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Originally Posted by Nodoid";p="
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Originally Posted by terco";p="
well i bought 4 of the 4gig ones from e-britain and 2 of them wont even start now i want my money back what can i do i got pissed and broke the ones that are bad already couse they didnt want to start
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The crook works like this.
You buy one of the crap 4Gb (in his dreams) 1Gb (in reality) MP4 players from you. It dies. You get the bog standard "I tried to email you but it {insert excuse}".
You put a complaint in via PayPal. He offers you something crap like 6UKP or 5 Euros and claims that he makes no money from the deal, loses lots and please accept it.
Some will think "ahhh, poor likkle man" and accept it. After all, he's not to blame really...
And we know different.
What YOU must do is decline the offer. PayPal will fall on your side and tell you to send it back to the person. In ebritain's case, the address given is
50 Maudland Bank
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2YL
United Kingdom
They will try and get money back for you. Don't expect miracles, but do be aware that PayPal know of these sharks and have quite a good record of getting cash back from the b*stards. |
The bog standard excuse is usually "I tried to email you but {family illness}".
Just had another brilliant idea... if you really don't think you have any other option to getting your money back if you don't fulfill Payscampal's obligation that you send the player back then... do this: Send the scammer a cookie. That will cost less than the player itself, since its much lighter. Make sure you have the post office track the cookie! (Wouldn't want the Cookie Monster to gobble it en route). Then when the scammer gets the package, he will get a nice stale cookie instead of his fake player. You show Paypal the proof that the shipment was picked up. Scammer says it's a "cookie"? What?!! He's nuts! Let him prove it! Of course, he can't. What's he gonna do, take a snapshot of the cookie? What does that prove? That he knows how to snap cookies? The only thing Paypal can require from you is proof that the shipment was sent. Then it just becomes your word against the "alleged scammer's"...