So we had been trying to sell an old laptop on ebay this past week. A lady emailed us saying she wanted to buy the laptop for her daughter for school and that she wanted it to happen ASAP. Because we didn't have a "buy it now" set up for that auction, the person just sent us the money through paypal and asked that we end the auction early. Also, she gave us a different address to ship the item to, her daughter's address.
So we got it all packaged up and Eric took it down to the post office right before they closed. When he got back, he received an email that said that our laptop was bought with stolen paypal info.
So after a phone call, we found out that because we had shipped it to a different address than what was on the paypal account, they wouldn't reimburse us. So Eric ran down to the post office and was able to get the package back right as they were loading it onto the truck. The post office people said that this happens ALL THE TIME.
So, even though this makes us look bad because we were dumb and trusting about the whole thing, I am sharing it to make sure that it doesn't happen to you. Ship only to addresses that are listed in their info and make sure you always get a tracking number.
4 comments:
Good that you got it back. Sorry that you had a bad experience. Why do people have to be so lame??
I am so glad that you got it back. Some people are real winners huh??
I can't believe this kind of stuff happens. Especially to good people like you guys. I would've done the same thing you guys did.
We tried to call you guys both today and it went right to voice mail.
Laters!
By the time Eric finishes his carear on e-bay he will know every trick in the book. Glad you didn't loose your computer. I wish they could find the people that make our lives so difficult and make them clean ebays bathrooms for life!
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