Hi everyone! I did a transaction outside of eBay with an eBay seller (I have all our eBay messages saved) and to save money on the shipping they sent me a bill for a bag I purchased, they must have sent this as "friends and family" Long story short, I got the bag, got it authenticated and it is fake, I sent the bag back and PayPal was to refund me tonight after closing my case! Then I get an email outta the blue saying they won't refund me as this payment was sent as friends and family. I have been in contact with PayPal 7 times since the incident and I have yet to have had someone before tonight mention anything about friends and family, all I've been told is case will be closed in my favour once the bag is sent. I obviously was unaware I sent the money to the seller as friends and family and this scammer won't refund me! PayPal isn't being helpful but they did decide to appeal the decision and the PayPal supervisor did advise me to contact my bank and have them open an investigation for the charge of $1530.00! (😭 I wish I would have paid through my credit card) I contacted my bank and did as PayPal advised. The bank was very hellf, much more than I expected. I feel like I have done all I can. The seller won't cooperate, now they are lying saying I sent the wrong bag! It cost me a couple hundred in duties for this fake bag and 170 to ship back! I'm almost at two grand loss. Has anyone else dealt with this?! The transaction was done through my bank account, not credit card unfortunately but the bank lady said that I should see the funds in my account within 30 days hopefully. Fingers crossed, but if not, what else can I try? I am not looking for opinions on what I should have done, etc. I am looking for some hope and would like to know if this has happened to any of you and what have you done to get your money back. I'm almost at 2 grand loss! Please help!
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