eBay

detroittech313 · ‎11-09-2017

Hey all:

I've got a real problem! Close to 90% of my transactions are fraudulent!

I've spent HOURS on the phone with Ebay & PayPal and there is nothing that they seem capable of doing.

It is so simple though....The scammers are all new accounts, usually those "guest" accounts. They are all requesting shipment to the SAME delivery address, 460 Copper Drive.

I've called the local police. They are well aware of the problem, but there is nothing they will do.

If you get on the interweb and enter that address, page after page of complaints will come back, showing it as a forwarding address for scammers.

I've had over a dozen transactions in the past 48 hours that are frauds going to this address. All Ebay & PayPal needs to do is shut down activity at this address.

NO MORE SHIPMENTS TO 460 Copper Drive!

Ebay & PayPal need to get on the ball before this spirals out of control!

phcd1 · ‎11-13-2017

@muttlymob wrote:
@phcd1 wrote:
...If you get on the interweb and enter that address, page after page of complaints will come back, showing it as a forwarding address for scammers....
If you're making sales, I wouldn't complain. Freight forwarders VOID the eBay MBG (i.e. no INR OR SNAD!!). It's the next best sale to cash in hand!
No, freight forwarders do not void the MBG. Seller still has to prove delivery to the address on the payment.

Wrong. It does void the MBG (its in writing from eBay). You still have to prove delivery to the forwarder, but thats it.

thatsallfolks · ‎11-13-2017

@phcd1 wrote:
@muttlymob wrote:
@phcd1 wrote:
...If you get on the interweb and enter that address, page after page of complaints will come back, showing it as a forwarding address for scammers....
If you're making sales, I wouldn't complain. Freight forwarders VOID the eBay MBG (i.e. no INR OR SNAD!!). It's the next best sale to cash in hand!
No, freight forwarders do not void the MBG. Seller still has to prove delivery to the address on the payment.
Wrong. It does void the MBG (its in writing from eBay). You still have to prove delivery to the forwarder, but thats it.

Sigh. Whose address do you think is on the payment? The freight forwarder, obviously.

pretty strange to tell someone they’re wrong and then repeat what they said.

muttlymob · ‎11-13-2017

@thatsallfolks wrote:
@phcd1 wrote:
@muttlymob wrote:
@phcd1 wrote:
...If you get on the interweb and enter that address, page after page of complaints will come back, showing it as a forwarding address for scammers....
If you're making sales, I wouldn't complain. Freight forwarders VOID the eBay MBG (i.e. no INR OR SNAD!!). It's the next best sale to cash in hand!
No, freight forwarders do not void the MBG. Seller still has to prove delivery to the address on the payment.
Wrong. It does void the MBG (its in writing from eBay). You still have to prove delivery to the forwarder, but thats it.
Sigh. Whose address do you think is on the payment? The freight forwarder, obviously.

pretty strange to tell someone they’re wrong and then repeat what they said.

Thank you thatsallfolks..... Couldn't have said it better myself.

psssst, phcd1, if you have to prove delivery to the forwarder then the MBG is not voided, is it?

muttlymob · ‎11-13-2017

I am aware that I am covered IF I ship to a verified/confirmed address.

You are covered if you ship to the city/state/zip code on the PayPal payment. Verified and/or confirmed play no part in seller protection on eBay.

If I recall correctly all Yahoo! accounts have been breached by hackers?

Yahoo accounts have potentially been exposed to hackers. This does not mean that all Yahoo accounts were breached and are unsafe.

You still have not clarified if YOU have actually had any problems with this address. You just repeat horror stories read on the internet. Likely unverified either in source or in fact - how do you know it's not just a few people making multiple posts under different names either as malicious revenge or just uncontrolled anger? How do you know the stories are true? How do you know the stories aren't from people who don't understand the rules and assume if anything goes wrong with a delivery it must be fraud (whether it really is or not)?

Getting informed on the actual details of seller protection policies is a much better step toward doing a real risk evaluation than google searches of addresses.