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Ebay works great for buyers now, it just sucks for sellers. I buy on Ebay all the time, you can find all kinds of things there really cheap.
Have you ever tried to get your money back after getting scammed as a buyer?
I stopped selling things like this on eBay a long time ago because I do not sell things frequently enough to keep up with the scams du jour. My local craigslist is where my for-sale items now go. Sure, I may get a little less than top-dollar for an item, or it might take a little longer to sell, but I'm never left with some after-the-fact dispute where I have no control (note: I'll only accept cash). eBay was fun whi…
You may say you get less for your money than through Craigslist(/Kijiji/Gumtree) but after eBay and Paypal have both taken their cut I often find it is not a huge amount of difference!
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Of course. If you look their website now and their SEC filings, it is clear that eBay is not any more "garage sales on internet with auctions". It is more like discount store. Are there any of YC companies building "garage sales on internet"?
just wondering how would you expect or how do other companies currently avoid fraud. The costs associated or added with constantly investigating fraud would almost seem like a deterrent in making a system useful.
Of course, there are other ways to stop fraud which you'd want to do as well.
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LOL! What attorney would give a crap about a $500 phone? The sad truth is that in this system of ours, you can screw someone for up to $50-100k and get away with it because that's the minimum potential damages amount that would pique a decent attorney's interest.
What attorney would give a crap about a $500 phone? A class-action attorney?
There has been some success recently in suing corporations in small claims court. There is an argument that a genreal delivery address should not have been 'verified'.
I'd recommend contacting all the carriers that this phone is compatible with, and tell them that the phone has been stolen. Give them the IMEI number, serial number and whatever else. If you can get law enforcement interested in the case (highly unlikely, but who knows), they should be able to issue a search warrant, and get the location of the phone from the carrier. If they can track it down to a residential addres…
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How do you pronounce that?
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One could say the same thing about OP's post. Yet, it isn't unique by a long shot. I've also given up on selling via CL because of the scammers. Now I donate to the local Goodwill or other charity (women's shelters want cellphones, for example), and take the tax write-off.
Could explain how buyers could scam you using Craigslist? Just make it cash only, no?
-- Hi! I am buying this as gift for my Son. Are you firm on the price? Email me back please,though, you may send me a text on the number below because I am hearing impaired but I think email is the best for me. -- Hello, i saw your listing on craigslist and Am wondering if the item is still for sale. Please do let me know if I'm still able to purchase as i am willing and ready to make purchase,get back to me with the condition asap.Thanks
This seems like a credit card/bank problem, it's not unique to paypal. I was thinking about upgrading my phone and ebaying the old one. After reading this, I'm thinking maybe I'll go the craigslist route, or one of the online trade-in deals. Does gazelle have this same issue? I'm not sure if Gazelle the company buys the product and sells it, or if they just connect me with a buyer like ebay does.
You could try Swappa ( http://swappa.com/ ) I haven't used them personally, but a friend did and had positive feedback.
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You can't sue a fake identity
Presumably the OP has an address where he sent his iPhone. Not sure as IANAL, but he theoretically could sue a Doe at a given address and subpoena for an identity.
Stop using eBay and Paypal. If you look, you can find stories like this every week since about 1999. This sort of behavior isn't new yet eBay continues to grow.