return gift cards

[wwwusqui]

On Oct 23, I purchased 4 $200 gift cards with my American Express Card. I was going to use these gift cards to purchased Dodger tickets per instruction from the seller. At first I felt it was a good purchase but later I contacted Customer care and they advised me this sale was a scam, due to the fact there was no item # and were unable to locate the tickets in the system. I was able to cancele this sale before using my gift cards.

Will Ebay be able to give me my money back?

Thank you. Jerardo

[geraldcarterwashere]

Of course not, why should they?

Be thankful you didn't fall for the complete scam and be out $800....

[aproudparent2010]

NO..........you just have $800 in gift cards now


If this item was not on eBay then eBay has nothing at all to do with this............

[orangehound]

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@wwwusqui wrote:

Will Ebay be able to give me my money back?

Thank you. Jerardo

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If I understand your story, I assume you have been scammed by the Craigslist-eBay-Gift-Card scam.

1. Buyer finds item to buy on Craigslist that is an "unbelievable" deal ... listing on Craigslist describes the sale as fully protected by eBay.
2. Buyer is instructed to purchase eBay gift cards ... because, remember, the scammer is luring you into the "unbelievable" deal with a claim that it is fully protected by eBay, and the eBay gift cards reinforce the illusion that you are fully protected.
3. Buyer phones in the gift card numbers to scammer (remember, the scam is that this is "really" an eBay sale, and fully protected by eBay).
4. Scammer takes off, never to be heard from again.
5. Some days later, buyer doesn't get product and calls eBay to get their money back ... eBay says "What?  This isn't an eBay item ... it is a Craigslist item."
6. Buyer learns lesson:   "Unbelievable" deals are never believable.

What to do?  You can report it to the police.  Maybe they can use the card numbers and the use of the eBay purchases made with the cards to track the thieves ... but your money is gone.

[missjen831]

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@orangehound wrote:

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@wwwusqui wrote:

Will Ebay be able to give me my money back?

Thank you. Jerardo

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If I understand your story, I assume you have been scammed by the Craigslist-eBay-Gift-Card scam.

1. Buyer finds item to buy on Craigslist that is an "unbelievable" deal ... listing on Craigslist describes the sale as fully protected by eBay.
2. Buyer is instructed to purchase eBay gift cards ... because, remember, the scammer is luring you into the "unbelievable" deal with a claim that it is fully protected by eBay, and the eBay gift cards reinforce the illusion that you are fully protected.
3. Buyer phones in the gift card numbers to scammer (remember, the scam is that this is "really" an eBay sale, and fully protected by eBay).
4. Scammer takes off, never to be heard from again.
5. Some days later, buyer doesn't get product and calls eBay to get their money back ... eBay says "What?  This isn't an eBay item ... it is a Craigslist item."
6. Buyer learns lesson:   "Unbelievable" deals are never believable.

What to do?  You can report it to the police.  Maybe they can use the card numbers and the use of the eBay purchases made with the cards to track the thieves ... but your money is gone.

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The OP didn’t make a purchase through eBay and they didn’t give the scammers the gift card numbers.

[donla37]

Buy $800 worth of stuff on eBay or give the gift cards to people for xmas