I mean if eBay & Paypal aren't interested, if you didn't get your item; will VISA do anything?
2007-07-23 08:58:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
The best place to get this answer is from your Visa card issuer. They deal with this all the time and may have a unique policy on it
That said: The "purchase protection" or "consumer protection" is between you and the vendor with whom you use your card. In this case, the vendor is Paypal, not the seller of the goods you purchased. Since Paypal provided the service they were required to provide I don't think you have any reason to dispute the charge.
I had a situation once where I paid for an item on Paypal using my AmEx and never received the purchase. I followed PayPal's well detailed policy on complaints and disputes and received a credit in a reasonable amount of time.
2007-07-23 09:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by moleary1018 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a very common scam. You are being used to list imaginary merchandise and you WILL go to prison for this He won't ship the item = that's the whole point of the scam. There is NO Rolex. YOU post these Rolexes (that don't exist) and they sell for let's say $100k. It sells, you receive the money in YOUR Paypal account, you send the "seller" $35k (35% of the price) then they don't send the item. The buyer who lost $100k reports this to Paypal and Ebay as well as the FBI. Ebay will ask YOU for proof the item was sent by you to the registered home address. YOU do not have this proof. Per Ebays terms and conditions the SELLER must post the item - you cannot have anyone else do this on your behalf. Your Paypal account will be debited $100k, leaving you $35k in debt. Your accounts will be closed, and you will be reported to law enforcement as this is grand larceny and hope you are happy serving up to 10 years Oh,and the people who hired you? Nothing happens to them.They are overseas where US law enforcement has no jurisdiction enjoying your $35,000. Besides YOU listed the item and YOU accepted payment - so YOU are the one who actually committed the crime. They are in Nigeria or Albania or some other corrupt country where $35k just bought them a mansion. You just gave them 35 years wages in a country where most people earn under $1000/year Do you really think someone is going to pay another person $35k for listing an item on Ebay? Seriously? This doesn't set off alarm bells? Who in their right mind would ever do this - they can list it themselves for free - that's only if the watches exist. These are just pictures and descriptions of watches stolen off some legitimate dealer's site. Or it the watches are really worth that much, they would go to any auction house and pay a 10% fee - not trust some random person to list it for 35%. An auction house is going to get more money than Ebay for any item. If it is not 100% obvious to you that this is a con and that you will be scammed then you should not even consider looking for a job online. Because you will be one of the thousands of people going to jail each year for falling for one of these scams
2016-05-21 03:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by kami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so; the decision has to come thru ebay and/or paypal.
2007-07-23 09:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think visa will help you.
2007-07-23 09:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