A major problem

[dth296]

So I bought a fortnite account on here for $60 and have been pestering the seller for a long time and have not got any info on when im getting my account. Should I be concered. Should I email eBay? Please help!

[7606dennis]

What is a "fortnite account?"

[kitschy*loot]

I would never have bought anything from that seller. It seems like they have just started selling and their listing doesn't make any sense. It also says for Local Pickup.

[pburn]

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@dth296 wrote:

So I bought a fortnite account on here for $60 and have been pestering the seller for a long time and have not got any info on when im getting my account. Should I be concered. Should I email eBay? Please help!

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Not only does the listing say "Local Pickup," as @kitschy*loot said, but there is the added problem of those accounts being illegal to sell. And it looks like you bought two of them at $30  each.

From the Epic Games User Agreement:

"You may not transfer, sell, gift, exchange, trade, lease, sublicense, or rent Game Currency or Content except within the Software and as expressly permitted by Epic. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, Epic reserves and retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the Game Currency and Content. The license to Game Currency and Content under the License will terminate upon termination of the License and as otherwise provided herein."

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/eula

[la_797]

You purchased a raffle ticket for the account, not the account.

[pburn]

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@la_797 wrote:
You purchased a raffle ticket for the account, not the account.

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And those are illegal on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/chance-listings-policy?id=4311

@dth296, I'd say you have more major problems than you originally posted. Maybe you could try to contact the seller and ask if s/he will cancel the transaction. The seller is not required to accept a cancellation, but it's worth a shot. Good  luck.

[dth296]

Ok thank you @la_797

[dth296]

I bought 2 raffle tickets and the seller said I could have the account.

[la_797]

You're not getting the account. He's still selling tickets for it.

You can try to file an item not received to get your money back.

Then DON'T buy any more accounts. If you can't be honest and earn the stuff and levels on your own you probably shouldn't be playing.

[pburn]

Yes, I'm sure s/he did. And do you have the account? No.

[missjen831]

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@la_797 wrote:
You're not getting the account. He's still selling tickets for it.

You can try to file an item not received to get your money back.

Then DON'T buy any more accounts. If you can't be honest and earn the stuff and levels on your own you probably shouldn't be playing.

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Local pickups are not covered by eBay or PayPal buyer protection @la_797 @dth296 

Hopefully you paid with a credit card. File a chargeback. 

[la_797]

One of the blue said that they are if the buyer has attempted to make arrangements to go pick it up and the seller has not allowed them to do so.

So what the buyer in this case needs to do is tell the seller that they are going to try to pick it up locally and ask for date and time that they can when the seller doesn't bother to respond or give them the runaround then they can file the INR

[missjen831]

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@la_797 wrote:
One of the blue said that they are if the buyer has attempted to make arrangements to go pick it up and the seller has not allowed them to do so.

So what the buyer in this case needs to do is tell the seller that they are going to try to pick it up locally and ask for date and time that they can when the seller doesn't bother to respond or give them the runaround then they can file the INR

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That’s not enough for the OP to win an INR. He still has to follow through and attempt to pick up the codes. When the seller makes the arrangements with the buyer and the buyer fails to pick up the codes, what next? The buyer is only covered if the seller doesn’t make arrangements with them 😉

[thallidguy]

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@la_797 wrote:

Then DON'T buy any more accounts. If you can't be honest and earn the stuff and levels on your own you probably shouldn't be playing.

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This.

This whole business of buying/selling online game accounts in clear violation of the UA (and pretty much every online game seems to ban transferring accounts between individuals these days) is contemptible in a variety of ways.

Frankly, I have no sympathy for the OP and anyone else engaged in like activity. He willfully got himself involved in a crooked business, which by defintion is done by crooked people, and he got robbed. Who could have predicted it?