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I had a printer listed on ebay with the price starting at £29.99 or `Buy it Now` for £49.99. In the early hours of Thursday morning, someone bought and paid for it - £49.99 with Paypal.

The address was unconfirmed, so I checked his feedback first. It was `91`, and he`d been trading since Oct 2003. Feedback was good, except for the most recent, which read "paypal payment charged back by ppal, doesnt reply to emails - avoid scammer!"

However, underneath that coment, a follow up was posted, "all sorted now, user had a paypal problem, all sorted, please ignore above!"

After confirming his address with 192.com, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and I sent out product later that day. Lastnight I received an email from Paypal, "It has come to our attention that you may have recieved potentially unauthorised funds in your PayPal account. We have initiated an investigation into this event. In the meantime, we have placed a temporary hold on the funds in question until the investigation is complete. This temporary hold will show as a deduction in your available balance. In the meantime, you are free to continue transacting using your PayPal account."

I`ve emailed him and I`ve emailed Paypal - no reply yet.

He bought dvd`s from two separate buyers on Thursday and left them feedback on Friday. I`ve been in contact with them and it appears the same thing has happened to them.

The seller posting the feedback comment above says he got paid in the end, but I`m not that sure.

i would suggest his ebay account or paypal account have been compromised at some point and it has been hijacked?

a link to the item would be good.



`I am going to live forever, or die trying`...

you`ve been scammed .. same thing happened to me.. but I realised and refused to send the item untill the paypal payment had cleared and was in my bank..

paypals s***... only safe way is several weeks in your account- then in your hand. before then you aint really got diddly.

THE MOST ANNOYINGLY LARGE PENIS EVER - REMOVED BY SURGEONS.

www.paypalsucks.com

hmmm, not worlking at the moment for some reason..


why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive

This item was edited on Saturday, 5th November 2005, 22:02

Link here

This item was edited on Saturday, 5th November 2005, 23:22

looks like hes been hijacked, i cannot see anything wrong with his feedback buying history etc, was a registered user under a previous name for a while too...

I have been investigating a similar job at work today, where someone had their ebay account hijacked, by a an unknown person who attempted to sell large value items in 24 hour auctions, the real ebayer getting caught out by all the fees!



`I am going to live forever, or die trying`...

He seems to be genuine. He`s emailed me appologising for the paypal problem and says he has sent a cheque today instead.

I won`t relax until the cheque is cleared though.