ebay warning

[angelah]

I am sorry if this is the wrong place... but I know many folk buy trains related stuff from all over and ebay may be one of those places.

ebay fraudsters are alive and well. This is a warning to all trainzers.
I paid for a small pin badge, a Winchester rifle in fact, last Friday by card.
I was not then a member (am now, but that doesn't help at all, have you ever tried contacting them? - it's hopeless) so bought as a 'guest'.

This moring Barclays fraud phoned me to ask if I had been making several purchases all over the place, which of course I hadn't. It went to the tune of several hundred pounds.

Needless to say the vendor is suddenly on 'holiday' and out of contact.

ebay reckoned they had sorted this fraud out, it seems not....

If anybody has a phone number that doesn't connect with an old lady near Crawley can you please let me have it. I won't mention ebay's one here, I don't want to disturb the poor old soul. If it rings before you have dialled all the numbers it isn't ebay.

Angela

 

[Tanvaras]

Thats just horrid, I personally hate (hate isnt the right word, but its late LOL) Ebay. I don't trust something I buy electronically, I am still one too purchase face too face. My wife ebays alot, but I always make sure she buys within our state and only do items where I can pick up and pay on pickup for her.

Its sad too hear about that Angelah, I do hope fraud control in your bank can take care of it and you dont wear he cost of it all. I had a Visa card stolen soetime back and a good nice amount of cash spent on it, luckily I could prove I was no where near where the sales were and my banks fraud control took over and I was covered and didnt wear the cost, even caught the &%^%*^&#$^%&^(#^@%$ that stole me card, he got done on 10 counts of fraud and is now residing in a nice 2 x 4 cell

Hope it all works out the right way for you Angelah, and you dont end up getting screwed by the bank over it.

Cheers

Trent

 

[johnwhelan]

If you are buying on ebay the only safe way is with paypal. I've heard of a few UK transactions going wrong either by the goods not being to the quality advertised and the vendor refusing to refund or credit card problems.

Cheerio John

 

[wridenour]

Well I've never had any problems buying, but has anyone tried to sell anything recently? They've tacked on I don't know how many little fees and now they have this deal where they get like 12% of the sale price!!!!!
No more ebay selling for me...

 

[angelah]

No more ebay

And no more ebay for me - ever!
I only get caught once but it can sometimes be an expensive 'caught', as it has been this time.
Barclays are usually pretty good and I have an appointment with them tomorrow.
Should have listened to that little voice inside.... yes, I do have a little voice inside and I rarely listen, to my bad fortune usually. You would think I would learn!

Thanks for responding guys...

Blessings,

Angela

 

[welsh375]

ebay

Sorry to hear that you were conned angela, I don't bother with ebay for its bad reputation with con people. Normally if i buy something new, I allways get it from amazon. Amazon is registered as a shop so, everything sold throught amazon most exist, also being a shop, the standard sales of goods act applied to it. Never ever by form an online auction, it is not worth the hassle.

 

[SeanW]

Greetings Angelah;

I buy stuff from ebayers from time to time, never had any problems. A few things to note:
1) PayPal, PayPal, PayPal - if you aren't familiar with the seller PayPal is the only way to settle the bill - not only is your payment source "hidden" behind the PayPal email address, but you have more comeback if the seller turns out to be a con artist selling nonexistant or damaged goods.
2) For anything of value or where you don't have reason to trust the seller, insist on "signed for" shipment such as Registered Mail, with tracking reference.
A good retailer of any kind will do this and furnish a tracking number as a matter of course.
3) I didn't know you could bid on and buy stuff on eBay as a Guest - that sounds dodgy.
4) Standard warnings about ignoring phishing eMails that are supposidly from "eBay" or "PayPal" etc.

As you all know there's good stuff out there - the few fraudsters are not really any reason not to buy stuff online - but you have to take precautions and do your research, really no way around it.

 

[BLACKWATCH]

Sorry to hear your news Angela, I have been buying & selling on eBay for just over 5 years now, only had one bad deal, that was some dodgy RAM from an American seller, thanks to Paypal I got my money back.
I have always used Paypal and advise anyone shopping online to use it wherever possible.
Barclays do advertise about how good their protection is for card holders, so hopefully you will come out of this ok.

