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The motherboard was returned to me. That's why I refunded him his money. But then, after he refused delivery, he claimed I'd never even sent the motherboard, a
by quoderat 17y ago
The motherboard was returned to me. That's why I refunded him his money.
But then, after he refused delivery, he claimed I'd never even sent the motherboard, and filed a claim with Paypal -- despite the fact that I had a tracking number, proof of it getting to his location, and then online indication that "recipient refused delivery" or whatever it said (don't recall exactly -- this was five years ago).
After that, he never responded to my emails, and just disappeared completely. He was obviously in it to scam someone -- likely many people -- and it worked quite nicely. Quite clever, actually.
- eru 17y agoWouldn't the solution be not to refund the money yourself, but take the Paypal route from the outset?
- quoderat 17y agoKnowing what I know now, that would make sense. Hindsight is always 20/20, and I was more trusting then than I am now -- which still doesn't explain why Paypal gave him money from my account when they could have clearly seen (and in fact I faxed to them multiple times, and emailed them dozens of times) that I'd already refunded the guy the money for the motherboard he said he no longer wanted. If I knew I was going to get scammed, of course I would've approached it much differently.