Anyone got cheated in eBay before?

[vworks]

Well it is not so simple - if you sell 100 times socks with 100 positive feedbacks and you sell a macbook pro 2014 for 500 euros, the buyer should investigate a bit more...
You can also ask him some typical stuff before buying and google in every possible way his nickname.

 

[CLS1]

I haven't' sold anything on ebay for YEARS. I sold an iphone 4 and the buyer claimed that the screen was not working. So per ebay policy they were instructed to send the item back to receive a refund. They got the refund and I received an empty box in return.

Lesson learned.

 

[1rottenapple]

These scammers have all the time in the world. All it takes is one victim to make the effort worth it
[doublepost=1516322395][/doublepost]

I haven't' sold anything on ebay for YEARS. I sold an iphone 4 and the buyer claimed that the screen was not working. So per ebay policy they were instructed to send the item back to receive a refund. They got the refund and I received an empty box in return.

Lesson learned.

**** nothing you could do. That’s what they did to me. 1800 lost
[doublepost=1516322439][/doublepost]

Well it is not so simple - if you sell 100 times socks with 100 positive feedbacks and you sell a macbook pro 2014 for 500 euros, the buyer should investigate a bit more...
You can also ask him some typical stuff before buying and google in every possible way his nickname.

If enough time has past you can’t see what their history is. What was bought.

 

[vworks]

Well then you dont buy.
If you cant be sure enough and feel safe, you dont do it.

 

[dazzer21-2]

A LONG time ago I did. Fleeced for an iMac at about £1k which was about £300 less than list. Never used eBay before, paid into account prior to shipping, guy mysteriously disappeared, despite an email paper-trail 10 feet long. Police called and got nowhere. Googled afterwards to find loads of cases related to the same email address, although names different every time. I guess being naive taught me a lesson at the time; and there are all manner of ways that you could get scammed. It put me off using eBay for a good while. You just have to be aware and careful. Good luck in getting a positive resolution.

 

[swamprock]

I stick to purchases under $200 on eBay and do seller research before buying. I haven't gotten burned in a couple of years (got a dead laptop battery from China), but I was only out $25 and I just ate it. I just stick to old, maybe-working or untested-but-probably-broken electronics that I can usually fix and small items like video game cables.

I stopped selling years ago when they bought Paypal and changed their policies to not allow negative feedback on buyers. Having gotten out of the coin-op amusements business and having nothing left to sell helped that decision along as well. While I was a seller, I only had a couple of bad transactions take place where the buyer wasn't happy or didn't read the description properly and they were required to return the item before any refunds were issued- again, before the policy changes. If I have anything to sell, I usually sell locally through Craigslist, meeting in a public place to do any transactions.

 

[1rottenapple]

Craigslist is fun when selling. There’s always some guy who gives you a story that they need you to send it to their niece in another state or country. I just reply “lol”