eBay weber scams

[bigredmf]

If you pay with paypal, can you not just get your money back, especially if you can prove that it is a stolen item?

I experienced this a few months ago and indeed received my money back. What most concerned me was the PayPal response.

"Our investigation is complete and and we have recovered your funds. $980.00 USD has been credited to you. This is the maximum amount we were able to recover. Please allow up to 5 days for this adjustment to be posted.

We regret that you had this experience but hope that you are satisfied with this claim resolution.

Thank you,

Protection Services Department"

The maximum amount was the full amount but it led me to believe I could have lost money, but my fallback would have been to dispute the credit card charges.

The seller was active for over a year delivering product at exceptional value but was indeed a scam.

I'm not sure all good grill deals are scams being I've flipped new Target Webers for some extra scratch myself.

Red



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[CatskillSmoker]

I was always told, if it's sounds too good to be true it usually is not true.

[zavod44]

I still can't figure out, do you have the grill?

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[SmokeVide]

Curious, why do the scammers go through the trouble of getting an actual grill shipped to you? Why wouldn't they just take your paypal money and run?

[Meat_smoke_repeat]

If they don't ship you the item you would report to eBay that you did not receive be item and the money would be taken out of their account. New paypal accounts have a hold on you being able to withdraw money right away, so the scammer needs you to receive the item they bought using the stolen credit card, then enough time passes and they can withdraw their "free" money from their paypal account thus effectively laundering the money out of the credit card into actual cash

[weldboy]

I still can't figure out, do you have the grill?

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Yes I got the grill as did Brian and others. The seller delivers on everything they tell you they will. You're getting the grill at the price they offered it to you. The catch is the buy the grills from lowes with a stolen credit card and ship them directly to you from Lowe's. So eBay is not aware of the fact that the grill is coming from Lowe's and Lowes has no knowledge of the eBay transaction.


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[Bubblehead]

Not awesome.  I have a 26er arriving on Monday.  Sounds like exactly what went down.  I will have to carefully check out the paperwork and report if this is what's happened.  I've gone from excited to kinda bummed.

[hawgheaven]

Stealing credit cards?  Why are people so fucked up? I don't get it.  They should be shot.

[kettlebb]

Stealing credit cards?  Why are people so fucked up? I don't get it.  They should be shot.

This.


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[thomasandy57]

Just read the post about Ebay, Weber purchases and stolen CC.  Order a Weber last week, and YES it arrived from Lowes, and it was paid on a stolen CC. Something told me, don't order!
Tom

[wessonjb]

Just read the post about Ebay, Weber purchases and stolen CC.  Order a Weber last week, and YES it arrived from Lowes, and it was paid on a stolen CC. Something told me, don't order!
Tom

I contacted lowes and reported it and then eBay to cover me. I was informed after doing so , I would be in the clear and to save all emails and receipts involving the purchase.


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[Rub]

I just got hacked this past week. Hacker used my eBay and PayPal account to order and buy 2 video cameras. I noticed it within 2 hours, changed my passwords, notified eBay, PayPal, and the seller Circuit City-eBay. Seller still shipped the items the next morning to an address in Cocoa FL. So i called the Sheriff's Office over there to give them the address that would be receiving stolen property. They said I had to report it locally first and my local LEO should report it to them. So I filed a local report on Friday. The items are scheduled to be delivered Monday. I'd love it if the Cocoa Police would intercept the delivery, and knock on the bad guy's door Monday with the cameras. I'm not holding my breath though, I have a feeling the bad guys will prevail. BTW it took PayPal about 2 days to declare it a fraudulent buy and replace my money. I hate damn thieves.

[Cochise]

The lesson to be learned here.....NEVER buy a new Weber under any circumstances.

[Vwbuggin64]

The lesson to be learned here.....NEVER buy a new Weber under any circumstances.

This

[Bubblehead]

So, the grill arrived and is sitting in my office.  I'm not really sure where to start.  Lowe's?  eBay?  The only indicator on the packing slip that this is possibly part of an eBay scam is the "BILLING: 3RD PARTY" notation on the UPS shipping sticker.  The Lowe's packing slip doesn't have any indicators on it.

My gut says something stinks and I want to do the right thing, I'm just not sure what that is. Yet.

UPDATE:  I talked to Lowe's and they basically said thanks for letting them know and there was nothing funny on their end.  They suggested I speak with eBay as there is nothing they can do.

I told her about this thread and she says she appreciates the honesty but there's nothing she can do because nobody other than me has said anything.  She went so far as to suggest someone had picked up a bunch of grills on clearance and resold them on eBay.  Happens all the time, she said.  The hell?

So now what?  Was it legit?  Has nobody noticed a big charge on their card yet?  Do I contact eBay anyway?  If it was a legit transaction (which I doubt), I'd hate to open an investigation and screw the seller.