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drillwizard

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Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« on: December 08, 2008, 08:35:04 AM »
Sold a brand new ball to a buyer on ebay.

Buyer files a claim with paypal stating that he rec a perfect ball and everything was fine. Then he got it drilled and threw it on the lanes and it came back cracked into "50 pieces". Now of course the lane guy says it has to be a ball defect, and his pro shop guy backs him up. So buyer gets a new ball drilled up and doesnt save the "50" piece ball, and now wants to send his newly drilled ball back to me. So here is the good part paypal actually sided with him and they took the money out of my account to give him a refund, and It will come out after I rec this new ball he had drilled.

Have you ever heard of anything so unreal, and what if anything can I do to report this or paypal.

Sellers that use paypal beware if this is what they are going to do to us, I thought you other sellers should know.

Edited on 12/8/2008 5:50 PM
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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2008, 05:18:42 PM »
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I had a buyer try to pull something like that on me once. I sold a hard drive that was basically new but had been unboxed (I tested it and determined that it was fully functional). Luckily I decided to record the serial # down but it was also discernible in the picture that I had included with the listing. The buyer contacted me the day it arrived and claimed that it didn't work and his computer wouldn't recognize it. After troubleshooting with him through a couple of e-mails I said send the device back to me and I'll issue a full refund. A week later I get a hard drive in the mail from the buyer that was different than what I sent him. It was the same make and model but the serial # was different. It was also dusty and you can tell that it had been in and out of a computer before. I contacted him and asked if he was sure that he sent the right h/d back and he assured me that's what I sent him. Then I proceeded to point out the difference in serial #'s and told him that I couldn't issue a refund due to the difference. His response was basically "fine, I'll get my money back through paypal" and he proceeded to file a complaint with them. My account / funds were put on hold but eventually they sided with me after seeing what he was up to. To this day I still can't get over the fact that the original serial number was staring him in the face on the listing page and he still tried to do something like that.
 

Not the sharpest tack in the box, that guy.

It's things like this that keep me from buying/selling online.  I use paypal as a depository for online payments (i.e. when I receive payments for freelance work), but I never use it as a depository for auction monies.
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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2008, 09:56:12 PM »
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sounds like its same ball for a tryout
I will keep ser# on file if I sell one now.


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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2008, 10:14:31 PM »
just so everyone knows, most of these cases would be very easily settled in small claims court, if anyone ever stiffed you big enough to want to go that route.
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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2008, 10:18:31 PM »
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Sold a brand new ball to a buyer on ebay.

Buyer files a claim with paypal stating that he rec a perfect ball and everything was fine. Then he got it drilled and threw it on the lanes and it came back cracked into "50 pieces". Now of course the lane guy says it has to be a ball defect, and his pro shop guy backs him up. So buyer gets a new ball drilled up and doesnt save the "50" piece ball, and now wants to send his newly drilled ball back to me. So here is the good part paypal actually sided with him and they took the money out of my account to give him a refund, and It will come out after I rec this new ball he had drilled.

Have you ever heard of anything so unreal, and what if anything can I do to report this or paypal.

Sellers that use paypal beware if this is what they are going to do to us, I thought you other sellers should know.

Edited on 12/8/2008 5:50 PM


Always take the money out of your paypal account as soon as you get it for safety.  Paypal can't touch it once it is gone.
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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2008, 10:41:04 PM »
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Sold a brand new ball to a buyer on ebay.

Buyer files a claim with paypal stating that he rec a perfect ball and everything was fine. Then he got it drilled and threw it on the lanes and it came back cracked into "50 pieces". Now of course the lane guy says it has to be a ball defect, and his pro shop guy backs him up. So buyer gets a new ball drilled up and doesnt save the "50" piece ball, and now wants to send his newly drilled ball back to me. So here is the good part paypal actually sided with him and they took the money out of my account to give him a refund, and It will come out after I rec this new ball he had drilled.

Have you ever heard of anything so unreal, and what if anything can I do to report this or paypal.

Sellers that use paypal beware if this is what they are going to do to us, I thought you other sellers should know.

Edited on 12/8/2008 5:50 PM


Always take the money out of your paypal account as soon as you get it for safety.  Paypal can't touch it once it is gone.
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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2008, 03:51:57 AM »
Better yet.....

A few years ago I added a new back account to my Paypal account. When you do that they send 2 small amounts of change into your account to see if its active and so you can confirm. Well after I confirmed it, the guy from paypal that sent it through and what not, decided to steal my account info and start buying stuff online and posting ads for motorcycles with all of my info. 5 months, 1 lawyer, and $5k later...we tacked the guy down, got him fired, filed a lawsuit, and got my friggin money back!!
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Re: Paypal Unheard of and Unreal Must read
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2008, 07:58:35 AM »
With interest and legal fees, I hope.
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