Well, the New Year didn't get off to a good start. We ordered two gaming controllers for son K via Ebay only to receive notification a couple of days later from Ebay that our seller was fraudulent. Unfortunately, we were unable to cancel our payment on Paypal but our credit card bank may almost certainly be able to reimburse us the US$29.98. It seems they are very familiar with these cases. Fortunately, it was not a very large amount. We will have to wait for the transaction to be processed on our credit card then contact the credit card's fraud department with our case. The lesson might be that if the price seems too good to be true, it is.
It occurred to me that as we get older we have to be even more vigilant of fraud as senior people become vulnerable targets. Is it that we get more trusting, similar to when we were children?
An update:
After all that I am pleased to say that Paypal was able to cancel our transaction after we did some more calling around, it was still pending. They say we should have the refund in about 3 days.
It occurred to me that as we get older we have to be even more vigilant of fraud as senior people become vulnerable targets. Is it that we get more trusting, similar to when we were children?
An update:
After all that I am pleased to say that Paypal was able to cancel our transaction after we did some more calling around, it was still pending. They say we should have the refund in about 3 days.
I think we become complacent. My mum who is 82, and older than me as it happens, is more cautious then I am as she's not used to it. It's a lesson for us complacent ones.
ReplyDeleteadd naive to that.
DeleteSorry about that. We need to be so careful these days. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteThat is so true, Christine. Fraud is out there everywhere. I had my Target account hacked and two large purchases I did not make. The paper work to get it resolved is frustrating, but we finally got it worked out.
ReplyDeleteHope yours has a happy ending.
oh geeez. thats a shame,,,hope alls resolved quickly,
ReplyDeletesorry Christine .I buy a lot in internet by some thing sometimes don't arrive. But usually allways refund me the money.
ReplyDeletethanks Gloria I think I will try to go through the Ebay procedure first
DeleteI have never shopped on Ebay. David likes Amazon, but there was one seller who committed fraud. Amazon gave him a different seller, so it was all good. He got his item.
ReplyDeleteI will try to go through the Ebay procedure first
DeleteI had a similar case with amazon, they were able to refund the order no problem.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I will try to go through the Ebay procedure first
DeleteI'm still waiting for three Christmas presents that I ordered online Christine. I'm not sure I'll ever see them. I'm sure the recipients wonder whether I actually bought them anything :(
ReplyDeleteI am glad that I do not order anything on Amazon or Ebay. Bad scammers who pulled the money from you!
ReplyDeletehug Elke
I am sorry for you - ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteScum is everywhere. Sorry you got in touch with one.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness! I guess we've been nervous about using Ebay. We've been sticking to Amazon.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about the fraud, I'm glad you were able to get your money back. I think most ebay sellers are honest, but there are some bad apples in the bunch.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you experienced this, not nice at all.
ReplyDeleteIt really does seem we have to be so careful these days.
Pleased to read your update.
All the best Jan
Paypal is usually pretty good when things like this happen, especially when it happens on Ebay
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame.
ReplyDeletemy eldest son uses paypal often and never happened such thing until now by the grace of God
ReplyDeletei am really sorry to hear about this trouble dear christine ,hope you things are getting fine
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