LnTh
Well-known member
I thought this thread could fit in here better than off topic since it's about online shopping.
As some of you know, I bought a Roadster almost a week ago. The guy I've bought it from was answering my questions right away before I bought and paid for the roadster. He promised tracking # when he ships it.
After I paid he stopped emailing.
I emailed several times till then. Never accused him of anything. Just told him I'm worried and wanted to know what's up. He never replied. I started a dispute on paypal. Just as a precaution. When you start a dispute, your emails go through paypal. They don't get in between in anyway. I was gonna leave it on dispute till he responds.
Then today I did some research. Googled his name, email. Found out a forum that he's a member of. Googled his moniker on google and found even more forums that he spends time in. In one of those forums, I've found out that he's been active after I've paid. In fact, last time he logged in was 11:00pm EST tonight. (2:30 hours ago) I couldn't send a private message cause I think you have to pay to become a full member..
Anyway so I changed the dispute to a claim. Now paypal is investigating. They say if seller doesn't respond till DEC 13th (10 days?! WTF man.. It's not like he's gonna send a response via regular postal mail :roll: ) I will win the case. But what's gonna happen when I finally win it after 15 days I paid?
I'll tell you.. Paypal's gonna warn him to payback (since he probably transferred all the money to his bank and Paypal can't touch his bank without authorization) and threaten him to cancel his paypal/ebay account. He won't respond again and paypal will cancel his accounts. In return they're gonna tell me congrats, you won the case and you are covered for $200 :roll: 200 dollars out of 1550 dollars. What a bunch of bull crap. Thanks paypal!
So anyway. Life sucks. I've busted my *** to save that money. and it's all gone now. Probably won't ever get it back. WTF do I pay all the fees to Paypal if they're not gonna cover me when I need it. **** that... It's like car insurance... All crooks if you ask me.
So anything like this happen to you before? Please speak from experience if you wanna give your opinion about my case. I need solid facts and real events that happened to you so I can prepare myself accordingly..
Thanks for reading...
As some of you know, I bought a Roadster almost a week ago. The guy I've bought it from was answering my questions right away before I bought and paid for the roadster. He promised tracking # when he ships it.
After I paid he stopped emailing.
I emailed several times till then. Never accused him of anything. Just told him I'm worried and wanted to know what's up. He never replied. I started a dispute on paypal. Just as a precaution. When you start a dispute, your emails go through paypal. They don't get in between in anyway. I was gonna leave it on dispute till he responds.
Then today I did some research. Googled his name, email. Found out a forum that he's a member of. Googled his moniker on google and found even more forums that he spends time in. In one of those forums, I've found out that he's been active after I've paid. In fact, last time he logged in was 11:00pm EST tonight. (2:30 hours ago) I couldn't send a private message cause I think you have to pay to become a full member..
Anyway so I changed the dispute to a claim. Now paypal is investigating. They say if seller doesn't respond till DEC 13th (10 days?! WTF man.. It's not like he's gonna send a response via regular postal mail :roll: ) I will win the case. But what's gonna happen when I finally win it after 15 days I paid?
I'll tell you.. Paypal's gonna warn him to payback (since he probably transferred all the money to his bank and Paypal can't touch his bank without authorization) and threaten him to cancel his paypal/ebay account. He won't respond again and paypal will cancel his accounts. In return they're gonna tell me congrats, you won the case and you are covered for $200 :roll: 200 dollars out of 1550 dollars. What a bunch of bull crap. Thanks paypal!
So anyway. Life sucks. I've busted my *** to save that money. and it's all gone now. Probably won't ever get it back. WTF do I pay all the fees to Paypal if they're not gonna cover me when I need it. **** that... It's like car insurance... All crooks if you ask me.
So anything like this happen to you before? Please speak from experience if you wanna give your opinion about my case. I need solid facts and real events that happened to you so I can prepare myself accordingly..
Thanks for reading...