Ebay Fraud

[burtoj2]

Hey everyone just thought I would give you a heads up. My brother was trying to buy a truck thru kijiji.ca, its an online classified. The truck was a 2001 Chev 1500 4x4 with 130,000 kms. The story was that the lady selling it was awarded the truck in a divorce settelment. She knew nothing about trucks and just wanted it sold. She wanted $3600 as is. She referenced that ebay would hold the money for 10 days while the buyer inspected the truck. Durring the 10 days, he could cancel the sale if...

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[Twinkie]

What does Ebay have to do with kijiji.ca? Ebay doesn't even handle money transactions, just the sale. PayPal is the Ebay owned transaction site. And they do have their share of problems, just read http://www.paypalsucks.com to see people who have been screwed. As for kijiji/CraigsList, make all transactions in person, in public with a friend with you, and not at your house.
I like one guys suggestion to do it in front of the Police station. I LOL'd that one for sure!

 

[2Greys]

I had two situations where I had to get money back, one was they shipped but it got turned back at the border, so I decided to get it elsewhere, the second was they never shipped it. I requested to be reimbursed but waited for two credit card payments before trying to get my money back from Paypal. I guess after 45 days they are no longer involved. At that point, I had to contact my credit card company to get the money back

 

[burtoj2]

I believe the thinking was that ebay would act as a third party to hold the funds and take care of delivery. This gives the potential schmuck peice of mind. It worked well especially if you are unfamiliar with online transactions.