Every seller can get scammed!

[tunicaslot]

Just watched this and thought even the vloggers with 6 figure sales get the occasional buyer returning somethin other than what was sold!

Sellers have to take it all in stride bcause 99.9% of buyers are wonderful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0YW9Ls4M0

[southern*sweet*tea]

ahhhh, you watch them, too! They're the only ones I watch. Always so positive, even when things don't go as they should.

[fern*wood]

They must get better ebay service that many of us if they are normally given a full refund by ebay for a faulty return.

[tunicaslot]

I'm sure they have a concierge - but then everyone that went to Ebay open received concierge service for a year.

We've got the blues to help us here and on Facebook and I'm sure  they'd make sure things were set right for any of us that participate.

[tunicaslot]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

ahhhh, you watch them, too! They're the only ones I watch. Always so positive, even when things don't go as they should.

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I like them but they are way out of my league! I enjoy Katy and Vicky and Casey - and even Bin Pickers. It's just nice to get a heads up on what others look for and sell to make a profit!

[luckythewinner]

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@tunicaslot wrote:
Sellers have to take it all in stride bcause 99.9% of buyers are wonderful!

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In 2009 the FBI suggested that the fraud rate on eBay was 1 in 100 transactions.

Around the same time eBay was claiming the rate was 1 in 10,000 transactions.

[tunicaslot]

I don't know the facts and figures - but the majority of my transactions go off without a hitch and I have to remind myself of this everytime I do get a buyer who doesn't read or have one that is unscrupulous. The best way to handle it is to not sell at all - but then there would be no $$ either.

[siamdao]

This is pretty accurate, as we generally sell about 100 items a month and deal with some form of partial refund, parts picking or other ridiculous issue at least once every 30 days.

[postingid2017]

I was not amused - that is only encouraging bad behavior

[bubbleman2010]

Promoting its OK to get ripped off on ebay is part of being cool just doesn't fit in my world. I'm not here to be cool and trend setting....

[johnrj1226]

My experience   is totally different  than any facts stated - we  have shipped 1417 items since started selling on eBay (Jan. 2010).  Been scammed  zero times.  Two attempted  scams  - buyers claiming they didn't receive purchase - sent  each a screen shot of the USPS tracking - never heard from them again.    Guess  I'm over due.

[ed8108]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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In 2009 the FBI suggested that the fraud rate on eBay was 1 in 100 transactions.

Around the same time eBay was claiming the rate was 1 in 10,000 transactions.

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How about using the definition of fraud as it is defined within the Penal law of a particular state ?
 

[luckythewinner]

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@ed8108 wrote:

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@luckythewinner wrote:

In 2009 the FBI suggested that the fraud rate on eBay was 1 in 100 transactions. Around the same time eBay was claiming the rate was 1 in 10,000 transactions.

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 How about using the definition of fraud as it is defined within the Penal law of a particular state ? 

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I have no idea why the FBI did not do that. But I suspect that the FBI has a pretty good idea of what constitutes fraud. 

[robot-hands]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@tunicaslot wrote:
Sellers have to take it all in stride bcause 99.9% of buyers are wonderful!

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In 2009 the FBI suggested that the fraud rate on eBay was 1 in 100 transactions.

Around the same time eBay was claiming the rate was 1 in 10,000 transactions.

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I'd like to see the citation on that.

With ebay making it extremely easy to not only scam a seller (and actually actively hide their buying behaviors) but do it more than once without any penalty, I'd sure like to know what those numbers are today.

[emerald_door]

It's sad that they had to refund that buyer for sending a box of trash.