welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Dec 3, 2006 18:14:16 GMT -4
Not even from Hong Kong? (Found lots of cute punk clothing from there)
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Post by chonies on Dec 4, 2006 3:13:37 GMT -4
It's not just China, but I've noticed a trend in charging next to nothing for the item but then having an insanely high shipping fee that you can't avoid or negotiate around. That's general policy for eBaying ever--check the shipping conditions.
Many places have reputations for knock-offs and fakes. Right now Bulgaria seems to be ground zero for fake cds [/burned]. Several weeks ago, I was looking at some Tibetan merchandise, mostly inspired by having just seen Himalaya. When I realized that alll the Tibetan ~*pretties~* were coming from China, I got a bit upset. I know that's a personal decision that you might not consider to be part of your political outlook, but if you are prone to looking at things like that, take it under advisement. If you're looking for designer, there are many quality vendors who sell used. It won't be cheap but it's more likely to be authentic.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2006 9:24:50 GMT -4
I have a question about PayPal - the money was taken out of my account 4 days ago, yet PayPal hasn't confirmed the payment with the seller. How long does it normally take?
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Post by bklynred on Dec 5, 2006 16:26:54 GMT -4
Move along now...
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Post by Oxynia on Dec 6, 2006 16:41:20 GMT -4
For anyone using PayPal as an online payment for eBay or other sites, please be aware that they have a security issue that has resulted in my account being hacked! I just spent the afternoon closing my bank accounts and opening new ones because my PayPal account was linked directly to my bank, leaving my personal finances vulnerable to whoever hacked PayPal.
Do not believe them when they tell you that only legitimate email from PayPal will address you by your first and last name. Thieves have caught up with this technology and knew my name exactly as it appears in PayPal's files. They also knew very detailed information about my account and one recent transaction, which they itemised to great length. This info is known only to PayPal...even the merchant in that transaction does not have access to that level of detail. They provided a link in the email to get additional info about this transaction, and I clicked on it and gave my password only to realise this was not a legitimate exchange. But how was I to know that, when they had such detailed, presumably protected info about me to make me think this was PayPal talking to me? Like I said, this info was only known to them, and now it was known to thieves, thanks to PayPal.
So beware, think twice about linking PayPal to your bank account and do NOT answer any email from them...call instead to ensure it's valid communication.
And if you get the morons on the phone who answered my call, tell them Oxynia thanks them profusely for her newfound feeling of violation and vulnerability. Really, I can't thank them enough.
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welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Dec 6, 2006 16:48:04 GMT -4
I have a question about PayPal - the money was taken out of my account 4 days ago, yet PayPal hasn't confirmed the payment with the seller. How long does it normally take? I'm still not quite sure what this means. Are you referring to the email that is sent to the buyer, or is the seller not responding at all? It might just be a bug with Paypal's email service. eBay's has been running kinda funky lately too. And as for Oxynia's situation, if there is any email that specifically has links they want you to click on, chances are that is a bogus email. I haven't seen the one's specifically like the one above, but yeah, real Paypal emails never have links that you click on, they are suposed to tell you to go directly to your account.
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Post by BoroKat on Dec 6, 2006 17:08:57 GMT -4
For anyone using PayPal as an online payment for eBay or other sites, please be aware that they have a security issue that has resulted in my account being hacked! I just spent the afternoon closing my bank accounts and opening new ones because my PayPal account was linked directly to my bank, leaving my personal finances vulnerable to whoever hacked PayPal. Do not believe them when they tell you that only legitimate email from PayPal will address you by your first and last name. Thieves have caught up with this technology and knew my name exactly as it appears in PayPal's files. They also knew very detailed information about my account and one recent transaction, which they itemised to great length. This info is known only to PayPal...even the merchant in that transaction does not have access to that level of detail. They provided a link in the email to get additional info about this transaction, and I clicked on it and gave my password only to realise this was not a legitimate exchange. But how was I to know that, when they had such detailed, presumably protected info about me to make me think this was PayPal talking to me? Like I said, this info was only known to them, and now it was known to thieves, thanks to PayPal. So beware, think twice about linking PayPal to your bank account and do NOT answer any email from them...call instead to ensure it's valid communication. And if you get the morons on the phone who answered my call, tell them Oxynia thanks them profusely for her newfound feeling of violation and vulnerability. Really, I can't thank them enough. Oh SHIT. I am sorry, Ox.
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nadia
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Post by nadia on Dec 6, 2006 17:10:27 GMT -4
I have to disagree on the 100 percent thing. There are good sellers who have 99.6 or something like that, due to bone-heads leaving negative feedback. It's important to read the feedback and see who left a negative and why. For example take me, I sell some stuff there and have 99.whatever due to two non paying bidders (with a -5 score no less) who left me a negative because I reported them to Ebay. They were kicked off, but the negatives remain. Not fair. Anyway, so don't go by the 100 percent so much as reading the negatives.Granted, if a seller has many negatives, don't buy. My boyfriend has his once 100% feedback tarnished by some idiot who didn't understand how eBay works. My boyfriend was selling a car and the idiot bid money on it, won the auction and then wanted to trade some shitty car for the one my boyfriend had instead of the money. He told him no, he didn't need another car, that's why he was selling the one he had and he would only accept cash. He had to go through some crap with second chance offers and opening a dispute so he wouldn't have to pay posting AND selling fees but the idiot denied it so he got stuck paying $80 for a car that he didn't even sell. Then the idiot left negative feedback. He NEVER emailed and made his intentions to trade clear before he won the auction, in fact I don't think the boyfriend heard from him at all. He had to email idiot to ask what was up. I've also found a site for this guy who used to troll ebay and leave negative feedback and comments like, "When I went to his house to drop off the item he tried to touch my peepee. Don't deal with this man, he is a pervert!" So the kind of feedback is more important than a precentage rating. It's not just China, but I've noticed a trend in charging next to nothing for the item but then having an insanely high shipping fee that you can't avoid or negotiate around. That's general policy for eBaying ever--check the shipping conditions. No kidding. I was looking at silk robes a while ago. They were going for cheap. Like $5 but shipping was at least 30 bucks. It cost that much to ship a couple yards of fabric? It was shipping out of China, though.
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Post by BoroKat on Dec 6, 2006 17:16:02 GMT -4
I just tried to get into Pay Pal and its not letting me see my history. I am going to check my bank acct. to make sure everything is OK.
I just received a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse that was shipped from an address about an hour and a half from here. She charged me $14 for shipping but only paid $8. She did not even put it in another box, she used the MM Clubhouse box and wrapped a layer of bubble wrap around it. Grrr.
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Post by bklynred on Dec 6, 2006 17:16:18 GMT -4
Oxynia, that's horrible. Mine was hacked too, not via ebay but another online shop site. It sucks.
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