Paypal blows my mind sometimes

[daweeze02]

So I was selling a cell phone and had a bidding war with 3 people all 100+ feedback so I was very happy. Then at the last second a 0 feedback new ebay user bids and wins. I knew right off the bat it was gonna be a scammer.

So a few minutes later I get a payment with $50 extra lol and a note saying please ship this to my brother in the Philippines express mail. Grrrrr, so I call paypal to explain to them that I am not shipping this to the USA paypal address or out of the country and they should contact the owner of this paypal account because their account has been stolen. The lady tells me well you got the payment you should send it to the confirmed address. I was like are you serious I am telling you this is a scam and you are still wanting me to ship out a $200 phone knowing this is a scam and I will have to get all this shipped back to me from the poor girl who had there account stolen.

PS I emailed the person and told them due to scammers I do not ship outside the US and guess what no response shocker lol

 

[amdhunter]

A+++++++++++++++ will read again.

 

[drum]

Come on I sent you an extra $50 jackass

 

[The Boston Dangler]

and this is why i don't bother

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: drum
Come on I sent you an extra $50 jackass

lol

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Paypal blows


leave it at that

 

[TwiceOver]

Big bold letters in the shipping section "Will not ship outside of USA". So far I have never gotten a scam purchase.

 

[SunnyD]

Sweep your account and call it a day. Scam the scammer. You just made $.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Should have added in your Listing that you don't ship outside of the US and also that bidders need to have a positive > 0 feedback. That would have prevented the scammer from even bidding.

 

[Saga]

To be honest I have no idea why you're so confused.

Paypal gets plausible deniability so when the owner of the compromised account contacts Paypal it gives them an excuse to remove the funds from your account and then to hold them while they "investigate" the fraud. After a month (or 2-3, in my experiences long ago when I was still stupid enough to use PayPal as opposed to Google Checkout) of "investigating" the issue they can and probably will simply determine they were unable to come to a proper mediation of the issue and retain the funds themselves. You both lose, PayPal wins.

Even in the off chance they decide to give the money back (doubtful) you gave them an interest free loan for the duration. Jesus I should have thought of that business model years ago, they're making a killing skimming off compromised accounts and every new TOS modification for years has been giving them more and more control over who gets to decide what to do with the funds (see: them).

 

[daweeze02]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Should have added in your Listing that you don't ship outside of the US and also that bidders need to have a positive > 0 feedback. That would have prevented the scammer from even bidding.

I do not think you can block 0 feedback users can you?

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: daweeze02

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Should have added in your Listing that you don't ship outside of the US and also that bidders need to have a positive > 0 feedback. That would have prevented the scammer from even bidding.

I do not think you can block 0 feedback users can you?

I think you can, but i do not sell at eBay anymore. Only local/Craigslist

 

[SonnyDaze]

I WANT MY PHONE!!

 

[daweeze02]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
I WANT MY PHONE!!

lmfao

 

[daweeze02]

So I just spoke with a guy who had asked me questions before the auction ended. I called him and he was super nice guy, ended up relisting it just for him and resold it for only $10 less than before and to a legit person thank god.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
So I just spoke with a guy who had asked me questions before the auction ended. I called him and he was super nice guy, ended up relisting it just for him and resold it for only $10 less than before and to a legit person thank god.

:thumbsup:

 

[daweeze02]

I wish all my transactions with people were this good, probably one of the nicest people I have ever encountered on ebay. He even told me to save money on shipping to flatten the cell phone box so I could fit it into a USPS flat rate packaging.


Greg,

You went out of your way to work with me and for this I greatly appreciate it. Just to let you know I will be givng you the best FB you have received when the Ipaq arrives. THANKS.

Frank

 

[daweeze02]

So I emailed the victim...I found them on facebook and let them know their account was hacked since Paypal were being morons. Here is her repsonse, she even called me thanking me

Yea i do an they did... Idk how they got my acct or my debt card but plz dont accept it or ship anything... I called paypal an my bank an cancelled everything.. How did u find me? Was all my info on there... Im soo bullshit.. Thank u so much for messaging me i was freekin out!


