@casgsch-68 wrote:
Not using ebay to sell an item for a few years then selling a sought after item is not a sign nor justification that an account has been hijacted. Thank god you do not work within our legal systems or it would be even more broken then it already is..
Actually, yes it is a sign.
You'd be surprised at the number of buyers who come here wondering what to do when their seller vanishes without sending the item they bought. We look at the seller, and probably 85-90% of the time it's a hijacked account. The account will have great feedback, but if you look closely it will have been inactive for over a year. Scammers hijack, then list a lot of expensive, high demand products at too good to be true prices, then sit back and wait for people to buy.
They use Paypal accounts with a history that have been purchased on various black hat website. They do this so they don't have holds. They transfer the money out as soon as it hits, so when buyers file their cases, there's nothing to refund and Ebay has to refund out of their own pocket.
You'd also be surprised to find out how many buyers have no idea about Ebay's money back guarantee even though it's plastered on practically every listing here, but that's another story for another day.
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