I bought an item on eBay and was told that the shipping would a few weeks. After waiting for 3 weeks and not receiving it the seller tells me they would resend it. Then 3 weeks later again I still hadn't received it (a screwdriver, not really desireable thing for people to steal). The fact that the seller supposedly sent it twice but I never received it set off alarms and I wondered what was up.
Then one day I log into ebay to message the seller again and I realize what happened. It was past 45 days and the auction was removed from my account. So I realized their scheme too late. They promise that it's on its way or resent as much as it takes to get my past 45 days. I couldn't even negatively review the seller.
So I went to eBay and contested it, finding out that I could not even contest the transaction. Same with Paypal. So it seems like this and probably other sellers have found a loop hole to the eBay/Paypal policies that lets them steal from people.
The worst thing is that I can't even impact this seller's reviews. So they just need to build a good reputation and then rip off people with this method. They'll never be negatively impacted and they'll always appear like good sellers.
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