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Prob you are aware but -I have seen so many caught out, (most recently a friend of a friend who lost a very expensive camera this way-!) that I wanted to spread the word..and at any given moment in time this scam seems to be happening to someone someplace.
If you are selling (particularly) high value goods especially cameras, phones etc. and it is for collection only
Then please for the love of God, state in your lisitng 'This item is for CASH on collection only. If the buyer sends pp funds then immediately return them with a message, 'this item, being for collection is cash only as described in the auction listing'
Goods that are collected, and especially high value electronics are continually being targetted by pp hi-jackers, who after winning the auction, will transfer the money into your pp account, collect it from you and shortly afterwards there will be the inevitable chargeback where pp will simply swipe the money back from you via your pp account or bank account.
Thus you will have lost goods and money.
Personally I dont trust e bay for selling high value goods in any case but with 'collection' items you have no way to prove the item was collected (getting the buyer to scrawl their signature I suspect will do no good)
(For the above scenarios it is always handy to have a cash tester pen.)
PP are aware of this type of theft yet they take no action.so it is up to you to protect yourself.
One occassion, the same hi jacked pp account was being used consecutively to buy iphones, day after day after day and pp were sitting around just letting new victims happen-with full knowledge (we were discussing and observing it happen in an e bay forum-stunned, though we did message the most recent victim/seller actually e bay would regard THAT as a violation of their terms-namely 'inteference with auction'!)
If you are selling (particularly) high value goods especially cameras, phones etc. and it is for collection only
Then please for the love of God, state in your lisitng 'This item is for CASH on collection only. If the buyer sends pp funds then immediately return them with a message, 'this item, being for collection is cash only as described in the auction listing'
Goods that are collected, and especially high value electronics are continually being targetted by pp hi-jackers, who after winning the auction, will transfer the money into your pp account, collect it from you and shortly afterwards there will be the inevitable chargeback where pp will simply swipe the money back from you via your pp account or bank account.
Thus you will have lost goods and money.
Personally I dont trust e bay for selling high value goods in any case but with 'collection' items you have no way to prove the item was collected (getting the buyer to scrawl their signature I suspect will do no good)
(For the above scenarios it is always handy to have a cash tester pen.)
PP are aware of this type of theft yet they take no action.so it is up to you to protect yourself.
One occassion, the same hi jacked pp account was being used consecutively to buy iphones, day after day after day and pp were sitting around just letting new victims happen-with full knowledge (we were discussing and observing it happen in an e bay forum-stunned, though we did message the most recent victim/seller actually e bay would regard THAT as a violation of their terms-namely 'inteference with auction'!)
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