PodCast Interview With Long Time eBay Seller That Got Shafted By eBay & PayPal

Bob is a long time eBay Member that joined a year later than i did back in 1999.

He got shafted several times by eBay as a seller, but this last time was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak. It involved a car dealership in Cannonsburg, PA.

The dealer bought a decent old 60′s Ford Falcon from him, and paid the required $500 deposit by PayPal. The seller properly described the car as a "driver quality" kind of car. In other words the car was a daily driver that ran and drove reliably, but was nowhere near a show quality car, and was not advertised as such.

The buyer called and wanted to come on a Sunday to pick the car up and pay with a check. The terms of sale were CASH on delivery if picking up in person, and a bank wire transfer if having the vehicle shipped. The dealer said they didn't have the cash on a Sunday and promised to come pick the car up on the following Wednesday.

Wednesday came and the buyer showed up and nit picked the car to pieces and offered less for it. The discussion became heated and the buyer threatened the seller with bodily harm. Bob called the police and after investigating the situation gave the buyer an option to pay the seller or leave. The buyer left and refused to buy the car.

Here is where eBay gives the shaft to Bob. The buyer complained to PayPal and requested his deposit back. There is no PayPal coverage for eBay Motors vehicle deposits, and PayPal closed the case in the sellers favor. Next the buyer called their bank and filed a charge back claiming unauthorized usage of his credit card.

She LIED to the bank and the bank took the money back from PayPal who is demanding the seller make a deposit into his PayPal account to cover the negative balance. The seller could smell this coming and emptied his PayPal account, and closed his bank account attached to the PayPal account.

PayPal just blew him off despite him faxing them proof that it was a Vehicle transaction and that they refused delivery, including the police report. PayPal never acknowledged the receipt of the documents and refuses to let Bob speak with a supervisor. Another Crappy Deal on eBay Motors.

Here is the podcast. We also discussed eBay forum censorship and another member that apparently got banned from posting on eBay's discussion boards.

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[ebaymotorssucks]

eBay suspended my little ole posing ID.. LOL!

Just another example of eBay shooting the messenger. It's not my fault their site is infested with scammers and raw deals. eBay.. You get it - just like at home!

[moparedtn]

Good job Doc and Bob!

It just keeps getting worse...

[muziclover1952]

This is just another example of how bad things are at Paypal and Ebay. Now,in the last few hours Ebay has PULLED/Sanitized the site by removing the thread posted about what was done to a favorite ebayer who HELPED hundreds of ebayers on ebay and paypal policies?

[cappnonymous]

The only thing they respond to is whatever puts $ in their pockets.

They will never require any real verification at the gate or clean up the # of user IDs anyone can have because if they did, the membership would fall by huge amounts.

Same with PP. They wait until funds are in your acc, then freeze it. Instead of of doing all the checks BEFORE! The common theme, they make $ from fraud, and fail to do it right the first time. They do it knowingly, purposefully IMO. Part of a crooked biz plan