[South40]

I’ve told this story many times and I know it’s hard to believe but it’s entirely true.

I’ve sold may things; selling is probably 2/3 of my feedback. I sold a tool to someone who had used a stolen credit card to buy it. They did so through PayPal. PayPal launched an investigation and froze MY account taking the payment from me until their investigation had concluded. The investigation revealed this scammer had used the stolen card to buy from many sellers before me YET PAYPAL HAD YET TO FREEZE THE BUYER'S ACCOUNT! They allowed him to purchase additional items victimizing others while the investigation I was involved in was going on! They later charged me $10 to pay for the investigation even though I had been cleared of any and all wrong doing.

They got my $10 but have lost out on hundreds since because I no longer use them.

[Melinda]

Your $10 was just more money to them. I remember trying to resolve a scammer situation in my account using the “third party” mediation service. It was going to cost me $35 to initiate anyone who could help possibly help me deal with the schemer, and their was a “no guarantee” clause of any resolution. I wonder if Ebay has a financial stake in the “third party” service too. Just another way to make money.