surplusdealdude

i am willing to bet you are a liar.   Wrong.  I run a courier, a wholesale company and an online retail store.     my aunt has spent some time going over your replys on this forum   Really.  Can't your read the replies yourself?     when i contacted her about the fraud your company lets go on, she wasnt that eager to help.   That's because she knows it's not fraud.   if paypal has anything to do with your rude ways, this could get huge.   I don't see how that could be, but don't let me stop your fantasies.     her freinds at dateline NBC will cover the scam problem with ebay selling auction time and letting us sell with no returns   Her "friends" are aware of the defamation laws - once they check their facts, they're going to realize that yoour allegations are just hot air.     you will have to deal with her the senior producer at fox news in NEW YORK. she gave me her word that you will be exsposed   First it was NBC news, now it's Fox News - make up your mind, already.  You're obviously making this up as you go along.     keep in mind. your being watched.   By such as you?  I need not worry, then.         BTW, look up the term, "credible threat".  because you don't make them.           ... View more

You had better phone Paypal immediately about this and get it straightened out.  Their number comes up when you click on 'contact us'.   What you have done is called "double-dipping" and it can get you banned from Paypal permanently. ... View more

If the buyer does not respond, he may win or lose.   As a seller you have no protection from Paypal - if this is a dispute, you may be sunk.   If it is a chageback, then it's up in the air.   Be aware that Credit Card companies almost always find in favour of their buyer on a provisional basis, so they can get their hands on the money for safe-keeping while they make their real decision in about 75 days.   Kahuna's case is the exception, not the rule.  He likely won because he submitted all the evidence he needed, organized in a logical format to prove the buyer received the goods to a CC Company that saw it his way.  Good job. ... View more

  @Munch wrote:   surplusdealdude,   Hey are you an Employee of PAYPAL? Because you are defending PAYPAL so much like PAYPAL is your Employer.   A lot of buyers are getting scammed and You dont even care. SHAME on You.   A lot of people are getting "scammed" because they don't bother to read the rules.   I have no sympathy for people that care so little for their money that they don't even bother to ducate themselves on how to protect their own money.  You might as well stamp "VICTIM" on your forehead so that others can see the suckers walking around.   And I am not a Paypal employee. ... View more

Legally, your situation is a "not as described" situation.   The seller has a legal duty to ensure that the package arrives at your door in the condition that the listing described it.  It didn't.   File the dispute here;   http://res.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ResolutionCenter&cf=20   (ebay is now handling disputes that aris from sales on their site)   You'll likely have to return the empty envelope to the seller, but wait for Paypal to tell you to do so - there might be a Post Office investigation first and they'll want that package to view ( the seller may have insured it).   When you do return the package, make sure that you send it with Delivery confirmation, which you can purchase from the Post Office.     Just a word of caution-   I know the seller seems very nice ( that'll likely change when the dispute is filed), but you don't know for sure that they even sent the items.  I think they likely did ( most sellers are honest and this does sound like a Post Office issue instead), but you can never be sure, that's why we follow the legal route.   Don't feel badly about exercising your legal rights here and don't let the seller give you a sob story about your exercise of your legal rights.  For $10, the seller could have sent the items in a Flat Rate Priority box instead of a flimsy envelope and saved themselves all this hassle.  They didn't, so they pay the price for it.   You'll also get back your original shipping, but you'll have to pay the cost of shipping the item back to the seller, btw. ... View more

No, there isn't.   Why aren't you using Delivery confirmation?  It's cheaper than refunds. ... View more

  @coco02 wrote: Weird...i'm selling 2 phones, Droid Eris and Motorola rival. I got an email stating this lady wants to buy them for her son away at school. I got a paypal confirmation that they are holding funds until i send a tracking number. This lady also states that she will pay to have it shipped overseas---i'm looking in my paypal account and don't see anything, so where did the payment confirmation come from (btw...my item was being sold on craigs list)   Yours is also a scam - the email from Paypal was a fake - forward it to spoof@paypal.com for confirmation.   Do not ship the items, you're never going to get paid for them.   The scammer will make threats to have your paypal account cancelled and to report you to the FBI  - ignore them. ... View more

