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www.auctionerrol.com -Checks for eBay scams!

17 Jul 2012 21:46:51 PDT

Use the site www.auctionerrol.com to check eba ...

Ebay Fraud

25 Nov 2011 09:26:39 PST

The only true answer to stop this is to cancel both Ebay and Paypal accounts.
I recently had a fraudulant purchaser t ...

Ebay and ID:shannonalbert30 cheat me

26 Sep 2011 05:15:54 PDT

I have not receive my cosmetic.I wait 2month but not receive.I contact seller ID: shannonalbert30 but this seller not re ...

Ebay Article

04 Aug 2011 13:03:20 PDT

Hi,

I am writing an article on Ebay scams right now and I need the perspective of the scammed. If you are interes ...

Do you have purchase protection insurance?

15 Aug 2010 01:00:53 PDT

I was reading that pretty much all credit cards today have free purchase protection insurance when you buy products onli ...

What can you do?

24 May 2010 04:05:41 PDT

You need to contact both eBay and PayPal immediately. They have their own methods of reporting such problems, but the qu ...

I think I have been scammed.

24 May 2010 04:02:03 PDT

Well here is my problem: I recently purchased a $40 pair of Sony headphones valued at $500. Now I know that sounds like ...

Always ask for delivery confirmation.

23 Feb 2008 07:26:03 PST

I lost $240 from one of my first purchases from Ebay when I first began, I called, sent emails and she kept telling me i ...

EBAY SCAM

18 Feb 2008 04:23:23 PST

Oh believe me, I know exactly how you feel only I was scammed $800 on an LCD tv. I waited too long to open a dispute, I ...

I use Ebay for hard to find and uncomon Items

03 Feb 2008 20:24:11 PST

I have had mostly positive experiences with Ebay. There are a lot of truly great sellers out there.
I have bought ma ...

eBay feedback policies

13 Oct 2007 13:41:18 PDT

I agree totally about the fault of the eBay feedback system. I've had a long email thread with eBay's support system reg ...

Not a problem...

07 Oct 2007 16:27:57 PDT

And folks should realize that the real 'brand' if Visa and Mastercard is just that. So, regardless of who the issuer is ...

Credit Card

07 Oct 2007 14:41:33 PDT

Sorry, I thought I had read all of your postings, but I must have missed that one.
dena ...

Ebay

07 Oct 2007 10:20:37 PDT

I have more than 150 positive things to say about Ebay. But as with everything I did have 1 bad experience but I got my ...

We're on the same page

07 Oct 2007 08:38:45 PDT

I have been in agreement about using a credit card for ebay purchases. I must be mis-understood. ...

Like buying at a yard sale?

07 Oct 2007 02:16:27 PDT

I think not my friend. There are more people on Ebay that make their living off of buying & selling at a profit. They al ...

Scam?

06 Oct 2007 22:08:47 PDT

How can ebay be a scam? No more than the Classified Ads is your local paper. Hey - You got burned. Go elsewhere to bu ...

Your protection...

06 Oct 2007 21:50:48 PDT

You said: 'This is what i do when i buy from ebay,i keep every e,mail they send me untill i have the item i paid for,tha ...

Feedback Rating over 200

06 Oct 2007 21:44:45 PDT

... Which means that I have done WELL over 200 ebay transactions. Yes - buying AND selling (including one sale of a 200 ...

If you love a pity party...

06 Oct 2007 20:20:31 PDT

...then that's fine. Lok at the THOUSANDS of ebay transactions that have come to fruition without issue. Do you think ...

I totally disagree

06 Oct 2007 20:03:53 PDT

I totally disagree with your take on people reaching out to others. It is not irrational, nor has anything to do with e ...

You folks are getting carried AWAY

06 Oct 2007 17:57:39 PDT

People - Buying on Ebay is like buying at a yard sale. If you think that it is more, you are mistaken. YES: LET THE BU ...

Credit cards

06 Oct 2007 09:21:23 PDT

The level of protection varies by card. Two of the main issuers you can Goggle are MBNA and HSBC. They are the parent co ...

buying on -line safely

06 Oct 2007 04:35:47 PDT

What are the names of credit cards with buyers protections? Thanks Bev ...

Ebay should be avoided at all costs

04 Oct 2007 20:54:08 PDT

I am the Managing Partner for a law firm in Denver, Colorado. I purchased an item for a Christmas present four years ago ...

