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ebay fakes
« on: June 06, 2008, 03:57:53 AM »
please share from experience things to look out for when buying with ebay and/or story's of how you got burned with ebay fakes. i know there are ebay guides on spotting fakes but they are not always so useful so its good to what others have experienced to know what to stay away from.

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2008, 10:18:45 AM »
The best way to keep away from them is by getting scammed once and learn your lesson, just kidding that's stupid, well that' s my case. You need to look out people sell stuff not to much under priced but pretty cheap, so you think your getting a good deal cause its not an iPhone that cost $500 and your paying $100 rather your paying $400, and if you look close it says everything that comes in the box, and at the end it says "please note you are only getting information on how to get it for that price, and you will not be getting the Phone and box" and yes i lost about $500 from that ugly scam.
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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2008, 10:30:46 AM »
The best way to keep away from them is by getting scammed once and learn your lesson, just kidding that's stupid, well that' s my case. You need to look out people sell stuff not to much under priced but pretty cheap, so you think your getting a good deal cause its not an iPhone that cost $500 and your paying $100 rather your paying $400, and if you look close it says everything that comes in the box, and at the end it says "please note you are only getting information on how to get it for that price, and you will not be getting the Phone and box" and yes i lost about $500 from that ugly scam.

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2008, 12:04:00 PM »
Although I never fell for them, iv'e gotten many fake paypal letters ,fake amazon ship now letters, the main thing to look out for is on amazon never do buissness without the website ; if someone sends you a request to pay an extra $200 to ship to Nigeria ITS A SCAM same thing with ebay. Also lacoste polo shirts most of them selling on ebay are fake
the most important thing is to read the whole page very very carefully
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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2008, 01:13:16 PM »

That lady was sick.
I guess that means you really have to be careful reading everything before buying anything on there.
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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 01:55:24 PM »
its once happened to me with an ipod 5 years ago and i got my money back from them
they gave me a folder of where to get all this merchandise instead of an ipod

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2008, 03:49:23 PM »

Judgement for the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000 - WOW. For a $500 scam, and for posting negative feedback.

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2008, 05:13:49 PM »

Thanks Levi, i saw that video a few months ago, but i was scammed about 2 years ago, but the worst part was, it was from the UK so its harder to get the money back
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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2008, 05:32:07 PM »
its once happened to me with an ipod 5 years ago and i got my money back from them
they gave me a folder of where to get all this merchandise instead of an ipod
how did you get your money back?

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2008, 08:05:20 PM »
like 60 bucks but i was very pissed so i fought with the guy till he retuned it
but i think he waslegit meaning he was really selling 50 pages on where to get stuff in his mind it was worth it

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2008, 08:06:54 PM »
I've had bad experiences buying stuff on Ebay, but nothing that AMEX wouldn't rectify...
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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2008, 08:09:13 PM »
ya i was wondering about that if it covers

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Re: ebay fakes
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2008, 04:45:32 PM »
ya i was wondering about that if it covers
I think Amex pretty much covers everything.
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