I got this Chinese buyer on HF who's trying to scam me out of $1400 and Paypal's doing their best to screw me over. The money has been taken out of my account. I tried calling, couldn't reach them so requested a call back. There was never any call back, so I emailed them and received a general automated message instead.
Well, f**k you then paypal. I will NEVER use your service again.
Yes, Paypal's "buyer protection" strongly and automatically favors the buyer to the point that it's more dangerous now to be ripped off as a seller than as a buyer. A friend of mine is selling a boat in the Houston area and was asking advice about a guy from El Paso who wanted to pay with Paypal and send "his courier" to pick it up. I advised him to run away and don't look back.
Exactly. I keep hearing about seller complaints but never experienced it so I have been using paypal quite frequently until now. And to top it off, I emailed them later and got nothing but an automated message. Adios paypal!
I feel bad for PayPal, it is so easy for them to get scammed and they really can't do much about it.
Make a new account, get a friend to send you money for let's say an Eddie Current Studio. Move payment to different account. Friend asks for refund. split profits
@SteelCannon only problem is you have to have some kind of account attached to PayPal and I’ve heard horror stories about bank accounts being frozen by PayPal.
You don't need a bank account attached to receive money only to take it out of PayPal. A scammer will have an alternate PayPal or friends PayPal linked to a bank account to get the money out. But PayPal can't freeze that account.
I once sold a panerai watch to someone from watchuseek. The tracking stopped updating and he claimed he didn't receive it. PayPal refunded him the money but I had already moved it to an alternate account, which I do with all my sales. So I had a -6000 balance. The kicker is that I found the guys facebook and he was wearing the watch on his profile picture.
After 2 years I felt guilty and called PayPal to settle up. They said it wasn't possible for some reason. Now I pay shipping insurance on anything over $1000 especially when using USPS.
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