Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at eBay

Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by bitL on Monday June 25, 2018 @02:29AM (#17390325)

I've sold quite a few older "premium" things (>$1000) over eBay and didn't have any issues so far. Things I did no longer need like older computers, GPUs, drones, cameras, synths etc. I however always took photos of the package in the final stages of wrapping up, showing what exactly I shipped (together with serial numbers if available), including when it was ready for shipping in case anything scam-like arose. Maybe the price level guaranteed nobody wanted to commit that much money for scam?

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Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by stevekemp on Monday June 25, 2018 @04:09AM (#17390734)

>Maybe the price level guaranteed nobody wanted to commit that much money for scam?

I think you've just been lucky, after all the whole point of buyer-scams is that they buy something, then raise a complaint and get a refund.

The end result is that the buyer has your item, and has their money returned. Sure they might need some available money, but they don't lose out.

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Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by stirlo on Monday June 25, 2018 @04:00AM (#17390689)

You've just been lucky so far. All those photos, serial numbers and the likes will mean almost zero to ebay if a buyer ever raises a dispute.

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