Not sure about the current status, but PayPal used to have a special agreement with Discover that prevented cardholders from contesting charges. The only way to guarantee a successful chargeback was to claim the charge was made without your knowledge or consent. That's not something you want to get in the habit of doing, but if faced with a large loss, it might save your butt.
-Dave Walton On 9/10/07, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use Paypal but provide funds from your CREDIT CARD, not bank account. If > there is a problem with non-delivered or misrepresented/shoddy > merchandise simply file a dispute with your credit card issuer and withhold > payment. Works like a charm. > > On 9/10/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ebay, or more correctly, the eBay reseller community is far from > > sleaze-ball > > proof. But there are a lot of dishonest sellers everywhere - when's the > > last > > time you walked onto a new or used car lot & left with a comfortable "I > > like > > this sales guy" feeling? As I stated before, eBay is just an auction > > house, > > nothing more & nothing less. You have an issue with an eBay seller, not > > eBay. > > > > And as far as using their system to report fraud or a dishonest seller or > > a > > mis-represented product is concerned? I've used their on-line reporting > > tools more than just several times. In every case, they have responded to > > me. I've not always liked their response, sometime they go in the sellers > > favor, but they have always responded. But that's a result of arbitration. > > > > PayPal is your best recourse because a dispute immediately locks up the > > sellers funds & grabs the seller's attention. It's not PayPal's fault that > > you moved & changed your email address at the same time. > > > > Thanks, > > Tom Hargrave > > www.kegkits.com > > 256-656-1924 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Glenn Brown > > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:18 AM > > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Subject: [MBZ] Ebay > > > > Tom, > > 1. If Ebay is so sleaze-ball proof, why hadn't they even responded to my > > report when I got taken via a falsely advertised product? > > 2. I'm essentially dead in the water in regards to Paypal, as changing > > both > > geographic and Email addresses they put me in an endless loop and I can't > > get access to change things there and no one will respond with a phone > > number of a real human to get this accomplished. > > > > I'm currently treating Ebay like the Sunday comics . . . for entertainment > > only. > > > > G. M. Brown > > Brevard, NC > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