And her wallpost just now

Soo the guy sellin the shit on ebay that the hacker tried to buy just SAVED my life.. He new it was a scam && put a stop to it! Thank you Greg!!!!


FUCKIN BULLSHIT!! Someone hacked into my bank account an spent $270... Are u fuckin kiddin me?!? Ill fuckin find u an fuckin kill you biiitch!

 

[daweeze02]

So I emailed the victim...I found them on facebook and let them know their account was hacked since Paypal were being morons. Here is her repsonse, she even called me thanking me

Yea i do an they did... Idk how they got my acct or my debt card but plz dont accept it or ship anything... I called paypal an my bank an cancelled everything.. How did u find me? Was all my info on there... Im soo bullshit.. Thank u so much for messaging me i was freekin out!


And her wallpost just now

Soo the guy sellin the shit on ebay that the hacker tried to buy just SAVED my life.. He new it was a scam && put a stop to it! Thank you Greg!!!!


FUCKIN BULLSHIT!! Someone hacked into my bank account an spent $270... Are u fuckin kiddin me?!? Ill fuckin find u an fuckin kill you biiitch!

 

[DrawninwarD]

Triple kill!

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
So I emailed the victim...I found them on facebook and let them know their account was hacked since Paypal were being morons. Here is her repsonse, she even called me thanking me

Yea i do an they did... Idk how they got my acct or my debt card but plz dont accept it or ship anything... I called paypal an my bank an cancelled everything.. How did u find me? Was all my info on there... Im soo bullshit.. Thank u so much for messaging me i was freekin out!


And her wallpost just now

Soo the guy sellin the shit on ebay that the hacker tried to buy just SAVED my life.. He new it was a scam && put a stop to it! Thank you Greg!!!!


FUCKIN BULLSHIT!! Someone hacked into my bank account an spent $270... Are u fuckin kiddin me?!? Ill fuckin find u an fuckin kill you biiitch!

Is she hot? Ask for a BJ

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
Greg,

You went out of your way to work with me and for this I greatly appreciate it. Just to let you know I will be givng you the best FB you have received when the Ipaq arrives. THANKS.

Frank

I'm gonna give you so many fucking pluses you won't know what hit you.

 

[daweeze02]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: daweeze02
So I emailed the victim...I found them on facebook and let them know their account was hacked since Paypal were being morons. Here is her repsonse, she even called me thanking me

Yea i do an they did... Idk how they got my acct or my debt card but plz dont accept it or ship anything... I called paypal an my bank an cancelled everything.. How did u find me? Was all my info on there... Im soo bullshit.. Thank u so much for messaging me i was freekin out!


And her wallpost just now

Soo the guy sellin the shit on ebay that the hacker tried to buy just SAVED my life.. He new it was a scam && put a stop to it! Thank you Greg!!!!


FUCKIN BULLSHIT!! Someone hacked into my bank account an spent $270... Are u fuckin kiddin me?!? Ill fuckin find u an fuckin kill you biiitch!

Is she hot? Ask for a BJ

lol she is actually good looking

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: daweeze02
Greg,

You went out of your way to work with me and for this I greatly appreciate it. Just to let you know I will be givng you the best FB you have received when the Ipaq arrives. THANKS.

Frank

I'm gonna give you so many fucking pluses you won't know what hit you.

A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
So I emailed the victim...I found them on facebook and let them know their account was hacked since Paypal were being morons. Here is her repsonse, she even called me thanking me

Yea i do an they did... Idk how they got my acct or my debt card but plz dont accept it or ship anything... I called paypal an my bank an cancelled everything.. How did u find me? Was all my info on there... Im soo bullshit.. Thank u so much for messaging me i was freekin out!


And her wallpost just now

Soo the guy sellin the shit on ebay that the hacker tried to buy just SAVED my life.. He new it was a scam && put a stop to it! Thank you Greg!!!!


FUCKIN BULLSHIT!! Someone hacked into my bank account an spent $270... Are u fuckin kiddin me?!? Ill fuckin find u an fuckin kill you biiitch!

cool story bro!