BEWARE Paypal Ripped Me Off, Your Next!

[Billy Golightly]

This so sounds like the ordeal I went through a couple years ago about a shock I bought. It was a super high end Elka, retail for probably more then a grand. I was high bidder for $300 and no reserve I had emailed back and fourth wit hthe seller a couple times before asking questions before I sniped at the end. I won, sent money instantly. A few days later I get an email saying someone had hacked their account and they had never listed the item and they refunded my money. They had purchased Raptor T-shirts, wheels, and misc stuff months before. The IP addresses were the same as from the first emails to when they said they had been hacked. I filed a "Non selling seller" thinga muh bob against them and then ebay got involved and said their account had been comprmised even though I had tons of proof it wasnt. The guy just got a raw deal and didn't get out of the shock what he wanted. I emailed all the info to ebay and they never did a damn thing. Heres the thread: http://3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=33473

[Sqirtster]

I trying to figure this out. You purchase insurance on an item, they charge the seller if you're not satisfied. You make a purchase with no money in your paypal, (transfer) they charge the seller. Ebay (the "new" owners of paypal) and paypal wouldn't exist at all without sellers. WTF? I filed a claim with ebay and paypal as I never recieved an item after 5 weeks. They reviewed this for two weeks, then told me it was in my favor, but since there was no money in the sellers paypal account so they couldn't refund my money at this time. Y'all are right, paypal sucks hard.

[LonesomeTriZ]

I can not say it enough. I would love to see the day when all the members here have flat out stopped using those twisted pricks.

[jason 32]

well i have a new account-less than 2 weeks old ,and someone from romania,tried hacking in to it!!!! nice huh

[ClayW]

WELL GUYS!!!! That Dumb ass hoe did not reply to paypal after I filed an appeal on their ruling. She did not respond to their email in the appropriate ammount of time and the case is CLOSED> Dumb Hoe. My account ballance is now ZERO. This is a good thing. LOL Now I can slam her ass on ebay with bad feedback. The dumb Whore needs to be
Tied up my account for 6+ weeks.

[dreadhed]

Glad it worked out for you.

[ClayW]

You and me both.

[LonesomeTriZ]

Good. Now do the smart thing and stop using Paypal.

[ClayW]

Exactly. I will no longer sell much and accept paypal. I will possibly use it to pay for things. Not sure though. Im still pretty pissed about the whole thing.

[ClayW]

I dont blame you at all John.

[OldSchoolin86]

Good. Now do the smart thing and stop using Paypal.

I'll still use it to buy stuff but I no longer accept it as payment in my auctions. Too many crazy people out there and paypal gives them too much power.

Clay, glad to hear you won in the end here.

[ClayW]

Thanks man. Yeah, thats kinda my thoughts too. I seems to be buyers tool. Not a sellers. I am just real uncomfortable about sending a postal money order to someone. They could take it and run, or what usually happens to my mail... the post office looses it. Hell I can put delivery conf, insurance, and tracking, and will never get conformation that the item was delivered.

I think thats a wise move my friend.