eBay Instant Sale Scam

dissdnt · Oct 11, 2012, 06:13 PM

So I went the route of selling my iPhone 4 with ebay instant sale with an offer of 200 bucks.

Well 10 days later after receiving it they finally got back to me with an offer of 43 bucks claiming the vibrate feature doesn't work.

I've used and handled that phone for over a year and at no time have I had any issue with the stupid vibrate feature.

It's clearly a scam to not pay out the initial offer. I did email them but I'm sure i'll get nothing but crickets and my phone back in 7-10 days.

I honestly plan to film the opening and testing of my phone once it's received to show what nonsense this company is that works with Ebay.

2 weeks is an eternity on the resell value market and by time I get this phone back, if they haven't broken it already, and try to sell it I'm sure i'll get crap for it.

So thanks ebay!

Anyone else have horror stories?

Six8 · Oct 11, 2012, 06:16 PM

That sux! $43 trololol

dissdnt · Oct 11, 2012, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Six8

That sux! $43 trololol

HAHA I thank you for mocking my pain.

aphexacid · Oct 11, 2012, 06:18 PM

You're 100% correct about the market. I sold my iphone 4 black 16gb about 1 week after the iphone 5 came out.

its an at&t 4 16gb with a totally shattered screen, but everything worked perfect. i got $198 for it, ebay auction.

My friend sold his about 1 week after my auction ended. identical phone, except his was perfect condition. he got $251. He was furious lol

marsmissions · Oct 11, 2012, 06:19 PM

I've sold two iPads and two iPhones through instant sale and was paid the full initial offer all four times.

It is definitely not a scam.

Brad02 · Oct 11, 2012, 06:20 PM

Had the same thing happen to me. Perfect iphone 4 $200 offered but then when they inspected they Said it had dead pixels and hot spots? Hah. The phone had zero stuff wrong with it besides the random home button not working. Was offered $105.. Wondering if they harvested parts from mine.

Iphone 2.2 · Oct 11, 2012, 06:23 PM

make sure you receive your old phone and not another phone that they had that doesnt work, and has that problem claiming its yours. AKA the old switch a roo

sawah · Oct 11, 2012, 06:25 PM

I've never had a single problem with instant sale and I've sold 4-5 phones on there. I've always received what I've been quoted, and I've never had them tell me my phone wasn't in the condition that I said it was.

janita · Oct 11, 2012, 06:26 PM

I sold my black, 16gb, iPhone 4 to instant sale without any problems. They quoted me $200 and I had that amount in my bank account within a week of mailing the phone to them.

Applejuiced · Oct 11, 2012, 06:33 PM

That sucks dude

richpuer · Oct 11, 2012, 07:09 PM

Hopefully you took a screen shot of the serial number before u sent it out

braddick · Oct 11, 2012, 07:59 PM

Is there a slight chance to vibration is turned off? If so the company may not know to double check this in settings.

Either way you're right. A loss of a couple weeks could play havoc on resale value although I've noticed, interestingly enough, values for the 4 and 4S and increased ever so slightly after the onslaught of iPhones were sold with the iP5 release.

Perhaps a couple of extra weeks may work in your favor.

groupersandwich · Oct 11, 2012, 08:13 PM

I sold mine to eBay instant sale and it couldn't have gone smoother. That's too bad about your troubles with them.

nostresshere · Oct 11, 2012, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by groupersandwich

I sold mine to eBay instant sale and it couldn't have gone smoother. That's too bad about your troubles with them.

Many people come here and have reported it went fine.

Some do not.

To call it a scam is, well just another scam.

praetorx · Oct 11, 2012, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dissdnt

Anyone else have horror stories?

As a seller you have zero fraud protection on eBay.

I was scammed a few years back by a guy who bought a $850 laptop from me, claimed it was not working, filed a dispute with PayPal and shipped it back with changed parts (battery he stole alone was worth $100).

PayPal deducted the full price from my bank account and put a hold on the $850 the buyer paid me. I was out $1700 that month. At least he sent something back so after one month I got my $850 back and was able to sell the remaining parts at a loss.

I had no recourse and PayPal wanted me to file a report with the police.

eBay and PayPal support fraud and their feedback system is in existent if you're the seller.

Jess2387 · Oct 11, 2012, 10:36 PM

I recently sent my Blackberry torch to these people last Monday Oct 1st I checked the status and its been delivered then it said cexchange is waiting to receive your device and it's been saying that for a few days. I've emailed them and ebay and have yet to get a answer . I was quoted $140. I'm irritated that I have not heard back from these clowns! Anyone have the same issue?

