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fraudulent returns, no seller protection

Hi,

 

I have been a seller on and off on ebay for around 4 years now, unfortunately I have now been a victim a giant loophole within your system and think my selling days will come to an end. You see I recently fell victim to the fraudulent returns scam which even though it states in your terms of service I would get my money back if i were not returned the same item. However ebay refunded the thief, after admitting i was defrauded may i add,  and still took over £600 from me leaving me in debt also declining all my appeal requests even after an action fraud reference number was given. The employees at paypal who have been chasing me about this debt say this this is an awfull situation however the responsibility of resolving this case and getting my money back lies with eBay. I have been in contact with ebay for over a month now and most staff give me different, mostly automated responses that dont really help me at all. 

I know i have been told to take this matter to court but what happens if he still does not pay then? and alo does ebay pay for the court fees and bailiff fees since they refuse to resolve this. 

I also provided eBay with the live unboxing of the package returned which was just shrugged off ("as only legal offices can take evidence into account" which means that claims in general are illegal in my understanding of this )

 anyone had similar experiance with ebay not giving any help, i cant even contat them via email as it looks like i have been blacklisted, and managed to get their money back?

 

 

Thanks

             John

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You may get your money back if you keep on at eBay via their CS department and their social networking sites.

 

Other sellers have been in a similar position to you and have won.

 

Here are some threads from the eBay Seller boards:

 

 

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Buyer-defrauded-me-sent-back-different-item/m-p/61087...

 

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Return-Scam-Box-of-Rocks-Sent-Back/td-p/6050720

 

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Empty-box-return-eB

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