Buzz Out Loud Lounge: I think i' ve been scamed on ebay!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

still no tracking number?

I'd be getting pretty suspicious. So far my purchases like this the seller has mailed me the TN the day he ships it.

I think your jumping the gun

From reading the threads, I think you need to relax just a little and wait a bit. The time lines haven't expired yet. And if so, get a hold of EBAY security, they will take it from there.

(NT) So...update us already! What's the status of this auction?

Just be sure to protect any recourse you may have

Just because an item is late does not necessarily mean you have been scammed. However, as some people have mentioned there are things you can do to protect yourself moving forward should this prove to be a scam. Both E-Bay and PayPal (assuming you used PayPal) have strict time limits for filing complaints. I think the time is thirty days but you should check to be sure. If I were you I would send a nice e-mail and simply explain to the seller that in order to protect your rights you will have to initiate dispute resolution procedures within the time allowed, regardless of whether he is sick, etc. Unfortunatly, if you have been scammed E-Bay and PayPal are actually not that helpful (frankly PayPal is only helpful if the seller has a credit balance at the time PayPal rules in your favor and if this is a scam there will be no credit balance.) Do not dispair, however. I am an attorney and helped a friend get back over $1,000.00 he actually wire transferred to someone (EBay discourgages this type of payment) for a Viao computer. When dispute resolution was ignored by the fraudulent seller, I sent them a series of e-mails cc'd to the FBI, local police and other agencies with internet fraud units and made it clear that the matter was going to be pursued to a conclusion. After doing some research and finding out some information about the seller, we made a final demand for the entire sum back by a date certain or else all resourses at our disposal would be used and the FBI and state a local authorities would be requested to proceed with their investigations of the internet grand theft. Sure enough the money was wire transferred back before the date specified with some lame excuse that the whole thing was a misunderstanding. Hopefully you just need to give your seller a little time break for sending the item to you. In no event, however, allow this to extend past 30 days without filing your complaints with EBay and PayPal (if applicable) and let the seller know in a nice way that you have to do so to protect your rights. If it turns out you have been scammed just don't give up on trying to convice the seller that sending your money back will be a lot easier than fighting over it. Frankly most of the scammers never get caught because the buyers do not know what they can do besides leaving bad feedback. However, if pushed scammers do not want to be investigated and while the cost of an XBox is not going to get you an attorney or very far in pursueing the matter just don't forget that their are government agencies set up to combat internet fraud which may be willing to help and if you know the City where the seller lives you can even contact local authorities or at the very least get on the internet and find out the e-mails of the FBI and the local authorities and cc them on your demands for your money back (this is true even if you have never contacted the FBI or local authorities because the scammer does not know that). At least keep the scammer aware of what you are planning (without making any threats or lying) and hopefully they will realize that in the long run it would be easier to simply return your money. By the way, another E-Bay scam to beware of are second chance offers made by people impersonating sellers. This is very common and usually involves high end electronics and computers. Unless a second chance offer appears in the e-mail section of your EBay home page, it is not valid. This is how my friend got scammed on the notebook. He received a very authentic looking e-mail in his outlook account offering him a second chance to purchase a notebook he had bid on and which the high bidder allegedly refused to pay. The e-mail looked very real, and the address was from something like "second-chance@ebay.com". I hope more people become aware of this scam and I tend to let people know about it whenever I can. GOOD LUCK

He's now going to give me full refund.

How does he give me a full refund. Also, the item had paypal buyer protection up to 1,000 dollars, am i eligible to get more back than I payed since i payed less than $1,000. Just to tell you, i am not greedy, my mom is wondering.

Paypal has refunded me both times

that I had to file ebay claims, so I am optimistic for you.

FYI - eBay fraud is sometimes considered a FEDERAL crime (much more serious) if the seller's fraudulent activity includes misuse of US postal service.

PayPal Dispute Process

If you paid through PayPal and opened a dispute then you have twenty days to come to a amicable solution. If the seller has not refunded you within twenty days, you need to escalate the dispute to a claim so that PayPal can investigate. Since the transaction is eligible for PayPal Buyer Protection, you will receive a refund even if the seller does not have the funds in their account, up to $1000.00 USD.