Sorry to hear you got scammed

04 Oct 2007 01:40:58 PDT

A friend of mine spent 160 on a gift for is son and he never got the item, he informed PayPal as that is what he used to ...

reply to: I got scammed on eBay, what can I do now

03 Oct 2007 08:57:38 PDT

all advertisements , e-mails , of ebay, etc. to be treated as pop-ups and to be blocked from flashing on pc screens. ...

You may not be one for this..

30 Sep 2007 20:22:06 PDT

If you have such a lack of a basis of trust that you need to VIDEO the packaging of a product, then perhaps you need to ...

eBay Feedback

30 Sep 2007 19:22:22 PDT

I've bought and sold on eBay for the last five or six years. As a seller, I NEVER leave feedback first, if you want to ...

what to I do after taking this step

30 Sep 2007 12:57:20 PDT

This does not work my friend. I did all that when I bought a purse that was only 2/3 the size that was described and the ...

Or...

30 Sep 2007 12:35:00 PDT

Or even "caveat emptor." ...

Paypal Relief

29 Sep 2007 09:38:23 PDT

Had a problm getting any response from a seller in France, submitted the case to Ebay who turned it over to Paypal, sinc ...

Ebay Abuse

29 Sep 2007 09:18:22 PDT

I check the options panel with the email open. I can usually find out that the email came from a bad source. They usua ...

Getting your money back

29 Sep 2007 00:59:59 PDT

Jim,

This is coming from my personal experience. 4 years ago I was in the same boat, I bought a cellphone for 180 ...

Phishing

28 Sep 2007 22:02:40 PDT

One of the hallmarks of all pfishing attempts are that they ask for some type of dangerously usable information:e.g. pas ...

Scammed on Ebay

28 Sep 2007 20:23:30 PDT

Go to PlanetFeedback.com and send a complaint letter to Ebay. I used this before and it seems to get results.

Pa ...

Check your bank!

28 Sep 2007 19:36:33 PDT

I would check with your bank. Depending on your method of payment, they may be willing to help you with the charges. A ...

Puleeez...

28 Sep 2007 18:26:21 PDT

You get scammed anywhere. Less likely at a Baskin-Robbins. More likely at a curb-stone car dealership. You choose to b ...

Paypal is just as bad as ebay: they're crooks !!!

28 Sep 2007 17:52:32 PDT

I have been using ebay (mostly buying) for seven years and been a Paypal account holder for even longer.
Paypal used ...

eBay beware

28 Sep 2007 11:30:00 PDT

eBay is a great place to buy/sell, well, just about anything. Unfortunately, as with everything else, there are those wh ...

Submitting a note for Jim.G who got scammed on Ebay Sep.2007

27 Sep 2007 03:39:36 PDT

Jim...,
Despite all the assurances given by Ebay, there are NONE. If Ebay can't get the offender to communicate with ...

It's fraud.

26 Sep 2007 14:24:35 PDT

I hope you didn't give all that info to them. I got a letter like that. I went straight to ebay.com and found out that i ...

Reply

26 Sep 2007 14:10:28 PDT

I never had a problem with ebay. I never buy any electronics over a hundred dollars on ebay. You can actually get bett ...

Thank you

26 Sep 2007 12:37:33 PDT

It is too late for me to do that, however, I didn't know who to go to. In the future I will contact the FTC. Thanks agai ...

How do I get eBay to get in involved.

26 Sep 2007 12:28:26 PDT

I have been ripped off for $97.00 including shipping and handling and the only thing I got from eBay was to go through P ...

Paypal is paid by the seller

26 Sep 2007 12:14:13 PDT

I followed all the rules, yet still was bilked. Paypal refused to even honor my photo proofs. I wanted an 11 X 7 X 4 pur ...

Insurance coverage flawed!

25 Sep 2007 16:58:05 PDT

A friend of mine purchased an older open reel tape recorder. When it arrived the box was thrashed and the recorder was ...

Shipping Via Common Carrier

25 Sep 2007 15:25:07 PDT

In Addition to Mail and Wire Fraud using a Common Carrier such as a Trucking Company, UPS, FedEx, if shipped accross Sta ...

I've never been scammed, but have been ripped off a little

25 Sep 2007 12:47:49 PDT

IMHO, eBay is a messy, risky way to buy things. The kind of stuff I buy from eBay is little things that you can't get in ...

LEARN! LEARN! LEARN DAMMIT!!!

24 Sep 2007 22:12:38 PDT

Oh, you'll get a REPLY alright! LOTS AND LOTS OF REPLIES!!!

You'll get replies from you credit cards, bank and GO ...