[azza87]

Originally Posted by bycando";p=&quot

Hi, I'm in the process of escalating the dispute to a claim and requested to return the 1GB player sold as 8GB for a full refund. Could you elaborate on the 50% chance that I may not get my money back?

I did pay thru paypal via credit card. Is disputing a charge on my credit card the best chance to get all of my money back?

There is a 50-50 chance of not getting your money back if you open a dispute with paypal for the transaction. If you leave it too late too late the seller could have already transfered the funds out of his paypal account thus even if you win the dispute there is no funds in his paypal account to be sent back to you as a refund.
This happens all of the time on paypal and it has happend to me atleast 5 times in the last year with all different kinds of transactions. Some cases paypal have only been able to recover part of the funds and I have lost money that way. It is just one of the reasons i am to stop using paypal.

If you paid using paypal with your Credit Card i would definately give your Card issuer a call and ask for a charge-back for the transaction due to suspected fraud.

There should be no problems with you getting the money back when contacting your Card compnay.

I would steer clear of disputing this with paypal - especially having read some of the horror stories on this forum! By disputing the memory hack on paypal they will probably request documentation from a trusted source at your own cost to prove it which would cost around $25 (around £12.50) and then you will have to send the item back to the seller, also at your own cost and depending on your location that can be very expensive! I know that to send something to hongkong from the UK signed for (which for security reasons is needed for this sort of return) it would cost around £40!


All in all disputing this with paypal will would most probably cause you to lose more than you have already paid for your hacked player. If you read my previous posts in this thread on my experience with disputing with paypal you will see i was very very lucky in not having to prove it was hacked and had all funds refunded. But not everyone is this lucky so would not advise you to do it.

Sorry for the long post! But I hope it helps If you need any more advice or have any other questions i visit this topic daily so can answer anything you have to ask, I am just glad to help people that are burnt by these con artists

Thanks!