StephenAndrew · Oct 11, 2012, 10:44 PM

^^ I have a similar issue. I emailed my phone to them on Sept. 28th, it was delivered to them Oct. 4th. Haven't heard a peep from them, and haven't gotten a payment. Just today I emailed them to ask what's up, because it says in the confirmation that I would receive payment within two days after they get it. It's been seven now, and without any communication or explanation, it's a little annoying.

Gjwilly · Oct 11, 2012, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jess2387

I recently sent my Blackberry torch to these people last Monday Oct 1st I checked the status and its been delivered then it said cexchange is waiting to receive your device and it's been saying that for a few days. I've emailed them and ebay and have yet to get a answer . I was quoted $140. I'm irritated that I have not heard back from these clowns! Anyone have the same issue?

Mine was delivered on 10/3 and I finally got the email and the status update today that it was received and being evaluated.
Now lets see if they stick to their offer price.

StephenAndrew · Oct 11, 2012, 10:51 PM

BTW, am I the only one who thinks CExchange is a horrible name for a company, given the similarities in pronunciation between C and S?

dissdnt · Oct 12, 2012, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by praetorx

As a seller you have zero fraud protection on eBay.

I was scammed a few years back by a guy who bought a $850 laptop from me, claimed it was not working, filed a dispute with PayPal and shipped it back with changed parts (battery he stole alone was worth $100).

PayPal deducted the full price from my bank account and put a hold on the $850 the buyer paid me. I was out $1700 that month. At least he sent something back so after one month I got my $850 back and was able to sell the remaining parts at a loss.

I had no recourse and PayPal wanted me to file a report with the police.

eBay and PayPal support fraud and their feedback system is in existent if you're the seller.

I understand about the fraud thing. I sell stuff online for a living and we get charge backs and other nonsense all the time. But this has nothing to do with me as a seller being fraudulent.

I sent a perfectly good working iPhone 4 in perfect working order and they hit me back with nonsense. That's fraud.

zea mays · 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dissdnt

So I went the route of selling my iPhone 4 with ebay instant sale with an offer of 200 bucks.

2 weeks is an eternity on the resell value market and by time I get this phone back, if they haven't broken it already, and try to sell it I'm sure i'll get crap for it.

So thanks ebay!

Anyone else have horror stories?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad02

Had the same thing happen to me. Perfect iphone 4 $200 offered but then when they inspected they Said it had dead pixels and hot spots? Hah. The phone had zero stuff wrong with it besides the random home button not working. Was offered $105.. Wondering if they harvested parts from mine.

I had a similar experience. Got my quote of $200 each for 2 iPhone 4 16gb. Sent them in immediately after receiving my iPhone 5. One phone, they gave me the offered $200, but the other phone they said had "hot spots and at least one stuck pixel" and offered me $95 for it. I accepted the $200 and told them to send me back the $95 phone.

I got my phone back with no noticeable changes except a couple stickers on the box and phone. Cleaned it back up and sold it for $275 on craigslist a little less than a week later. There were zero dead pixels or "hotspots" that I could discern. The buyer was pleased and so was I, however, I will likely not use InstantSale again.

blueprint1983 · Oct 12, 2012, 10:55 AM

still waiting on my iphone 4. they offered $153, and they have already received it but are still inspecting it..

Jess2387 · Oct 12, 2012, 12:49 PM

Well mine still says their waiting to receive my item although it said it was delivered the 4th! Really want to know if they even got it or not.. .

SheepNutz · Oct 12, 2012, 02:00 PM

I sold my 32GB iPhone 4 to them for $235, and got the full amount just a few days after they received it.

ECUalum03 · Oct 12, 2012, 02:21 PM

I sold 3 to them and got my full quoted price on all 3, 16g 4, 32 g 4, and 16g 4S. One I sent on the 28th and hadn't heard anything so I sent an email and they are backed up because of the large number they recently received.

