It is interesting to note that there are so many scammers on eBay, but they are the ones who tend to be greedy. This means that they will always try to pull their scams on expensive items like cars and computers. Since buyers generally buy these items very rarely, they can not recognize the various scams out there ..
Automobile Scams
With cars, you will discover that scammers will try to get you to send them money in advance for one reason or another. But it is surprising to know that there are people who do not hesitate to pay 50% or 25% of the money before delivery using a very insecure method of payment. They reason that the seller will of course deliver what they want the other half of the money.
But there was never a car! Believe when we say that pictures of cars is not hard to find and veteran crook may have a library of images of different cars. The seller just got your $ 5,000 for nothing, and you can leave them all the negative feedback you want. They will just leave and then open a second eBay account and waiting for their next victim.
Although not directly a scam, what you can find is that the car does not show up, but simply does not live up to the description - it's been oversold, in the tradition of used car dealers throughout the ages. If this never happens to you, so you can open an eBay disputes and say your product was not as described, so you can get a partial refund.
It's like any web owner who received a seo service not know anything about website design or web traffic, and you end up losing money.
Computer fraud
Automobile Scams
With cars, you will discover that scammers will try to get you to send them money in advance for one reason or another. But it is surprising to know that there are people who do not hesitate to pay 50% or 25% of the money before delivery using a very insecure method of payment. They reason that the seller will of course deliver what they want the other half of the money.
But there was never a car! Believe when we say that pictures of cars is not hard to find and veteran crook may have a library of images of different cars. The seller just got your $ 5,000 for nothing, and you can leave them all the negative feedback you want. They will just leave and then open a second eBay account and waiting for their next victim.
Although not directly a scam, what you can find is that the car does not show up, but simply does not live up to the description - it's been oversold, in the tradition of used car dealers throughout the ages. If this never happens to you, so you can open an eBay disputes and say your product was not as described, so you can get a partial refund.
It's like any web owner who received a seo service not know anything about website design or web traffic, and you end up losing money.
Computer fraud
If you bid on a computer auction but do not win, can the seller email you to ask if you want to buy a computer the same as the one they just sold through their own website ..
It is a bad idea! You have no guarantee that the item will ever arrive, and you have not just given them your money - you have given them your credit card information too.
There are sellers with nothing but positive feedback who use this scam often - and then you will not be able to leave them some feedback on the transaction, their reputation stays that way .. If you complain to eBay that you bought an item outside the site and got duped, they will tell you to get lost and not do it again.
How to Beat the Scams
There are many ways to beat scams. Only when you buy something expensive, so be sure to read and check your seller's reputation thoroughly. Make sure that they have sold a similar high value before and have not just sold a string on the $ 10 items to get their feedback rating artificially high .. To be very sure to insist that the money is placed in an escrow service (eBay recommend escrow.com - do not use any other service unless you are sure of it).
To be honest, it's generally a very bad idea to use eBay to buy things like cars and computers to begin with - you can get them everywhere, and the discounts are not so big anymore. It is better to use eBay for those rare, special things you can not find anywhere else .. The next email will give you some tips for buying collectibles.
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