Thread: Damn ebay

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I recently saw a program on TV about Ebay and one segment was about these two guys who bought some $ 1500.00 piece of equipment from a guy who turned out to be an Ebay scammer. Paypal didn't do anything so these two took him to small claims court and the judge threw the book at the guy. They got their judgement and the scammer got a strong scolding.

They may never collect on that judgement, but they at least didn't take it laying down. That is the problem, most people just roll over and don't fight back when this happens.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

They may never collect on that judgement, but they at least didn't take it laying down. That is the problem, most people just roll over and don't fight back when this happens.

Don

And then they blame Ebay!

Pat

Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe

And then they blame Ebay!

Pat

Nope, I blamed Pay Pal...,., it's there new criteria that puts the burden of proof on the seller, and assumes that all the buyers are the victims,......

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nope, I blamed Pay Pal...,., it's there new criteria that puts the burden of proof on the seller, and assumes that all the buyers are the victims,......

It sounds like in your 1st post you blame both Ebay & Paypal. You should have paid the 70 cents and got a "delivery conformation" I ship all the time and never have a problem. There is no "their shipping rules!" It's common sense, it doesn't matter where you buy something from or ship it to, it's how "you" make sure someone doesn't rip you off!

I just bought some parts for my chainsaw, and they sent something that wasn't even close to my parts. They would not answer e-mails so I reported it to paypal and they pulled my money from them till he resent the right parts, then when I told paypal they resent the right parts, they gave back my money to them. I have even returned item's I have bought because they were'nt in the shape they said they were in.

My brother has a web site and sales turbo's and racing parts, we ship all over the world, and we don't get riped off, because we do it by our rules, not by what someone else say's! everything has a traking number & insured.

Ebay & Paypal didn't do anything wrong. The guy you sold to did, because you left the window open for him to do so.

Pat

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

They may never collect on that judgement, but they at least didn't take it laying down. That is the problem, most people just roll over and don't fight back when this happens.

Don

And when the guy is 5 states away and the value of the item was $80.00... Just how much time and expense should i go to to take this guy to small claims court???? If it's local, easy to do....1,000 miles away, what do you do??? Can't do a small claims court by mail....Filining fees alone would exceed the items value...and most of the scammers know this....