Ever been ripped off?

[lovesmurfs]

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[willowsnn3]

Once, a long time ago, I sold an expensive laptop over the internet. Being the innocent little sprout that I was, I agreed to send it out to the buyer and receive payment upon delivery.

That payment - nigh on a thousand - never came.

Of course I kicked up a fuss, got the police involved, but the police being what they are, nothing ever came of it.

More fool me.

Yeah, don't get me started about the TV repairman (from Home Advisor) who came out & then took tv to his shop to wait on parts to fix it.....talked to him several times whenever I could get him to answer his phone, finally called Home Advisor & reported him. That was the only time he ever called me back, mad because they had fired him because I reported him. Finally gave up.

 

[MIGrandma]

Yes, on my wedding day in 1975.

The church was on a college campus, we left our purses in the room we dressed in. I had $60 in mine, for souvenirs on our honeymoon. Someone stole it during our wedding.

 

[Mysterian]

Sold something on ebay to a Canadian user. I quickly dropped off the item for shipment, but not long after, he filed a "did not receive" complaint, and within the next moment escalated the claim. Obviously it takes time for a package to ship, but he did not wait, and would not respond to messages. Ultimately he abused the system to receive a full refund. So he gets the item for free. Ebay has ways to prevent this now, but at the time they would do nothing. However he did this to more people and eventually got the boot. I didn't lose much, but other sellers lost hundreds in drum equipment to this guy. So if you know any drummers who live on Queen Street in Toronto, they will probably rip you off. Pfft, hoser drummers.

Another buyer was notorious for fabricating complaints of damaged goods in order to receive refunds, and slap you with negative feedback. No matter how unlikely the damage or how well packed the item was. He did this so much so that multiple sellers would even email me after dealing with the guy. Again he eventually got the boot, even his selling account went down.

 

[godisney14]

A $7 churro from DL and WDW, heh.
At least they taste good.

 

[JimMIA]

See, I find that interesting. In the past, if I've made a purchase with my credit card that looks unusual, my credit card company will contact me and ask if it was indeed me who made the transaction; if it wasn't, they refund me in full, no quibbles. Equally, in the past, when I have made a dodgy transaction (cheap sunglasses), I've just contacted my credit card company and within 5 minutes my funds are back in my account.

Right, but that's not a final resolution of the dispute. If the merchant doesn't respond to the dispute, or agrees to the refund, that credit sticks. However, the final decision is up to the merchant. If you have any doubt about that, call your credit card company and ask them...or read your cardholder agreement.

For example, in our dispute with Kaplan Test Prep, we initially got the $700 refunded but Citibank advised us that it was just temporary pending final resolution. Kaplan stalled and stalled until the test prep class had finally ended (several weeks late because of the no-show instructor) and then said, "class is over, no refund." The $700 was charged back to our card and we paid it.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

When I was working in retail at a small clothing store, several women came in and spread out all over the store. The women were all wearing long skirts and puffy jackets and acting very suspiciously. I didn't see this part because I was standing right inside the door in the back room tagging some shirts on a machine. My boss came over and told me to stop what I was doing and go out onto the floor and keep an eye on what was happening. We all centered our attention on these women because we thought they were a shoplifting gang.

So- we kept an eye on them, making sure they didn't steal anything. After ten minutes or so, they left. We thought we'd done a good job of shadowing them. At the end of the night, our store manager counted out the register and went in the back to put it in the safe...and that was when she discovered the safe was completely empty. The next day was bank day, so all of the store's weekly take was in there; as I recall it was something like $8,000. We called the owner and then the police. They came and then detectives came with mugshot books and we were all shown them and interviewed about what had happened.

The police told us it was likely...and this was their term, not mine because I know it's outdated now...gypsies. What they do is, the women dress like I described, to look as suspicious as possible. They distract the employees, and then a couple of men sneak in while nobody is paying attention and slip into the back, where they crack any safe and make off with the money. The women then leave and you think you did well, but discover too late that you've actually been robbed blind.

 

[starry_solo]

Does this option no longer work?

Also, ebay has reasons for refunding final value fees. If a seller chooses to cancel for a reason that is not covered, you don't typically get your ebay fees back.

A year or so ago, paypal changed its T&c so as not to provide a refund of fees...

 

[Donald13]

That is the oddest way I have ever seen a post written.

 

[lynxstch]

Don't be too pissed off. He could have gotten it from ebay too.

