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Originally Posted by Dostoevsky
Scammers have a variety of methods through which they build positive feedback in order to establish a reputation they can use to rip people off. It's no conspiracy, but as others have stated, you have to be careful on ebay because buyers don't have any recourse through ebay itself. I use a credit card through pay pal to pay for all of my auctions because that allows me to file fraudulent auction claims through pay pal and visa if something goes wrong. You definitely have to protect yourself on that site.
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Interesting. I'd stayed away from PayPal because they want a bank account number, and I don't like giving it out. I'd also seen a website or two that was devoted solely to PayPal horror stories.
I don't use Paypal much, but I've been sort of ripped off twice. Once by a guy who assured me a camera didn't have any scratches or blemishes, and it did. It took over two months, but I got most of my money (around $150) back from eBay (and I didn't send the camera back).
The other time, I happened to win with a pretty terrific bid, and the seller, due to some kind of "mistake," didn't have the item, and didn't know when they could get another. They didn't like the feedback I left, and tried to bargain with me through Square Trade. That's a useless outfit!
Other than that, I've done okay with eBay.
But back to PayPal--I thought the contract with PayPal specifies that you can't reverse the charges on your credit card. Otherwise, it would be PayPal left holding the bag when a scammer strikes.
Know anything about that?