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I'm really starting to hate eBay
paigeoliver:
Never buy anything having anything to do with an X-Box, Playstation, etc on ebay. It is scammer central.
That is where you get sellers like this
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=tar671
Still having power seller status despite the fact that their feedback for the last month was 109 positive, 23 neutral and 43 negative.
That section of ebay is where you constantly get brand new zero feedback sellers showing up with mad professional auction listings and $25,000 worth of consoles listed. They almost always just concentrate on the big two scammers favorites, PS2 and X-Box, never touching Gamecube much, cause children don't have money and moms don't buy christmas presents on ebay.
Daniel270:
I've noticed that the feedback is private too.... a BIG flag right there....
tmasman:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 07, 2005, 10:35:44 pm ---That is where you get sellers like this
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=tar671
Still having power seller status despite the fact that their feedback for the last month was 109 positive, 23 neutral and 43 negative.
--- End quote ---
Most of these are stollen identity issues... (They got suckered into giving away their eBay ID & password by forged emails)...
Then a scammer will reset email accounts & a paypal account to rake in the $$$ before they get caught. Then close the paypal account, close the actual back account & move on to the next... (Or they only accept other forms of payments).
Notice this seller was only selling flowers & things & then there's a rash of PS2s all posted on the same day??? BIG sign of a hijacked account.
Sorry bud. That sucks.
tommy:
The last item i "won" on ebay i payed and got nothing, the guy had a decent record and feedback and all of a sudden he was gone. :'(
That was a long time ago and i cant bring myself to bid again.
tmasman:
Wow... I've gotten screwed twice on eBay... 1 seller was slow & vindictive (I left negative after 3 weeks of no contact from seller & he made up some excuse & never sent the item)... The other time, I just took a chance on a low feedback seller to get a dreamcast system & he crapped out on me. He was just a ---tallywhacker---... I've been meaning to try & look him up again to harrass him a little more...
I've had quite a few successful transactions since then however. It's just a matter of buying from people who typically sell that sort of item a lot. (At least that's one thing I look for).