Jlip06
Junior Member
The first time i was selling on ebay, I was selling a broken Iphone... The screen was cracked and the touch screen didn't work (this was all said in the auction listing). The price was like 100, (this was when the phone just came out)... I had a guy tell me that if I ended the auction early and sold to him he would pay 500 dollars plus shipping to china or where ever... although 500 sounded great, I figured it was definatly to good to be true. It was his sons Birthday and he needed one FAST!!! I wondered why anyone would buy their son a birthday present that was broke and didn't work, lol. The phone ended up selling for like 160.
Then after that, I was buying my next iphone on ebay and desided to buy from a person with 100% feedback, I guess he thought he could sell the same Iphone to 3 different people because when i didnt get the phone a week later i filed a claim with ebay and paypal. The money was put back into my account and the guy told me that he was 500 dollars negative in his bank account because of paypal taking my money back from his account. He told me that he was shipping the iphone and asked for me to close the claim, however I read on paypal that once the claim is closed I would not be able to reopen a claim on the same Item... I told the guy that i will close the dispute when i get the phone. All and all ended up working out for me, but unfortuantly the others had to just leave negative feedback for the guy and then his account was suspended from ebay the same day.
Then after that, I was buying my next iphone on ebay and desided to buy from a person with 100% feedback, I guess he thought he could sell the same Iphone to 3 different people because when i didnt get the phone a week later i filed a claim with ebay and paypal. The money was put back into my account and the guy told me that he was 500 dollars negative in his bank account because of paypal taking my money back from his account. He told me that he was shipping the iphone and asked for me to close the claim, however I read on paypal that once the claim is closed I would not be able to reopen a claim on the same Item... I told the guy that i will close the dispute when i get the phone. All and all ended up working out for me, but unfortuantly the others had to just leave negative feedback for the guy and then his account was suspended from ebay the same day.