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Can someone please build a better eBay? Something with stronger reputation signals, escrow based payment, and lower fees? I've had many bad experiences on eBa
by habosa 9y ago
Can someone please build a better eBay? Something with stronger reputation signals, escrow based payment, and lower fees? I've had many bad experiences on eBay but there's nowhere better to buy/sell certain things.
I sold an old phone on eBay for $100. I choose PayPal as the payment and everything seemingly went fine. A few weeks later I wondered where my money was because I still didn't have it. The buyer had sent it but apparently I forgot to 'accept' it. eBay said I had waited too long and no longer had a right to get the money. So the buyer got my phone, eBay got the $100, and I had to pay $8 in seller fees. Sold a phone for negative $8. How is that not fraud?
- candiodari 9y agoHere's how one common scam works : the buyer sent you a fake payment mail. There was never a paypal transaction, nor was any money transfered. The money you paid to ebay was a listing fee, not a final value fee (yes you have to pay even if the item doesn't sell), but in reality the item was never sold. This is like the old snail mail scam: insert extra bills for common things (like electricity or tax or whatnot) with fake payment instructions (ie. pointing to an account under your control). Suckers pay, then a month later receive another bill from the power company and complain, but of course the power company has no idea about any of that payment and will, of course, still insist on payment. Make sure to go to paypal's site to verify paypal payments (and frankly if you can avoid it: don't use paypal). Check the sites YOU GO TO, not what ends up in your inbox.
- habosa 9y agoInteresting scam but that was not it. eBay confirmed that the buyer had paid, I just was not eligible to get the money. What I paid was a final value fee.