Selling items on eBay and accepting payment by PayPal (owned by eBay) is something I am not doing anymore. It is far to easy for the buyers to claim the items purchased are not as described well after having recieved them, start a dispute with paypal which ends in a refund. If lucky, you get your previously good condition items returned fit for the bin.
The process goes something like this. Win auction, pay via paypal from a credit card, wait till you get your goods. Once you’re happy you have something worth stealing, file a “significantly not as described” claim with paypal. Wait a bit. Kerching! Keep goods, keep money, laugh.
It’s hedged in favor of the buyer. We all know PayPal are difficult to contact at the best of time, during a dispute process its simply laughable. If you’re not talking to the other party you can only send information to PayPal via FAX !! How awesome is that !!
To be honest, I’m gutted. The item in question was something I never wanted to sell, but had no choice. My Sofa - The Thief
UPDATE : Following my last message to the buyer in which I stated the the item was ‘inspected’ and ‘collected’ in person. PayPal have ‘deferred’ on this case. In other words they don’t want to get involved and make a decision they will be held to later. I now await the credit card chargeback that PayPal will immediately pass on to me.
So sorry to hear about that. It’s people like those that ensure that, if I ever auction anything off on eBay again, it’ll be Certified Check only, so they’d have to actually take me to court to get money, and prove they received it in bad condition through no fault of themselves or the post office.
In other words, they’ve already spoiled it for everybody pulling that sort of crap.