I sold a pair of Bred Yeezys in March for $650 and the buyer decides 3 months later to claim that they are fake. Paypal decides I owe him money and he sends me back the pair of shoes used and didn't send back the original sneaker box. He just threw them in a box and shipped it back to me. I thought the buyer has to send them back in the same condition that I sent it to him and he didn't return the box which is really important for sneaker collectors. I have the receipt for the sneakers from Yeezy Supply which is owned by Kanye West himself and that still wasn't good enough. I provided pictures of the inside tag and a link to show what real and fake tags look like. I included so much information and I still lost. I have lost faith in using paypal. I cannot afford to get scammed again and I will never use paypal again. I will find another payment processor and not use ebay any more either as too many buyers are committing fraud against legitimate sellers. I want to know what information the buyer had. I can't imagine that he had any proof at all other than his word saying that they were fakes. So he gets to wear a $650 pair of sneakers for free for 3 months and I can't sell them in this condition. I had so much proof and I still lost. I just can't believe it and cannot trust paypal any more. I am a disabled veteran and my wife buys them for me with her credit card and when I sell them I get to keep the profit. I cannot work due to losing my legs in Afghanistan. Although I can no longer wear sneakers, I still love them as I view them as art and still collect them because one day my son will be able to wear all of the sneakers I have collected over the years. I'm sorry for going on and on. I just cannot believe that I lost my appeal. I called several times and every person I talked to said I should win because he didn't return them in the same condition. I know that he has no proof that they are fake because I have the receipt and I am and expert at spotting fakes. I am an honest person and cannot believe that I got cheated. I have a perfect record on ebay, stockx, and goat sites/apps. I am also upset that whoever handled the case couldn't call me and discuss it and if he/she wanted more information, I would have provided it. Now I'm stuck with used sneakers that is probably worth less than a pair of fakes on ebay. Who is going to buy used sneakers and without the original box? I am so upset right now. I do not have the money to pay the cheating buyer the money he won either. The process failed me. I will call paypal as soon as the CS office opens, but I doubt that I will get an answer that will satisfy me. I just want to know how did I lose a case where I had the receipt of the shoes, showed pictures of my shoes and linked a site that showed the difference between real and fake sneakers and mine matches the real shoes of course. I am depressed right now and the wait for the paypal offices to complain about my case seems like forever. I just needed to rant because the process failed me and I will just sell through consignment stores and not through any sites that use paypal. Paypal, I know that you are rich, but you have lost one customer for life.
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