Myriad_Rocker
New member
I've been a member of eBay for quite a while and have never had a problem. Yeah, I've heard horror stories and various problems. And it's not like I didn't ever expect it to happen to me. But, it's just a little different when it actually does.
I got an email from eBay earlier today saying the following:
Our records show that you placed a bid on this item. We removed this item from the Site and cancelled your bid because it appears that the seller's account has been compromised and used by an unauthorized third party. The seller's privileges to trade on eBay may be temporarily suspended while we investigate this matter further. Due to privacy concerns we will not be able to share further details related to this seller.
If the seller asks you to complete this transaction outside of eBay, we strongly recommend that you do not proceed with the transaction and do not respond to the seller. Transactions for items listed on eBay but then completed off of the eBay platform are not covered by buyer protection programs offered by eBay and can be highly indicative of fraud.
It goes on to explain what I should do to get my money back, blah, blah...I just don't see that happening. I emailed the guy that had the account and the email address that I had been using to correspond with him....which were both different. Thought that was strange but I know a bunch of people that have multiple email addresses. I haven't heard back from him but I just emailed him this morning.
Anyway, I was just looking for some advice on what I should do about this...
I got an email from eBay earlier today saying the following:
Our records show that you placed a bid on this item. We removed this item from the Site and cancelled your bid because it appears that the seller's account has been compromised and used by an unauthorized third party. The seller's privileges to trade on eBay may be temporarily suspended while we investigate this matter further. Due to privacy concerns we will not be able to share further details related to this seller.
If the seller asks you to complete this transaction outside of eBay, we strongly recommend that you do not proceed with the transaction and do not respond to the seller. Transactions for items listed on eBay but then completed off of the eBay platform are not covered by buyer protection programs offered by eBay and can be highly indicative of fraud.
It goes on to explain what I should do to get my money back, blah, blah...I just don't see that happening. I emailed the guy that had the account and the email address that I had been using to correspond with him....which were both different. Thought that was strange but I know a bunch of people that have multiple email addresses. I haven't heard back from him but I just emailed him this morning.
Anyway, I was just looking for some advice on what I should do about this...