...and chalk up another successful transaction for me; my Garmin 296, which was $767 with shipping, arrived safely and in a very timely manner. Buying a slightly used unit on ebay saved me about $250.:thumbsup:
Ebay users ???
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caver
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Bought some items and sold some items. Like the cable/sat companies their fees kept going up. The paypal requirement put the stop to my selling and buying. I use craigslist (partially owned by ebay) now.
tallyho8
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If you buy something on Craigslist from out of town and send a check or money order and do not receive the item, there is no easy recourse to recover your money. It is much easier on eBay.
I have a PayPal credit card also and if you use your PayPal credit card to pay for your purchases with PayPal you DO have all the protection and rights of other credit card users plus you get a 2% rebate.
I have a PayPal credit card also and if you use your PayPal credit card to pay for your purchases with PayPal you DO have all the protection and rights of other credit card users plus you get a 2% rebate.
caver
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Guy at work who was a big ebay wheeler dealer got ripped off on paypal.
KubotainNH
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Bad transactions happen everywhere including your local store. Ebay/Paypal do really well considering the amount of items sold on there. Around here CL is almost useless, people just don't do what they say they will do.
grsthegreat
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Paypal itself is pretty useless if you dont get the item you ordered. I once ordered a set or Branded Oregon spindles for my Huskvarna lawn tractor. The parts shipped WERNT Oregon brand as advertised.
I contacted seller and paypal. The seller finally agreed to take them back but wanted 50% restock fee. Paypal wouldnt fight this and only refunded me 50% even though the ad was FALSE ADVERTISING.
I ended up going thru Capital One to fight for it, and They got me all my money back
The biggest problem i have with paypal and eby...there is NO REAL phone numbers for you to contact real people. Its all handled by email. And paypal and ebay simply sent me email saying case was closed.
ALso, after Capital One reversed the charges, i got an email from paypal asking me why i didnt use their mitigation service and if i didnt use them next time they could cancel my account. Mind yo their mitigation service did nothing.
Again... always pay with credit card and you will always be safe. There are 100's if not 1,000's of articles out their warning about selling expensive stuff overseas as alot of the sales get cancelled by the ordering party saying the item never arrived or was a pirated/copy of original. There is one just last week about a rare Violin sole on Ebay for $2,500. The buyer said it was fake and PayPal refunded the buyer the money AND told the buyer to destroy the violin and not need to return it. the seller was out a CERTIFIED original violin and out the money.
So its always buyer beware. and seller beware.
I contacted seller and paypal. The seller finally agreed to take them back but wanted 50% restock fee. Paypal wouldnt fight this and only refunded me 50% even though the ad was FALSE ADVERTISING.
I ended up going thru Capital One to fight for it, and They got me all my money back
The biggest problem i have with paypal and eby...there is NO REAL phone numbers for you to contact real people. Its all handled by email. And paypal and ebay simply sent me email saying case was closed.
ALso, after Capital One reversed the charges, i got an email from paypal asking me why i didnt use their mitigation service and if i didnt use them next time they could cancel my account. Mind yo their mitigation service did nothing.
Again... always pay with credit card and you will always be safe. There are 100's if not 1,000's of articles out their warning about selling expensive stuff overseas as alot of the sales get cancelled by the ordering party saying the item never arrived or was a pirated/copy of original. There is one just last week about a rare Violin sole on Ebay for $2,500. The buyer said it was fake and PayPal refunded the buyer the money AND told the buyer to destroy the violin and not need to return it. the seller was out a CERTIFIED original violin and out the money.
So its always buyer beware. and seller beware.
Iplayfarmer
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Like many here, I have had very good experiences with ebay and paypal. Like with anything that big, there are the bad apples, but they get weeded out pretty quick.
I am more comfortable on ebay than any other online retailer. The feedback system is a HUGE motivator to buyers and sellers alike to be fair, honest, and responsive. You don't see many ebay users with a long history of bad feedback because they don't get that far. No one will buy from or sell to someone who behaves in a way to receive bad feedback.
I am more comfortable on ebay than any other online retailer. The feedback system is a HUGE motivator to buyers and sellers alike to be fair, honest, and responsive. You don't see many ebay users with a long history of bad feedback because they don't get that far. No one will buy from or sell to someone who behaves in a way to receive bad feedback.
