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06 April 2007, 07:58 PM
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Ripped off by a scooby owner
All sorted now, dodgy echeques on paypal.
Hi Folks,
Sold a H&S backbox on ebay last week. The guy paid through paypal with an echeque (never heard of before). Anyway because it was in the account and paypal is meant to be guaranteed I despatched the item. Today, somehow, he has cancelled the echeque, simple as that and is now not returning my emails. He lives down in the Crawley area of Sussex.
I can't believe paypal can allow this to happen. This must have been pre-meditated, in my opinion.
Can't believe a fellow scooby owner would do this.
Well naffed off, first time I have been done in 5 years trading on ebay.
Hi Folks,
Sold a H&S backbox on ebay last week. The guy paid through paypal with an echeque (never heard of before). Anyway because it was in the account and paypal is meant to be guaranteed I despatched the item. Today, somehow, he has cancelled the echeque, simple as that and is now not returning my emails. He lives down in the Crawley area of Sussex.
I can't believe paypal can allow this to happen. This must have been pre-meditated, in my opinion.
Can't believe a fellow scooby owner would do this.
Well naffed off, first time I have been done in 5 years trading on ebay.
Last edited by scoobyfella; 06 April 2007 at 10:39 PM. Reason: issue sorted
06 April 2007, 08:14 PM
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Because everyone who buys a subaru is honest .. ? You should see some of the characters driving around in thrashed classics round here m8 !
Unfortunately Echeques are a common scamming mechanism which paypal seem quite happy to ignore.
Avoid The Paypal e-Cheque Scam - It Could Cost You!
When you say 'in your account' is there any way you can trace the account it came from and take it from there ?
Unfortunately Echeques are a common scamming mechanism which paypal seem quite happy to ignore.
Avoid The Paypal e-Cheque Scam - It Could Cost You!
When you say 'in your account' is there any way you can trace the account it came from and take it from there ?
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06 April 2007, 08:15 PM
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E CHEQUES TAKE TIME TO CLEAR Bit like a normal cheque go through the paypal/ebay procedures and as above post their ebay ID up for others
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06 April 2007, 09:57 PM
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Hi Folks,
Sold a H&S backbox on ebay last week. The guy paid through paypal with an echeque (never heard of before). Anyway because it was in the account and paypal is meant to be guaranteed I despatched the item. Today, somehow, he has cancelled the echeque, simple as that and is now not returning my emails. He lives down in the Crawley area of Sussex.
I can't believe paypal can allow this to happen. This must have been pre-meditated, in my opinion.
Can't believe a fellow scooby owner would do this.
Well naffed off, first time I have been done in 5 years trading on ebay.
Sold a H&S backbox on ebay last week. The guy paid through paypal with an echeque (never heard of before). Anyway because it was in the account and paypal is meant to be guaranteed I despatched the item. Today, somehow, he has cancelled the echeque, simple as that and is now not returning my emails. He lives down in the Crawley area of Sussex.
I can't believe paypal can allow this to happen. This must have been pre-meditated, in my opinion.
Can't believe a fellow scooby owner would do this.
Well naffed off, first time I have been done in 5 years trading on ebay.
is this another method of paying by paypal?
06 April 2007, 10:37 PM
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All sorted. Seems the problems lie with this dodgy echeque thing. The email I recieved from paypal said that the sender had 'cancelled' payment with no other info.
Will watch that one in the future.
James
Will watch that one in the future.
James
06 April 2007, 10:42 PM
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SS, real ebay life is not like that. You don't go around cancelling payments out of the blue 
Sounds like he has cancelled the payment at his bank. If his account was legit then you have a case to get your cash back. You can contact his bank and fight it out. More likely though, he paid through a stolen card, which means the whole transactions was fraudulent. The bank will reverse as many transactions as possible leaving you out of pocket. Great system eh?
Sounds like he has cancelled the payment at his bank. If his account was legit then you have a case to get your cash back. You can contact his bank and fight it out. More likely though, he paid through a stolen card, which means the whole transactions was fraudulent. The bank will reverse as many transactions as possible leaving you out of pocket. Great system eh?
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