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

Absolutely, never leave any funds in the account. That is one of the givens.
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From: "gwydion" <gwydion@courvilles.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: 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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