First off, I have been an eBay member for 20 years and never had one issue until I sold two gift cards recently. Both were bought at what I find suspiciously high prices. Why do I say this? Because you can buy them cheaper on a website like a raise or cash card, BUT you can't get them FOR FREE on those sites.
Since they are hard to trace, it becomes the buyer vs. seller's word, and naturally, the seller is always the obvious first choice to be in the wrong.
Now just if you understand probabilities, you could look at the number of my transactions and then look at the possible odds that two gift cards in a row went missing. Or you could understand market supply and demand modeling and understand that the buyers are purchasing the gift cards at face value because they are in on the Fraud.
As a person who understands the industry well, there is no reason Ebay should ever steal money from one person and give it to the other as there are many solutions to these problems. They could have created some form of a system for gift cards to verify. Instead, they just decide off a few paragraphs, and they create a place for fraud to run unscathed
But again, after stealing $300 dollars from me, I have zero reasons to use them again.
Why would I pay them to sell my stuff??? I could throw it in the garbage for FREE.
Use your head, and sell your items elsewhere, especially gift cards..Ironically, I was going to cancel the second auction after I saw the price and location. I didn't, and now they have stolen my money. Don't sell gift cards on eBay. Give it away to someone, as at least you have control over who takes your money!!!