Chin up sweetheart.

 

[big_b]

Hope it works out well for you Angela.

My daughter buys & sells on ebay .She purchased something recently & the seller did a runner with the money,when she realized there were no goods she put in an appeal which she won & got her money back but it took a couple of months to sort out.


Dave

 

[ru4sure]

un lawful use of ?

I got an email today saying my order has been shipped but I did not order anything. How do I talk to someone at auran about this ? May be some one ordered something & I will be stuck with the bill Thanks Ray

 

[colhad]

Gees, gotta be real careful hey?? I've only used ebay once and I was smart enough to pay through Paypal. I also received the item I paid for within a couple of days, so no complaints from that perspective.

 

[Red_Rattler]

Angelah, don't take this the wrong way, but some questions if I may. Why did you buy as a guest instead of signing up using an username?

How good was this person(s) feedback? Was it either 100% or near 100%?

Over here, we can pay by either paypal (which is part of eBay, but you have to pay extra fees with paypal), bank deposit, and C.O.D.

Some tips
• Check how long the seller has been on eBay.
• Check their feedback. If it is 100%, check to see if their are any neutral feedbacks, and have a quick scan in the positive feedback to see if any negative feedback within the positive feedback (& yes I have seen that)
• Check the description very carefully.
• Careful of those sellers that only show one side of an item, as how do you know the other side isn't faulty. Ask them for additional pictures if need to.
• Be careful of those that don't use their own pictures of the products they are selling.

If you're interested in an item on the internet (be it eBay or not), and probably the most important, but how many people bother to save the page? If you can saving the page also a PDF can help.

 

[Tiger313]

If you are buying on ebay the only safe way is with paypal. I've heard of a few UK transactions going wrong either by the goods not being to the quality advertised and the vendor refusing to refund or credit card problems.

Cheerio John

PayPal is owned by eBay. I've lost €50 to PayPal (apparently some PayPal employee ran off with it) and they wouldn't refund it 'cause they said I had made a purchase (which I hadn't!). So to me that whole eBay/PayPal thing is one big scam.

 

[Liam125]

Here's what I do to try and stay clear of scammers and con artists:
1. Check their feedback - make sure the seller has a good reputation and that nobody has written anything on the lines of 'not genuine product' or 'scam'.
2. Always use PayPal - it's the most secure way of paying and is eBay's recommended method of payment.
3. Try to go for the online shops rather than the general second-hand sellers. eBay shops are usually more of a business for that person and therefore wouldn't be more of a threat.

 

[Tiger313]

*snip*
2. Always use PayPal - it's the most secure way of paying and is eBay's recommended method of payment. *snip*

If PayPal is the most secure way of paying, then eBay is in a sorry state.

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

If PayPal is the most secure way of paying, then eBay is in a sorry state.

It is from my experiences, although this may differ from region to region.

I have to agree with many though. First thing to check, the price, if the price is right, thats a good start. (Also, keep in mind a price you'd go upto.)
Check the listing, does it look right? Have you done your research? Some sellers do advertise some incorrect items and therefore, become pretty inconsistent.
Is there something fishy about the item? Have they used generic photos? Generic photos (unless you expect something to have generic photos, like consummables) are a good clue of a useless seller. Who would use generic photos to show off an item anyway? As I say, there are exceptions, like printer cartridges.
Most sellers want to show their second hand goods, in as best condition as possible, to attract the maximun bid.
History, is there a history of problems? Check the feedback? Most sellers should really be around the 90s mark, 95% + and a good seller. 99.9% is a really good seller, 100% is near impossible. Also, when you look through the feedback, look at some positive ones, then the negative ones, see if they really deserve the feedback. (Some really don't deserve the negative or neutral feedback that is left, its the way some customers are.)
And also, don't leave any feedback until you got the item. Although, really, I question eBays term for feedback. Do they mean "transaction" or "recieved item and the trasaction?".

There are other considerations, can you contact them for example?