Just got ripped off !!!

[clubhead]

It'll be good if you can provide us with his ebay ID. I'm in the process of getting Paypal to resolve one of my dispute as well. I'll post full details here once this gets settled to be fair to the seller...

[claudio]

Yes, I will let everybody know you can count on that!!! I am giving him the benefit of the doubt before I go out of my way to make sure he does not rip anybody else off. I sent him an e-mail and told him that if he does not respond in the next day or so I will report him to Paypal. Hopefully they have some type of buyer protection

[Perfectlap]

how much did you spend?

[RandallNeighbour]

If you used your credit card to pay through paypal, you have two recourses.

1. Paypal typically finds the seller at fault and credits the money back to the buyer.

2. Using one's credit card to pay for purchases through paypal (versus direct withdrawl from a bank account) gives one more layer of protection.

Do report him to Paypal... chances are that he will have the money yanked out of his account.

I buy off Ebay all the time and I have very good trades. Sorry to hear it's not been the same for some of you fellow Boxster owners.

[clubhead]

Originally Posted by claudio

... I will report him to Paypal. Hopefully they have some type of buyer protection

Paypal buyer protection is not much of a use. Your case is similar to mine and you probably need to open a dispute under "Goods not received as described". Paypal will state that you'll get a response from them within 7-14 days of opening a dispute and a dispute will take up to 30 days to resolve.

This is all crap. I'm into my 3rd week without hearing anything from Paypal. Called them twice and they said the disputes are handled in the order they're received, blah, blah, blah. And they do have many disputes to handle so......THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WHEN MY DISPUTE WILL BE ATTENDED TO!!! It can be 2, 3 or 4 months or even longer??!!

So put too much hope in Paypal dispute resolution....

For my case, the buyer is refusing to deal with me now since I've opened a dispute with Paypal. What gives??!! I'm not placing too much hope on this. Next step is just to leave a negative feedback and post your experiences in as many forums you can find....

[Ckrikos]

Paypal will not do anything. If you received a product from from the seller they will leave it at that and say they do not warranty the quality. I would just contest the CC charge. Screw paypal for the crappy service or supposed protection they offer.

[Perfectlap]

The last time I got screwed a seller sent me a bunch of soccer jerseys (I collect)and they were not up to par. I sent them back since He was a power seller. Well he said he would return my money except he never did. He stoped returning money and emails and the negative feedback started sky rocketing. But he kept on selling! and Ebay didn't do squat.
So I took matters into my own hands and followed all of his auctions and emailed everyone of his bidders that he was not going to send them any merchandise and that he was a crook. I did this for two weeks (I can be tenacious) I made sure to CC him on each email. He promptly returned my money without an email requesting me to stop.

If this guy is still selling on ebay start harrasing his bidders.
Even though you didn't technically go through ebay.

[clubhead]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

So I took matters into my own hands and followed all of his auctions and emailed everyone of his bidders that he was not going to send them any merchandise and that he was a crook. I did this for two weeks (I can be tenacious) I made sure to CC him on each email. He promptly returned my money without an email requesting me to stop.

If this guy is still selling on ebay start harrasing his bidders.
Even though you didn't technically go through ebay.

Excellant idea I'll be sure to do that!

[claudio]

Great idea man. I will start doing that if this whole thing doesn't get resolved. I am hoping for the best.

Claudio