Re: [Thinkpad] How to buy a notebook on Ebay

Not sure about current practices, but I wouldn't count on the credit card
protection if you have money in the account. I had one situation where
the seller sent me goods that were completely different than described. I
paid through PayPal using a credit card. When I objected to what was
delivered, PayPal reversed the charge on the credit card and then just
took the funds from my account, leaving me with a dispute that could only
be resolved through PayPal. Their dispute resolution process was
non-existant, and they froze me whole account, even though the remaining
funds clearly had nothing to do with the dispute. I still use PayPal, but
I never leave funds in the account.

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:10:39 -0500, Bruce Markowitz
<scosgt@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> PayPal is the ONLY way to go, at least for an American.
> You get the PayPal buyer protection (almost worthless) AND the Federal
> Credit Card protection (priceless, almost can not lose).
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Berry" <jberry@islandnet.com>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] How to buy a notebook on Ebay
>
>
>> Only read part of the article, so not sure if it was mentioned,
>> but part of my advice would be not to buy something in "as is"
>> condition. Even if they mention what is wrong with the item.
>> I bought an "as is" item once, knowing that I could fix the
>> problem that the seller described, but when the thing arrived,
>> it turned out it had another, more intractable problem. That was
>> a variant on the old "shell game".
>>
>> I used to buy a lot on ebay but found that it took a lot of time.
>> That is "good" if you view browsing auctions as entertainment,
>> bad if you don't.
>>
>> Personally, I find that the biggest downfall of ebay is that so
>> many vendors take only PayPal (with which I had bad experiences
>> and have been happily rid of for a few years now), and few take
>> credit cards.
>>
>> For instance, I'd like to buy a 600E keyboard, but finding an
>> auction that takes other than paypal is tedious (unless you're
>> lucky).
>>
>> The other problem is that I live in Canada, and a large percentage
>> of auctions don't ship there. So then I have to wait until I'm
>> visiting the USA ...
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> happy
>> Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
>>
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