Re: [OT] Ebay / Paypal - Card Refund Claim

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob

I have generaly not had any issues with Ebay, however I recently=20
bought an item listed as Brand new in box, whn it arrived it was=20
clearly not new and had a fault.

I pay with PayPal as I thought it gave me some protection, when you=20
read the details of the buyer protection it looks like there is=20
little chance of them paying out.=20

Ian



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rob Mouser" <groups@m...> wrote:
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> Hmmmm...Thought as much. Really is a good illustration of how=20
dodgy Ebay can be:
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> http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Brown-Leaves
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> At first glance he has a 97% positive feedback (It was higher than=20
that with less negatives when I bid for the item) but when you look=20
at the detail he is clearly only fulfilling 50 odd % of his sales.=20
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> The PayPal investigation summary (Investigation? Yeh, right my=20
A*se!) said their were insufficient funds in his/her account to=20
process the full refund and yet he's still clearly taking PayPal=20
payments on a regular basis. He/she must be emptying the account by=20
the hour!=20
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> I would image Ebay/PayPal have pegged their buyers protection=20
payout level at a cost that is lower than 'actually' having staff /=20
systems to guard against fraud. Cant really slate them for this as=20
the clearing banks take a similar attitude towards fraud. For=20
example most clearing banks now only check cheque signatories on=20
amounts over =A310,000 as they calculated that the cost of having=20
staff or IT systems that could check the signatories was greater=20
than fraud payouts. They also know from research that many people=20
NEVER check their bank statements and large amounts of small fraud=20
goes unnoticed!=20
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> With all the bad press about Ebay again at the moment it makes you=20
wonder if the bubble will eventually burst....but.........I=20
reckon.....FAT CHANCE as there's too many willing mugs like me :-).
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> Rob
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