How very irritating, Chris. I hope that the money comes back.
Chris
> On 17 Jun 17, at 18:22, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A week ago I came across a listing on evilBay for a bicycle item that I
> had been looking for. It was located in Nashville, TN, and it was a Buy It
> Now at a price was affordable and it would be sent by USPS, so I bought it.
> Then things got a bit strange.
>
> Yesterday the purchased items listing said that the transaction was
> pending, and it still was. But, there was a tracking number, and now it was
> being sent by FexEx. But it was a Chinese tracking number. Being a bit
> suspicious, I copied the item title and did a search on evilBay for that
> exact title, and I found an identical item from a French seller that I'm
> familiar with. The two listings were identical in every way except for the
> seller name and the item location.
>
> I realised that I had been had for the third time in six months, and this
> one was very clever, masquerading as an American seller. So, I went to
> cancel the order, only to find that evilBay had yanked the listing and the
> seller was no longer a member. That negated any and all opportunity to get a
> refund through evilBay.
>
> So I tried resolving it through Paypal, only to find that their
> resolution centre was offline. Great. Got their toll-free number and an ID
> number. More than an hour later, they returned my call. After a half hour
> and four transfers, I finally got a dispute under way.
>
> So I have to change my Paypal password for the second time this year, and
> wait patiently for yet a third refund due to a bogus evilBay seller.
>
> These Chinese criminals are getting increasingly clever, now pretending
> to be American sellers so that you cannot protect yourself by limiting your
> searches to US sellers only. You simply cannot be careful enough.
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