True..but when you ask for someone's contact information, the other person is notified that you have done so

 

[Feralpeg]

More than once. Recently, I purchased an item online from a company in China. Big mistake. The item was not even remotely as advertised. When I complained, they offered to give me a discount on my next purchase. Of course, I told them I would never purchase anything from them again. They offered me several small amounts back if I agreed to return their merchandise. They knew that the cost to ship their item would be way more than it was worth and not even close to what they offered back.

I had paid via Paypal. I won the dispute, but had to return the item. In the end, I did get a full refund, but it cost me $30 to ship the item back to China. I was okay with that because they didn't get to keep my money. Since then, I've read many review of similar bait and switch companies operating out of China. They count on the fact that most people won't spend the money to ship the merchandise back. I will never buy anything directly from China again.

 

[starry_solo]

More than once. Recently, I purchased an item online from a company in China. Big mistake. The item was not even remotely as advertised. When I complained, they offered to give me a discount on my next purchase. Of course, I told them I would never purchase anything from them again. They offered me several small amounts back if I agreed to return their merchandise. They knew that the cost to ship their item would be way more than it was worth and not even close to what they offered back.

I had paid via Paypal. I won the dispute, but had to return the item. In the end, I did get a full refund, but it cost me $30 to ship the item back to China. I was okay with that because they didn't get to keep my money. Since then, I've read many review of similar bait and switch companies operating out of China. They count on the fact that most people won't spend the money to ship the merchandise back. I will never buy anything directly from China again.

paypal has a return shipping on us, up to $30-35. So check it out, you might not be out the $

 

[kerry1379]

Yes, we were in San Francisco at my SIL's wedding. Someone smashed the back window of our car and hers (the bride-that is really low to steal from someone on their wedding day!) and stole various things from both cars. We had an ipad in one of the bags that my husband could track for awhile. We got to stand by the police chief as they tracked the thieves for a time. You could hear the car chase over the radio and it was intense. They got away though when they started driving on sidewalks with pedestrians and the police had to back off to keep people from getting hurt. Then the thieves figured out what we were tracking them with and ditched/turned off/disabled the ipad.
Regarding ebay and a scam I recently encountered-I had just sold an item via auction. Shortly after, I received a message saying that this individual had won but that ebay didn't have their correct address on file. They wanted me to send the item to a different address than the one listed by the winner. Too bad for them that I had already talked with the winner of the auction and through some comments made via conversation, verified the address. I really hate thieves and scammers.

 

[tinkerdorabelle]

My ex sister in law ripped me off 20 years ago, sees me all the time now and plays dumb lol

 

[disneyseniors]

Once, a long time ago, I sold an expensive laptop over the internet. Being the innocent little sprout that I was, I agreed to send it out to the buyer and receive payment upon delivery.

That payment - nigh on a thousand - never came.

Of course I kicked up a fuss, got the police involved, but the police being what they are, nothing ever came of it.

More fool me.

I am not commenting on your thread, but just had to say that I Love your name, LOL. Neopolitan Ice Creme, yum, I have a gallon in the freezer now tempting me.

 

[larissawbb]

A few times by contractors. One left a giant hole in a wall and then fell off the face of the earth.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I am not commenting on your thread, but just had to say that I Love your name, LOL. Neopolitan Ice Creme, yum, I have a gallon in the freezer now tempting me.

It was either that or Cabbage. I prefer ice cream

 

[CO2CA]

Well just today I had an interesting situation. I collect model airplanes. I sold one of them over the weekend on eBay. Now this guy did pay immediately and I immediately dropped it off at UPS. Well, over the weekend, a trusted source sent me a message warning me about this guy and how he's ripped off a few people by paying immediately, receiving the models he has been sent and then claiming damage after receipt. Since it's still in transit, I processed a UPS Delivery Intercept for them to return the package to me. I then issued the refund through eBay after confirmation that the intercept was successful.

He sent me several messages today, all through eBay, with various complaints. That's fine. What wasn't cool is when my cell phone rang and it was him. He left a voicemail telling me his complaints and then he said that I'm probably wondering how he got my number (spot on) and he said he got it from UPS. I am currently having a little fit with them now...the supervisor who initially called me back was pretty condescending -- the first thing she did was say, "sweetie, we don't do that." Then she went on to tell me how my phone number is on the label -- that is true but then I told her, "But he never got the package so..." The previous rep had already confirmed with me that the dude had in fact called into the call center earlier that day.

He probably got it from eBay. The reps will legit give out your number if the buyer asks for it. I dealt with a weirdo on eBay a few months back and went through that whole mess.