TigrLvsPooh
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Last March I bought park hopper passes on ebay. I have used ebay many times for buying and selling, but I have NEVER bought my Disney tickets there before. The seller had 125 positive feedbacks and no negatives and the "buy it now" price for two adult 7-day park hopper PLUS tickets was $350!!!! That is a fabulous deal and we were sooooo excited! 
The seller was in Germany... he and his girlfriend had just returned from a trip to the US to go to WDW. Originally they had 2 friends who were going to meet them there, but at the last minute they couldn't come. So he had 2 extra tickets that had never been used! He said he bought them at the TTC and they had been in his wallet since that moment. What luck!! 
About a month later we arrived in WDW and while we were checking in at OKW we had the CM scan the park hoppers for us to check them out. Then the worst possible thing happened... the CM said, "You have 2 plus options left on each ticket".
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! All SEVEN park days on BOTH tickets were used. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. I just burst into tears and ran out to the curb. I just couldn't believe it! We had sent that man $350 (which is a lot of money for us) and we had nothing to show for it. No park hoppers, nothing. 
I didn't know what to do. I didn't have to sellers phone # with me, not that he would have done anything about, so the only choice was to ask our parents to send us the money as soon as possible to buy new tickets.
We enjoyed our vacation, but I just felt sick the whole time... how could someone do this to us?? The seller KNEW we had a 9 month old infant and 2 year old son traveling with us... he KNEW that money was tight for us. I was so angry and hurt. I felt so stupid for trusting him, and for trusting ebay.
When we returned home I immediately contacted the seller, ebay, Paypal, and my credit card company. The seller said he didn't believe me... he said there was NO WAY that the tickets were used. Later I found out that he had bought them on the street near the Days Inn in Orlando!!! After he TOLD me he had purchased them at the TTC. 
So I assume someone took advantage of the fact that he was from Germany and didn't know.
After a long battle with ebay, paypal, and Capitol One, I finally got my $350 back just NOW! 
It was a horrible ordeal to go through. I had to file a fraud report with ebay, paypal was NO help... they basically said it wasn't their fault. Finally Capitol One gave me my money back... but they said the case will still be open for one year.
What's the moral to this story??? NEVER buy park hopper passes from a stranger. Believe me, it's WORTH paying extra just so you know the tickets are real and unused. I wouldn't wish this horrible situation on my worst enemy. I had so many sleepless nights... it was terrible.
The seller was in Germany... he and his girlfriend had just returned from a trip to the US to go to WDW. Originally they had 2 friends who were going to meet them there, but at the last minute they couldn't come. So he had 2 extra tickets that had never been used! He said he bought them at the TTC and they had been in his wallet since that moment. What luck!! About a month later we arrived in WDW and while we were checking in at OKW we had the CM scan the park hoppers for us to check them out. Then the worst possible thing happened... the CM said, "You have 2 plus options left on each ticket".
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! All SEVEN park days on BOTH tickets were used. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. I just burst into tears and ran out to the curb. I just couldn't believe it! We had sent that man $350 (which is a lot of money for us) and we had nothing to show for it. No park hoppers, nothing. I didn't know what to do. I didn't have to sellers phone # with me, not that he would have done anything about, so the only choice was to ask our parents to send us the money as soon as possible to buy new tickets. We enjoyed our vacation, but I just felt sick the whole time... how could someone do this to us?? The seller KNEW we had a 9 month old infant and 2 year old son traveling with us... he KNEW that money was tight for us.
I was so angry and hurt. I felt so stupid for trusting him, and for trusting ebay. When we returned home I immediately contacted the seller, ebay, Paypal, and my credit card company. The seller said he didn't believe me... he said there was NO WAY that the tickets were used. Later I found out that he had bought them on the street near the Days Inn in Orlando!!!
After he TOLD me he had purchased them at the TTC. So I assume someone took advantage of the fact that he was from Germany and didn't know. After a long battle with ebay, paypal, and Capitol One, I finally got my $350 back just NOW!
It was a horrible ordeal to go through. I had to file a fraud report with ebay, paypal was NO help... they basically said it wasn't their fault. Finally Capitol One gave me my money back... but they said the case will still be open for one year. What's the moral to this story??? NEVER buy park hopper passes from a stranger. Believe me, it's WORTH paying extra just so you know the tickets are real and unused. I wouldn't wish this horrible situation on my worst enemy. I had so many sleepless nights... it was terrible.
Thanks for sharing your story and I hope it helps others to make the right decisions.
