Close friends bought a laptop on Ebay for about $900, used Paypal and never got the laptop and never got a refund. I only presume they followed all proper recourse to settle since they did not have a lot of money. This was a few years ago and maybe Paypal has gotten more safeguards but that really put me off of both companies.
That wouldn’t happen today.
“Close friends bought a laptop on Ebay for about $900, used Paypal and never got the laptop and never got a refund. I only presume they followed all proper recourse to settle since they did not have a lot of money”
Paypal rules are grossly rigged against the cheated buyer. The only way to deal with such fraud is directly with your own CC company and NEVER with PayPal, meaning NEVER pay for anything on ebay with anything but CC.
I’ve had mostly good experiences on ebay as a buyer, but the few times I’ve either been or felt cheated, if the seller didn’t pony up at once with a requested refund IN FULL (including return label if they want their crap back), I simply dispute the charge with my CC company, using email exchanges and merchandise descriptions as documentation. I’ve never lost such a claim with my CC company.