 on May 28, 2002, 11:49:41 PM

Paid By Money order, Cant seem to find a way to contact ebay..?
Does anyone know where I can contact them at? PLMK Thanks

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: IronFist on May 28, 2002, 11:54:10 PM

Just go here (http://pages.ebay.com/help/index.html) and search for the term "fraud."

Unfortunately, the item needs to be worth at least $25 for you to be eligible for a refund from Ebay.  But you can still try to get the person in a whole lot of trouble by filing a fraud complaint.

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Kaliko22 on May 29, 2002, 12:10:40 AM

Thanks just found out that anything under 25$ cant do nothing about.. Thanks for help though..

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: THX on May 29, 2002, 08:43:35 AM

Consider getting a Paypal account and ONLY bid on something when the owner has at least +20 with no negatives.  You only lost $20, not a big deal.  Yours truly lost $180 for a Gamecube package that was never sent.

*DON\'T trust the Irish (the ones living in Ireland anyway).*

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: Kaliko22 on May 29, 2002, 03:39:27 PM

Yeah its no big deal, But this person had over 700 positive feedbacks then all of a sudden ripped off like 60 people all at once, from cameras, computers, game systems.. Thousands worth.. Now she\'s suspended frm ebay..Oh well just got me 2 memory cards for 12.00 each :)

Title: Ripped off on ebay..
Post by: FatalXception on May 29, 2002, 07:49:12 PM

Actually, you have to be carefull, sometimes people have their passwords hacked/stolen.

Always:
-Try and use Paypal and a credit card, COD, or online escrow (so you can reverse the charges later - a must for over $50).
-Check the feedback carefully.  Is \'CDman\' with 1500 positive cd sales suddenly selling 50 $5000 TVs?
-Contact the person, because fly-by-night scammers don\'t really care enough to reply for small potatoes.
-Try to avoid using ebay for the small stuff you might be able to get elsewhere, bestbuy.com for instance, for a memcard....

Title: Thanks for all the help!!
Post by: Kaliko22 on May 30, 2002, 12:18:46 AM

Thanks everybody....