this is horrendous. this makes me very fearful of using ebay and paypal. this just stinks! I am so enjoying buying and selling on ebay. what a total bust! I am so sorry for all of you with these bad experiences.
WARNING, Paypal just made me lose $20 THOUSAND dollars from a scamming buyer
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You know it's funny because PayPal is used as a security measure for the Seller... at least I think. We should start a petition to boycott Paypal if they don't assist in doing anything to help! I'm sure you'd find a handful of us that would sign 
OT: Poopsie, I almost didn't recognize you with the new 'do!Using Paypal is not mandatory.
Ebay just wants you to think that it is.
Aww! She was a beautiful woman.Tomorrow would have been Mom's 95th birthday
She was a total purse and shoe lover!
Tomorrow would have been Mom's 95th birthday
She was a total purse and shoe lover!
Think your MOM is with the TPF gals in spirit for sure!!!!
How is this even possible? So sorry for you. This makes me so nervous to sell my bags on Ebay! Good luck with the appeal.
OP, my eBay problems with an international seller seem like nothing compared to what you are going through. I hope things eventually work out for you in the end and your credit score is not dinged.
The only advice I can offer you is keep fighting. As long as you have the will to fight then all will prevail in the end. I was once scammed on a different website (boutiquelafrance.com), thinking I was purchasing an authentic Chanel. I was 22 years old at the time and very ignorant. It took a total of THREE YEARS but the end result was I got my money back, and the woman who scammed me was prosecuted and found guilty. I kept fighting. Keep your head and spirits up the best you can...YOU ARE NOT IN THE WRONG HERE.
The only advice I can offer you is keep fighting. As long as you have the will to fight then all will prevail in the end. I was once scammed on a different website (boutiquelafrance.com), thinking I was purchasing an authentic Chanel. I was 22 years old at the time and very ignorant. It took a total of THREE YEARS but the end result was I got my money back, and the woman who scammed me was prosecuted and found guilty. I kept fighting. Keep your head and spirits up the best you can...YOU ARE NOT IN THE WRONG HERE.
So sorry to hear this happen to you.
What difference does a wire transfer make for international sales?
On the buying side, I wired some funds to a European seller who then never sent the item. I had no recourse with Paypal because I didn't use them.
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