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Patrick G.

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  • eBay

3/31/16

To those of you considering using eBay to sell an item - DON'T!

I tried selling my $700 camera on eBay a few days ago. Yesterday, I received an email from eBay saying my item was "sold" and to ship the item. I reviewed the official looking email, and sent a request for payment. I then received an email 10 minutes later saying the item was paid for. Long story short, after shipping my camera, I called eBay and found out the email was fake. I got my camera back, was refunded the shipping cost, and the user was reported.

I re-listed my item to try again.

Today, I received another email from eBay stating that my item was SOLD. This time, I paid closer attention and did nothing until I saw payment was received in my PayPal. I sent the request for money, and this time something else happened...

I not only received a fake email, branded at being from PayPal saying that they received payment (even though my PayPal account reflected no such activity), but I was also overwhelmed with text messages from a phone number claiming to be the "buyer" begging me to ship the package saying "I paid, send me my camera." After asking how they got my number and mentioning to them that their account was being reported and they were being blocked, they began blowing up my phone with pleads to send them the camera.

All in all, this is very, very frightening and disappointing knowing that such a well-known company such as eBay, has such poor security on their site. My personal information was released to these "buyers" and I was harassed by an unknown number. On top of that, my $700 camera was almost lost and sent to a scammer because of accounts being hacked and fake emails being sent to good people trying to sell their precious items.

I will NEVER be using eBay again, and I highly recommend no one else use their services. Should you be foolish enough to try and sell anything on that joke of a website, please be very vigilant in reviewing any email, or notification you get from them.

Please share this post to alert anyone you can..

Tip for consumers:
DON'T!!!!!!!

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