https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaa-p/6994140#M1275492 <P>To be covered by eBay's money back guarantee you must have paid through eBay checkout, and by one of the following methods of payment:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI>Credit card or debit card</LI> <LI>PayPal or PayPal Credit</LI> <LI>Apple Pay or Google Pay</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you paid the&nbsp;seller direct through PayPal you won't be covered by eBay, but may still be covered by PayPal's buyer protection policy. However, if&nbsp;you were persuaded to class the payment as a family and friends payment, which is intended for gifts, there are no refunds.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>How did you fund the Paypal payment? If from a credit or debit card, there's a chance your card issuer might be willing to make a chargeback, to get your payment returned. This is&nbsp; uncertain, as when you pay through PayPal as a third party you lose your statutory card purchase protection, and may not even be able to issue a chargeback. The problem is that what you used your card for was to buy a money transfer service from PayPal, which they provided, not to pay for the MacBook. Your card issuer was not involved in paying the seller.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I take it you've reported this to the police, who will probably refer you to Action Fraud online. Good luck!</P> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:19:05 GMT red_magpie 2021-06-17T21:19:05Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaq-p/6994028 <P>Anyone can help me,</P><P>I paid 1030 for a MacBook transaction and it was scam, I'm try to get my refund back but ebay said I'm not covered , what a fuvk is that if I paid with PayPal&nbsp;</P> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:54:58 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaq-p/6994028 fadan-9300 2021-06-17T19:54:58Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaa-p/6994057#M1275454 <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Did you pay via eBay checkout or did you send a PayPal payment direct to the seller?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Did you receive it and it's not as described or did it not arrive?</P> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 20:09:35 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaa-p/6994057#M1275454 *vyolla* 2021-06-17T20:09:35Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaa-p/6994140#M1275492 <P>To be covered by eBay's money back guarantee you must have paid through eBay checkout, and by one of the following methods of payment:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI>Credit card or debit card</LI> <LI>PayPal or PayPal Credit</LI> <LI>Apple Pay or Google Pay</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you paid the&nbsp;seller direct through PayPal you won't be covered by eBay, but may still be covered by PayPal's buyer protection policy. However, if&nbsp;you were persuaded to class the payment as a family and friends payment, which is intended for gifts, there are no refunds.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>How did you fund the Paypal payment? If from a credit or debit card, there's a chance your card issuer might be willing to make a chargeback, to get your payment returned. This is&nbsp; uncertain, as when you pay through PayPal as a third party you lose your statutory card purchase protection, and may not even be able to issue a chargeback. The problem is that what you used your card for was to buy a money transfer service from PayPal, which they provided, not to pay for the MacBook. Your card issuer was not involved in paying the seller.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I take it you've reported this to the police, who will probably refer you to Action Fraud online. Good luck!</P> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:19:05 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Help-me-for-my-scam/qaa-p/6994140#M1275492 red_magpie 2021-06-17T21:19:05Z