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kinny

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pay pal scam
« on: June 11, 2010, 10:08:10 PM »

This is probably old news to some however .......
I had my bike in mcn a while back and it was on their website for i think 5/6 weeks or so after the paper ad expired , recived an email from a fella regarding my bike
really liked it etc wanted to make an offer .
He wanted to use pay pal to pay for the bike  (in his words safer for him and me ) and would arrange a courier to collect the bike once i had the funds in my pay pal acc, and very eager to do the deal.
Being a suspicious git i felt from the start that this sounded dodgy , so talked to a few mates who had used pay pal for fairly large amounts of money after selling & buying stuff , no problem i'm told.
Still not convinced i called pay pal customer support to check if it went tits up would i be covered , (meanwhile another email arrives asking for my pay pal addr so the funds can be transferred).
After explaining to the girl it was a motor bike i was told the following -
There is no buyer or seller protection offered by pay pal on motor vehicles - If i recieved the money then transferd it to my bank the buyer would still have 180 days to request the return of the funds via pay pal ,  pay pal would then return the funds to the buyer ( from them selves not my acc ) then come after me to pay them back !
Leaving me with no bike and no money bare in mind this could easily be a month or so down the line when everything seems to have gone fine hassle free ( money spent ,new bike etc ).
so beware these fookers will try any angle to get your bike, still got my bike and still smiling for the price of a phone call !

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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2010, 10:41:26 PM »

+bhp  :icon_thumright:
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kinny

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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2010, 11:25:27 PM »

Ment to add the fella was very specific about only using pay pal , didnt want to do bank transfer etc and have herd nothing since telling him the possibile outcome and risk to me !
There will be genuine buyers out there but be carefull.  :icon_thumright:
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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2010, 07:19:23 AM »

good call buddy  :icon_thumright: i know its not the same but i got shafted by paypal for some gloves i'd sent out, the theiving feeker said he didnt have and paypal still gave his money back and i'm left with no money or gloves bunch of fookin pirates  [wall]
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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2010, 08:02:59 PM »

good heads up  :icon_thumright: +bhp
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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2010, 12:42:46 PM »


N1 Kinny, thanks for the info :icon_thumright:

have a pony +bhp
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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2010, 02:50:46 PM »

Hi

Some people dont deserve to live on this planet ripping inocent people off.  I say we need to expose these people for all to see so that no one buys/sells anything from them again.

Have a Bhp as well

Cheers Hyabusa47
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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2010, 10:32:36 PM »

some people just fuck it up for others!!!   besides every bike that i have sold or bought  has always been in cold hard cash, its the only way!!!

why would anyone ever buy anything without even seeing it?
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Re: pay pal scam
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2010, 11:08:02 PM »

good work pal, glad you were switched on!

+bhp for that pal :icon_thumleft:
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