avanham wrote:
I have heard that there are scams where people steal other people's accounts and buy an item then disappear with it. When the real owner sees the charge on their credit card, they go through the Credit Card company and get their money back, and the seller ends up with nothing.
Is this true? Are there other scams as well? What kinds of situations do you turn away from? Can you refuse to sell to a bidder because you don't trust them? For that matter, how do you know who to trust?
This is true, and there is an entire website...www.paypalsucks.com (?) that contains stories relating to this exact method, and similar - how old they are, I am not sure.
One thing I have learnt recently is that in the case of a dispute, if you don't have "adequate" proof of postage when it comes to a buyer dispute, you will lose the case, your item and your money. The exact definition of "adequate" can be found with snippets here there and everywhere on PayPal's poorly designed site - which doesn't make it easy to know EXACTLY what you are expected to prove! And, as with eBay, if there is ANY discrepancy, it'll WILL go in the buyers favour.
But, don't let this put you off using eBay/PayPal :roll:
