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Uppsala9496

Uppsala9496

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Ok, I posted a thread the other day on how an ebay member scammed me out of $52.
Here's a quick story on what happened:
Ordered 4 custom screen printed shirts @ $10 each with $12 shipping.
The seller contacted me a few times about the logo I sent in and wanted to make sure that we were in agreement on the colors and size. I won the auction on October 10, and paid on October 11 via paypal (with my Discover card).
Well, I didn't realize that paypal had only a 30 day window for protection.
My fault for not knowing I had 30 days to file a claim. Well, she strung me along until day 31, and then disabled her email address. I am not the only one this happened to. Take a look at the unhappy people who left feedback: memoriesinthemaking04
Well, she disabled her email, phone, and ebay accounts.
But, I contacted someone who sold her something back in July, and he provided me the following address she used on her paypal account to pay for the item:

Regina Florence
7811 CR 619
Blanket, TX 76432
United States

Anyone know if this is a home address? I'm out $52. No it is not a lot of money, and I can live without it at this point. But, I am pissed that she scammed not only me, but a lot of other people.

Any suggestions on what to do with this info? Ebay isn't of much help because the transaction is past 30 days old (yes, my fault).
 
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KarenMarie

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Besides paying her a visit, calling the attorney generals office in her state or contacting the Post Office, I would say that you are pretty much SOL at this point. Unless you paid by credit card... the CC company will refund your money.

:)
 
Uppsala9496

Uppsala9496

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I used my Discover card through PayPal. I haven't called Discover yet (plan on calling tonight). Anyone have experience where the cc company will refund the money in a situation like this?
 
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bluehorizon

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You have her address. I'd write her a letter :) Ask for your money back. Make it very convincing... by the fact that you know her address, that may make her reconsider. If you know her e-mail, post it here :)
 
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KarenMarie

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Call your credit card company...

They will immediately refund your money while they do an investigation. If they claim is valid, you will keep your refund. If it is not valid, they will charge the card again. The credit card company will then decide if it is worth trying to recoupe the $$$ from the seller.

:)
 
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Bacardi151

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i had a similar situation with a scammer, only it wasn't on ebay, (although i found out he'd scam a bunch of people on ebay as well when a person contacted me after i posted on a forum about my unfortunate situation). anyways, i also paid him through paypal, and he kept making up excuses day after day about why the shipment never came, and i didnt really bother too much about it because it was actually my cousin who had bought it but used my paypal account (with my permission) to pay for it. i, too, wasn't aware of the 30 day buyer protection, and just a day or two past that i finally made a complaint but paypal were being a-holes and said that because of their policy they're not gonna be able to assist me personally, and just referred me to a bunch of sites that deals with this.

i found out the guy's name, #, and address, but there were much more to this story, and i just finally gave up. also, a few months ago, there was a case against paypal, somebody's suing them, and i just hopped on with the ride and made a claim, as i lost my money due to their flawed unsecure check up on customers. because it turned out that the scammer have had several past accounts with paypal which had been suspended due to a bunch of previous complaints from buyers, and yet they still let the guy sign up with a different account. so i think due to their incapability to filter out scammers, they're responsible for my loss, and yeah my advise is to join that case against paypal and see if u can scrap together a few bucks from it.

btw, i payed with my check card (Bank of Am. visa check card, and they wouldn't assist me either), so ur other chance relies on discover...hopefully they're better with customer service than their CC in general
 
Uppsala9496

Uppsala9496

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Thanks for the info. Another ebayer emailed me that this lady has done this before. Set up an account, built up some positive feedback, and then scammed people. And to think, I thought i was safe in only buying from someone with 100% feedback at 20+ feedbacks. Guess that was naive of me.
 
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Sysbuilder05

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Get ahold of Paypal which is owned by E-Bay. Through them the money had to be sent to her bank where ever that would be.

Here's what up on People Finder:

http://www.peoplefinders.com/Summary.asp

You can also do a search by not using Blanket,Texas--just do a seach using Texas. I don't have a subscription to get full details,maybe someone here does??
 
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modedepe

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Just call discover and do a chargeback. I got duped out of around $50 on ebay from some guy. Never heard from him after I paid. I filed a complaint with paypal after about 20 days, and they determined he was at fault. But, they said they couldn't recover any funds. After that I called discover and they reversed the charge.
 
Uppsala9496

Uppsala9496

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Originally posted by: Bacardi151
Originally posted by: Uppsala9496
Originally posted by: Bacardi151
uppsala, are you by any chance swedish
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Used to live in Sweden. Now in Chicago.
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and i assume you lived in Uppsala when u lived in Sweden
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Studied in Uppsala from 94-96 at the department of peace and conflict resolution.
 
Uppsala9496

Uppsala9496

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Anyone else have any other suggestions on what I can do?
I'd like to get a little revenge on this lady.
 
Uppsala9496

Uppsala9496

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Well, iI have gone ahead and filed an internet fraud claim with the FBI, and contacted my cc company to refund the money. Got a nice girl on the phone who said I would get my money back. I just hope that scammer rots!
 
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