Oct 11, 2012, 06:13 PM	#1
dissdnt macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2007	eBay Instant Sale Scam So I went the route of selling my iPhone 4 with ebay instant sale with an offer of 200 bucks. Well 10 days later after receiving it they finally got back to me with an offer of 43 bucks claiming the vibrate feature doesn't work. I've used and handled that phone for over a year and at no time have I had any issue with the stupid vibrate feature. It's clearly a scam to not pay out the initial offer. I did email them but I'm sure i'll get nothing but crickets and my phone back in 7-10 days. I honestly plan to film the opening and testing of my phone once it's received to show what nonsense this company is that works with Ebay. 2 weeks is an eternity on the resell value market and by time I get this phone back, if they haven't broken it already, and try to sell it I'm sure i'll get crap for it. So thanks ebay! Anyone else have horror stories? __________________ * Hi, I'm a Macforum user and I hold my phone in the "death grip" just to complain. *
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Oct 11, 2012, 06:19 PM	#5
marsmissions macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Washington, US	I've sold two iPads and two iPhones through instant sale and was paid the full initial offer all four times. It is definitely not a scam. __________________ Blog \| Twitter
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Oct 11, 2012, 06:25 PM	#8
sawah macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2010	I've never had a single problem with instant sale and I've sold 4-5 phones on there. I've always received what I've been quoted, and I've never had them tell me my phone wasn't in the condition that I said it was. __________________ "Doing something new and different is easy. Doing something genuinely better is hard." iPhone 5 6.1, Galaxy Nexus GSM
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Oct 12, 2012, 02:00 PM	#24
SheepNutz macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kantuckee	I sold my 32GB iPhone 4 to them for $235, and got the full amount just a few days after they received it. __________________ 32GB Black iPhone 5 32GB Black Wifi 3rd Gen iPad 80GB Black iPod Classic
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Oct 11, 2012, 06:16 PM	#2
Six8 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: SFL	That sux! $43 trololol
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Oct 11, 2012, 06:18 PM	#4
aphexacid macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago	You're 100% correct about the market. I sold my iphone 4 black 16gb about 1 week after the iphone 5 came out. its an at&t 4 16gb with a totally shattered screen, but everything worked perfect. i got $198 for it, ebay auction. My friend sold his about 1 week after my auction ended. identical phone, except his was perfect condition. he got $251. He was furious lol
	1

Oct 11, 2012, 06:20 PM	#6
Brad02 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2011	Had the same thing happen to me. Perfect iphone 4 $200 offered but then when they inspected they Said it had dead pixels and hot spots? Hah. The phone had zero stuff wrong with it besides the random home button not working. Was offered $105.. Wondering if they harvested parts from mine.
	2

Oct 11, 2012, 06:23 PM	#7
Iphone 2.2 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2010	make sure you receive your old phone and not another phone that they had that doesnt work, and has that problem claiming its yours. AKA the old switch a roo
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Oct 11, 2012, 06:26 PM	#9
janita macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2010	I sold my black, 16gb, iPhone 4 to instant sale without any problems. They quoted me $200 and I had that amount in my bank account within a week of mailing the phone to them.
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Oct 11, 2012, 06:33 PM	#10
Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	That sucks dude
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Oct 11, 2012, 07:09 PM	#11
richpuer macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2010	Hopefully you took a screen shot of the serial number before u sent it out
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Oct 11, 2012, 07:59 PM	#12
braddick Contributor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Encinitas, CA	Is there a slight chance to vibration is turned off? If so the company may not know to double check this in settings. Either way you're right. A loss of a couple weeks could play havoc on resale value although I've noticed, interestingly enough, values for the 4 and 4S and increased ever so slightly after the onslaught of iPhones were sold with the iP5 release. Perhaps a couple of extra weeks may work in your favor.
	1

Oct 11, 2012, 08:13 PM	#13
groupersandwich macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Tallahassee, FL	I sold mine to eBay instant sale and it couldn't have gone smoother. That's too bad about your troubles with them.
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Oct 11, 2012, 10:36 PM	#16
Jess2387 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	I recently sent my Blackberry torch to these people last Monday Oct 1st I checked the status and its been delivered then it said cexchange is waiting to receive your device and it's been saying that for a few days. I've emailed them and ebay and have yet to get a answer . I was quoted $140. I'm irritated that I have not heard back from these clowns! Anyone have the same issue?
	1

Oct 11, 2012, 10:44 PM	#17
StephenAndrew macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Connecticut, USA	^^ I have a similar issue. I emailed my phone to them on Sept. 28th, it was delivered to them Oct. 4th. Haven't heard a peep from them, and haven't gotten a payment. Just today I emailed them to ask what's up, because it says in the confirmation that I would receive payment within two days after they get it. It's been seven now, and without any communication or explanation, it's a little annoying.
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Oct 11, 2012, 10:51 PM	#19
StephenAndrew macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Connecticut, USA	BTW, am I the only one who thinks CExchange is a horrible name for a company, given the similarities in pronunciation between C and S?
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Oct 12, 2012, 10:55 AM	#22
blueprint1983 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Missouri	still waiting on my iphone 4. they offered $153, and they have already received it but are still inspecting it..
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Oct 12, 2012, 12:49 PM	#23
Jess2387 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Well mine still says their waiting to receive my item although it said it was delivered the 4th! Really want to know if they even got it or not.. .
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Oct 12, 2012, 02:21 PM	#25
ECUalum03 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	I sold 3 to them and got my full quoted price on all 3, 16g 4, 32 g 4, and 16g 4S. One I sent on the 28th and hadn't heard anything so I sent an email and they are backed up because of the large number they recently received.
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