Is buying on Ebay safe

12satish34
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Buying in ebay through credit card is safer?, how security measures are taken?
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Is buying on Ebay safe

12satish34
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yes
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Is buying on Ebay safe

Hi,
95% safe + 5% protection = about 100% safe
Thanx,
Truly,
Amitava
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spl_ind
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Yes, eBay is a safe place to buy as long as you go through the Do's & Dont's. Read the Help pages. Always pay via PaisaPay. Never pay directly to any Seller. And lastly, read the Forum everyday. You will be wise enough and become an expert.
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ghosh_priyo
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Have you ever filed a claim under Purchase Protection Program?...it's a great farce!!!

I purchased one 64GB PEN-DRIVE from a seller and it was a fake one and a bad corrupted driver. In my feedback to the seller I wrote "64GB PenDrive, probably not original, has been inserted into a 8GB PenDrive pack". It's a fake one and a bad corrupted driver. It can not be formatted, even if youwrite any data to it, it corrupts all the data.

Interestingly, the seller has been unregistered from Ebay and the same case happened to all the buyers from this seller. So I filed a complaint first and then filed a claim under Purchase Protection Program as "This item doesn't match the seller's description". Claim Number is 1695475.

After one and half month, I have got one mail yesterday from Ebay global site (ebay.com, not from ebay.in). Now they are asking for transaction ID for the PaisaPay payment and an Appraisal from a third party.

This listing (220368861258) has been removed or is no longer available in Ebay site. So how/where can I get the transaction ID from? I have paid through PaisaPay, So Ebay should have all the information.

Regarding Appraisal, is it my fault that I purchase products from Ebay? Instead Ebay should check the seller authenticity before listing. I prchased this PEN-DRIVE and it was corrupted. Corrupted means it's corrupted and useless. This is not repairable and totally useless (current value is ZERO). Also please check the feedback to this seller by other buyers and you can see that they all mentioned that the same product is not working and fully corrupted. And it's well known to all and common fact about PEN-DRIVES that if it is corrupted, it can not be repaired and totally useless. So why do Ebay need any Appraisal from third party? Again, it's painful to go to the market/expert and spend money for Appraisal.

All the policies should be customer friendly, not for harassing them or not for insisting them to give up in between.
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spl_ind
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Please correct me if I am wrong but I feel that there is no such pen drive as 64 GB. Maximum is 8 GB. What do others say?
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lprasath
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Dear Friends,

I have bought the MP4 watch from goadigital for Rs3300 on Feb17 2009.Unfortunately that has not been worked from the first day onwards.I had contacted the seller thro email by two times didnt get any reply from them.So i ve opened a case against the seller and i dont know what the ebay people running the PROTECTION SYSTEM.lot of sellers cheated the customers.

During the same time i ve bought the CDMA instrument via ebay on MAY14th,that was reached om MAY 18 th.if i insert a new SIMcard it asking INSERT UIM card.Then i contact the seller once.So please friends think twice before you make a trnsaction..
Regards,
L.Prasath,
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i_win_therefore_i_pay
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It is as safe as you make it. If you follow ebay rules and heed to their warnings, you will be safe.

Real transactions on eBay go like this:

1. buyer sees an auction listing
2. buyer bids on the item
3. buyer wins item
4. buyer's name appears as winner on auction listing
5. item number appears in "items won" in buyer's My eBay
6. seller sends an invoice
7. buyer pays
8. seller ships or buyer picks up item

Real transactions do not involve:

* eBay agents
* eBay involvement in payment
* emails from 'support@ebay-motors-security.com '
* items that are no longer on eBay
* negotiating by email
* Nigerian buyers
* sending item before receiving payment
* verified eBay Representatives
* Western Union cash transfer

jenny_lake’s Red Flag Warnings:

http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=red-flags
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