Well ive been scammed

[PilotPhil]

Bought a PSU off ebay as some user was selling alot of PC parts

[url=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170793618519?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649]eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace[/url]

The seller advised quite quickly that his email address was incorrect and to send to another address, and without thinking or alarm bells ringing I send payment as paypal gift, seller kept replying saying that its was sent via private courrier :ambivalence: and never supplied tracking :ambivalence: by now alarm bells were ringing and by the looks of it others have had the same problem.

this is the first time I didnt spot a scam and as was paypal gift I cant do shit about it, just a warning to all to beware in
future when being asked on ebay for paypal gift.

now my Charge station project is doomed as ive an icharger 106b with no PSU and no lipos just a big case to put it in.

:( not happy.

[GIXERMAN]

and a static 600 pro then!

[jamiem]

Never ever pay as gift to someone on eBay, or anyone you don't know or trust. If the seller insists that fees are paid (which they can't on eBay), then add it to the total if you are happy to do so.

[chugga-bug]

Bet you won't do that again!

[cupracing]

paypal gift on ebay? fail!

[sacko]

..at least you've got the sim!

[nicobec]

Could his account have been hacked? He seems to have had a good run until Sep 11 and then 11 Mar 2012 he had loads of bad replies?

[panosg]

[QUOTE=sacko;810165]..at least you've got the sim![/QUOTE]

I thought he sold the sim to pay for the packs?

[NoFixedAbode]

1feedback point lol

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[PilotPhil]

[QUOTE=cupracing;810162]paypal gift on ebay? fail![/QUOTE]

epic!

[WildWake]

sorry to hear this:upset:

[dave_g]

paypal gifts are dangerous. It's basically handing out your money and hoping the seller has a good heart.

[panosg]

[QUOTE=nicobec;810167]Could his account have been hacked? He seems to have had a good run until Sep 11 and then 11 Mar 2012 he had loads of bad replies?[/QUOTE]

Nope he only had one + feedback..............wait and 3 - feedbacks by other people warning others.:glee:

Well Phil one feedback and you trust him to pay with gift.
If I was you I would just kept it to my self and learn by you mistake mate. :upset:

[Rich_H]

you know, ebay is great, I am a large fan. HOWEVER it is enevitable that there are unscruplous people who look for any way to exploit a system for fraudulant gain.

You have my sympathy however.

I too was scammed recently, where in that instance I was the seller. I sold a geforce card and the buyer paid promptly by paypal. I bought the postage label online and shipped the next day and with it got a certificate of posting for first class postage, which was the stated method on the selling page (and invoice)

As usual i didn't receive any feedback so 3 weeks later left positive feedback for the buyer. the next day i received an ebay open case notification saying that the buyer had not received the item, had contaced me on several occasions (which he alledged that I had ignored) and wanted a refund. I replied to ebay and the buyer that i had received no emails querying delivery and was happy to supply the certificate of posting. within half an hour I then received another email from ebay to say that the buyer had requested ebay adjudication on the case and I would receive notification of their verdict. In the meantime they froze my paypal account and put it into negative balance. I responded with a scan of the cert of posting to both ebay and the buyer seperately.

The next morning i received the final emauil of this episode to say that they had ruled in favour of the buyer as I hadn't supplied a valid tracking number and refunded the money to the buyer straight out of my bank account ! WTF!! where did i ever mention a tracking number??? so now im out 115 notes, plus no gefore card...wonderful.

The moral of the story, cert of posting are worthless as a method of proof of posting. NEVER, EVER send anything without requesting a receipt signature/tracking number.

I did appeal, to date? not even an acknowledgement.

SIGH

[PilotPhil]

[QUOTE=panosg;810180]Nope he only had one + feedback..............wait and 3 - feedbacks by other people warning others.:glee:

Well Phil one feedback and you trust him to pay with gift.
If I was you I would just kept it to my self and learn by you mistake mate. :upset:[/QUOTE]

seller had +4 pos i think, but every negative takes a postive off you if that makes sense.