  @jdawg183 wrote: I am selling a Droid X on eBay. I posted it yesterday, and today received a "question" about it. I received an email through eBay that says this: "Hi im looking to buy my son a gift and this and this looks  great and im willing to pay you $645 and thats including  overnight through fedex to brooklyn, ny all i would need is  your paypalemail address"   If it is through paypal, am I protected? If I give him my email address, is there anyway this can bite me? Currently the Droid X is selling for about $500 online, however; mine is slightly different from the rest, as it has an OS upgrade that the rest have not received yet. If it did not have that upgrade, I would know it was a scam, but as is, I am not sure. I dont know that it is worth that much though. Suggestions?   It's a scam - you'll get a fake email from Paypal telling you to enter a tracking number before payment shows in your account.   There is no money and never will be.   If you use Google Maps on the Brooklyn address, it'll show the address doesn't exist - the parcel will be redirected to Nigeria as soon as they have the tracking number. ... View more

I would back away from that ( sounds scammy to me, too) and make a complaint to ebay here;   http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html   The report link is at the bottom, the specific offence is " Discourage buyers from using any payment method the seller specified in the listing". ... View more

However, won't PayPal then request funds from my bank account in the foreign currency instead of us$? If so, my bank charges big fees.   Yes, they probably will request them.   Have you enabled your account to receive That baht?  It's in the "currency converter" link on the main page, up near where it says "balance".   You could try adding the baht and then transferring a small amount of money from your bank to your Paypal account in baht.   If that doesn't work ( confidence is not high), then I think you'd have to open a Thai Paypal account, upload the money into it from your bank, convert it and then use "Send Money" to send it to your US account. ... View more

It's quite possible that the emails are fake and you're being scammed.   Can you copy and paste the email you received here, removing any email addresses?   Don't ship the parcel just yet, btw. ... View more

You'll need a premier paypal account and you'll have to attach a bank account and verify it.   There will be fees for accepting the payments. ... View more

If the Payment notice says "Eligible" for seller protection, yes.   There's a glitch in the system right now over confirmed addresses ( which don't matter anymore, anyway - they haven't m,attered for over a year now).  The discussion of the glitch is in the read-only section of the Watercooler board. ... View more

No, you can't.   The buyer will have a fit, file a dispute ( which permanently locks up the funds), and you'll get a policy violation slap from ebay for trying to circumvent the 21-day hold ( and that's serious). ... View more

This sounds like a "phone Paypal" solution.   Their number comes up when you click on 'contact us'.  Perhaps they can sort it out for you. ... View more

Wait a minute - FIRST, have you attached a verified bank account to your paypal account?   If not, that's likely the problem.   If you have, then carry on with the phone call. ... View more

You're going to have to phone Paypal on this one - the number comes up when you click 'contact us'.     ... View more

Normally, you ship with delivery confirmation - that allows you to prove that the item was delivered ( it's available from the Post Office at a small additional charge) ... View more

  @LPJ wrote: I have an item on sale on KSL(Utah).  I had an interested party that says they are over seas and asked for me to please send him my paypal email so he can make a payment, and then pick up item after  payments have been sorted.  It is a trailer, and the amount is big.  Let me know your thoughts   It's a scam.   The "buyer" will have an "agent" to pik up the item and the "agent" will have a fee that he demands you pay upfront via Western Union.   The "buyer" will send you a fake Paypal email to fund the payment you send to the 'agent' and, as soon as you send it, they'll both disappear with your money.   Just walk away from it. ... View more

I was wondering if I make a purchase over seas am I covered in any way from fraud protection?   It depends a whole lot on who you're buying it from.  An ebay seller?  A non-ebay site?  And there are ways to make getting a refund not worth your while.  Without specifics, I can't say more.     Also does the payment get delivered to the recipient only after the shipment is confirmed received in the states?   No, it gets sent right away.       What exactly are you buying and from whom?   ... View more

No, they don't. ... View more

Well, let's go back to the basics;   Do you have a verified bank account attached to your account?   Do you have a verified credit card attached?  Is the expiry date close?  Do you have another CC that you could attach? ... View more

No, they're not in that business. ... View more

Yeah, the Help center couldn't find an answer, either - thank GAWD for Google.   Go here;   https://www.paypalobjects.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_micropayments.html   There's a link in that blurb to set up a micropayment account. ... View more