scammed!

lisamarie6
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Can someone please help me & give me some advice on what to do. Ive basically been scammed. Bought 4 items from china, a mattress, x2 gaming chairs and a vanity mirrored dressing table. What ive been sent looks like place mats & a tote bag. I think this company is advertising things they don't actually have & send you any old rubbish. I have reported it to paypal in the resolution centre & trading standards. Paypal are saying the seller will give me a full refund but I have to send these items back to china which is going to cost me a fortune & I will be out of pocket. All I tried to do was get some early Christmas presents for my children & I have been scammed. The site I bought them off has also disappeared. I am a hard working parent & this has really upset me that paypal are saying this. Surely they can see its a scam with the pics ive sent & now the site has gone. Please help

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kernowlass
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@lisamarie6 


Chinese Web Sites or on Social Media ads easy to spot (once you know the below signs) so buyer beware.

1. No return address on the returns policy............thats because the site will look as if its in your country (where they despatch goods from) BUT they will ask for returns to go back to China (returns depot) at a shipping cost nearly always more than the item is worth.
2. No contact telephone number............if you click on contact the most you will get is webmail or an email address.
3. No company address information.
4. Great looking items at bargain prices that turn out to be tat.

In the event of a dispute you need to bear in mind possible return trackable costs before you buy from that seller / item / country because....

Paypal state this >>
PayPal is not obliged to reimburse you for any costs that you incur to comply with any of PayPal’s requests for cooperation for the purpose of resolving the problem (including, without limitation, costs that you incur to return a SNAD item to the Payment Recipient or another party as PayPal requests), although sometimes it may reimburse these costs.

Although they will compensate you for some of the cost if you have activated this at some point before you made that transaction.
https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/refunded-returns


You also have the option to do a chargeback via your card issuer instead of a Paypal dispute if you funded your Paypal payment via a credit card.




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