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I'm from the UK. Some years ago we bought a game console on eBay and instead received a photo (!) of one in the post. eBay were unwilling to act, so we went to
by teknologist 10y ago
I'm from the UK. Some years ago we bought a game console on eBay and instead received a photo (!) of one in the post. eBay were unwilling to act, so we went to the local police station and reported it. To our surprise they eventually found the seller and recovered the money.
- sveme 10y agoSame here in Germany. A friend bought a MacBook off ebay and wire-transferred some money to his bank account. He never shipped. So she contacted first his bank (which coincidentally was the same as hers) and then the local police. Both were very understanding and said that they could not do much officially, but sent a police car to his location to "interview" him while the bank also contacted him. He quickly sent all the money back. Doubt he'll try something like that again. The guy in the OP commited fraud, the iphone was sent to a US address - why is it so hard to get in contact with local police, even if just an additional step?
- codedokode 10y agoThe buyer was from Eastern Europe and american address was a mail forwarder. By the way mail forwarders usually make photos of items sent through them so eBay could concact them and ask for photo (and see that the item was sent properly) if only it was interested to find out the truth.