eBay Seller Return Scam

[Kleepernop]

Thank you all for the advice. I was able to get my money back.

Long story short I was finally able to talk to EBay’s high value claims person. PM me and I’ll give the details of how to do that if your want to know. Anyway, and I speculate here, it looks like eBay saw my long and honest history, an forced the hand of the scamming seller.

PayPal was helpful and told me I could file a claim with them as well. I figured my best bet was with eBay first. I didn’t get much momentum with the police or USPS. I figured that would be the case but at least it made me feel better! I did get to tell the cop how much her work is appreciated despite the other BS in the world. She appreciated that.

So all in all, my loss was a lot of time and being out $4.5k for over a month, but it ended OK. I love the hobby, and will continue investing (that is the word I use to justify it to my wife!!). But I will remember this scam and think one more time before buying.


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[Seven]

Originally Posted by Kleepernop

Thank you all for the advice. I was able to get my money back.

Long story short I was finally able to talk to EBay’s high value claims person. PM me and I’ll give the details of how to do that if your want to know. Anyway, and I speculate here, it looks like eBay saw my long and honest history, an forced the hand of the scamming seller.

PayPal was helpful and told me I could file a claim with them as well. I figured my best bet was with eBay first. I didn’t get much momentum with the police or USPS. I figured that would be the case but at least it made me feel better! I did get to tell the cop how much her work is appreciated despite the other BS in the world. She appreciated that.

So all in all, my loss was a lot of time and being out $4.5k for over a month, but it ended OK. I love the hobby, and will continue investing (that is the word I use to justify it to my wife!!). But I will remember this scam and think one more time before buying.


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If there is one thing I've learned from being on here briefly, it's that for big purchases, try to limit yourself to buying from only the most reliable sources possible and always cover your bases when it comes to dropping significant money on a card.

[sportscomicfantasy]

Originally Posted by Kleepernop

Thank you all for the advice. I was able to get my money back.

Long story short I was finally able to talk to EBay’s high value claims person. PM me and I’ll give the details of how to do that if your want to know. Anyway, and I speculate here, it looks like eBay saw my long and honest history, an forced the hand of the scamming seller.

PayPal was helpful and told me I could file a claim with them as well. I figured my best bet was with eBay first. I didn’t get much momentum with the police or USPS. I figured that would be the case but at least it made me feel better! I did get to tell the cop how much her work is appreciated despite the other BS in the world. She appreciated that.

So all in all, my loss was a lot of time and being out $4.5k for over a month, but it ended OK. I love the hobby, and will continue investing (that is the word I use to justify it to my wife!!). But I will remember this scam and think one more time before buying.


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Soooo glad it worked out for you and thanks for letting us know about it!

[iwantitiwinit]

Buying a raw card for $4200 sight unseen. Nuff said.

[MikeGarcia]

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"Long story short I was finally able to talk to EBay’s high value claims person." :::

.."high-value claims"------ to some of us out here , getting openly cheated out of $99.00 classifies as a high-value scam..... E-Bay doesn't seem to have a person for the rest of us ??


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[Jewish-collector]

I'm a very low end buyer, so I would get upset if it happened to me with a $20 card.

If I was ever to buy something valued at 4K, I would certainly buy it from a reputable auction house. Am I correct with that statement ?

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

I'm a very low end buyer, so I would get upset if it happened to me with a $20 card.

If I was ever to buy something valued at 4K, I would certainly buy it from a reputable auction house. Am I correct with that statement ?

There's more than a few people on here, that I wouldn't have a problem buying from!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Seven

There's more than a few people on here, that I wouldn't have a problem buying from!

+1....probably thousands of transactions on our BST that are in the multi thousand dollar range. I have done a lot of them myself. If you do just a little bit of research on your trading partner this is a very safe place to transact in the hobby.

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