<story><title>Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him</title><url>https://petapixel.com/2020/02/21/amazon-let-a-fraudster-keep-my-sony-a7r-iv-and-refunded-him-2900/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ebaySucks123</author><text>I had the same exact experience the last time I sold on ebay, in 2017. I sold an $800 item. One day before the claim window closed, the buyer filed a claim saying it had never arrived and claiming they emailed me several times and I never responded. I submitted proof of delivery from UPS and pointed out the simple fact that I had received no messages from the buyer through ebay messaging. Ebay gave them a full refund and refused to speak to me about it. When I called them and waited on hold for several hours, they literally just hung up on me. I closed my ebay and paypal accounts and I’ll never use them again.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JoshGlazebrook</author><text>I have a similar story. I sold a brand new iPhone to someone on eBay who claimed it was reported as stolen and was not able to be used. Paypal refunded the buyer, and allowed them to keep the phone. Paypal account went negative, their internal collections started calling every day right away even though it was in dispute.&lt;p&gt;Even after providing proof that the IMEI was not reported as stolen, and them waiting weeks for the buyer to provide any proof (they didn&amp;#x27;t), they still sided with the buyer. I called for weeks, and finally after about two months, somehow the person on the phone was able to just issue a refund. I&amp;#x27;ve not sold anything on Ebay since.&lt;p&gt;On top of that, when I had an issue with buying something through paypal, they used that ^ instance as a negative against me while on the phone. &amp;quot;Well I see you sold a stolen iPhone in the past...&amp;quot; was not something I was expecting to hear.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him</title><url>https://petapixel.com/2020/02/21/amazon-let-a-fraudster-keep-my-sony-a7r-iv-and-refunded-him-2900/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ebaySucks123</author><text>I had the same exact experience the last time I sold on ebay, in 2017. I sold an $800 item. One day before the claim window closed, the buyer filed a claim saying it had never arrived and claiming they emailed me several times and I never responded. I submitted proof of delivery from UPS and pointed out the simple fact that I had received no messages from the buyer through ebay messaging. Ebay gave them a full refund and refused to speak to me about it. When I called them and waited on hold for several hours, they literally just hung up on me. I closed my ebay and paypal accounts and I’ll never use them again.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pdxbigman</author><text>Stories like this are why I&amp;#x27;ve never bought or sold anything on Ebay. They just seem like a genuinely shitty experience and I&amp;#x27;d rather shell out extra cash to buy new or meet someone off craigslist as a bank.</text></comment>