I fell for a Chinese scam. Not proud of it, but I did. A couple of years ago, I bought a printer, it turns out from a Chinese company, and they used the "send a trinket to prove delivery" ruse. When I filed a claim showing the UPS records showed a 4 oz weight for a 30 lb printer, they told me weight didn't matter. After a series of calls, I finally found a CS rep with a little sense and she reversed the transaction. I was just lucky. As so many have found here, Paypal is not interested in making sure a transaction is legal and will deny most every claim. This time, it was coins. Undeniably and provably counterfeit. They haven't even been issued! Anyway, I can get my money back, but returning them and waiting months and IF the seller doesn't make up some cackamamie BS story I might get a refund. It's illegal to ship counterfeit coins. Period. At least as far as I can tell. Paypal tells me, it's OK, but I even called the USPS inspectors office and was told no. The Paypal CS Representative could give me no reference. Anyway, I'm inclined to blow off the PayPal sham process and proceed through my credit card company. Any suggestions?
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