docteurseb
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I just had an 'interesting' experience today with an Apple Watch I sold beginning of November.
It was shipped insured and with signature and it got delivered the 1st week of November.
I never ever heard of the buyer since, all seemed well.
This morning I got an email from PayPal saying a case had been opened because the recipient filed a claim with his bank to charge back the amount claiming it hadn't been delivered. Yes, of course, who waits 3months to realize they $1k+ watch wasn't delivered...
So of course PayPal put a hold on that old translation and I end up a negative balance while they 'review the claim', and also ask to put some cash back in my account to get back to a neutral balance. Great.
Apparently this stuff can take 30-75 days to resolve and it may not go in the seller's favor.
Likewise this person is no longer a registered eBay user, his Twitter account suspended, etc...
While I have the signature receipt from USPS, it's barely readable.
Of course it's just a few days over 90 days which means you can't even discuss that with eBay, plus eBay probably couldn't care less with the person not even being registered with them at this point...
So here I am stuck waiting for PayPal to review a case from a guy who is an obvious scammer. Fun.
To be fair in about 20 years on eBay this is the first time I have this happen, but it goes to show how easy it is for scammers to get away with it.
Good luck all, hope you don't have a similar experience anytime soon.
It was shipped insured and with signature and it got delivered the 1st week of November.
I never ever heard of the buyer since, all seemed well.
This morning I got an email from PayPal saying a case had been opened because the recipient filed a claim with his bank to charge back the amount claiming it hadn't been delivered. Yes, of course, who waits 3months to realize they $1k+ watch wasn't delivered...
So of course PayPal put a hold on that old translation and I end up a negative balance while they 'review the claim', and also ask to put some cash back in my account to get back to a neutral balance. Great.
Apparently this stuff can take 30-75 days to resolve and it may not go in the seller's favor.
Likewise this person is no longer a registered eBay user, his Twitter account suspended, etc...
While I have the signature receipt from USPS, it's barely readable.
Of course it's just a few days over 90 days which means you can't even discuss that with eBay, plus eBay probably couldn't care less with the person not even being registered with them at this point...
So here I am stuck waiting for PayPal to review a case from a guy who is an obvious scammer. Fun.
To be fair in about 20 years on eBay this is the first time I have this happen, but it goes to show how easy it is for scammers to get away with it.
Good luck all, hope you don't have a similar experience anytime soon.