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Originally Posted by missjennifer1978";p="
Thank you all for the advice! I am definitely NOT paying this dude, my husband is ticked off about it and said not to pay him. We bought a small 1 GB mp3 player (like one of those flash memory sticks?) last year sometime for him and haven't had any trouble at all, but I believe the guy we bought it from was here in the states and we bought a protection policy on it. It was bought on eBay.
I cannot believe what some of you guys have gone through- my condolences.
Hotboxx, I like your idea! (two different accounts.)
I can't believe eBay and Paypal are related and they haven't done anything about this problem. Lovely.
I'll keep you posted on what I hear from eBay and if I hear from that seller as well. If I hear from him what should I do?? Email him and tell him to bite me? LOL. Or just tell him I am not paying for a scam? Ignore it?
Thanks again!
Editing to add: Michiganfrog, your guide is what lead me to this board!!! Awesome guide, by the way!
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<ahem> Thank you. You may note that in my guide, I mention having bought my 2GB player from ELLIESHANG, and he is the only seller on eBay currently known and verified to be selling true 4GB nano clones. So now, you do have a choice about getting ripped off, and can avoid doing so.
....I'm curious to know, what do you mean you bought a "protection policy" on your player? Whom did you buy it from and how does it protect you? BTW, if eBay threatens to put an uppaid item strike on your record, I would email them and tell them that the reason you're not buying, is because them and their Paypal co. will only pay lip service to the idea of buyer protection, they WONT protect you.
I just saw a really eye openining video on youtube on what scammers Paypal are. It was about a guy who sold a high end Macintosh amp. He sent it registered, signed for. Buyer paid by Paypal, signed, then painted the amp. Then when he hooked it up, he simply didn't care for the sound of it, so demanded a refund. This was after he painted the amplifier. Seller refused of course, buyer complained to Paypal. Seller had the receipt for shipping and went thru all the proper channels, seller won the dispute. Buyer then does a chargeback thru his credit card co. Paypal charges the seller $20 to dispute the chargeback on his behalf (whether the seller wants them to or not). Credit card company reverses the charges, now the seller is out his amplifier and $1200 dollars. Seller complains about it to ic3.gov and the buyer's local police. (Buyer is not legally supposed to do chargebacks while he has the item in his posession!). Buyer ships the amp to Paypal. Now Paypal goes after the seller demanding $1200. Buyer keeps both the amp and gets his money back from the cc co. Seller is not only out $1200, and his amplifer, but Paypal goes after him for $1200 (plus $20 chargeback fee of course), and doesn't even give him the option as to whether he wants to buy his amp back. Seller has collection agency calling him everyday.
Folks, Paypal is NOT your Pal!