RE: -----SPAM----- Re: [OT] Ebay / Paypal - Card Refund Claim

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Andy

I'll give it a try. Good sport if nothing else :-)

Cheers

Rob=20
(via XDA Exec)

-----Original Message-----
From: "Alan Ainslie" <alan.ainslie@xxxxxxx>
To: "ukha_d@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 28/12/05 12:38
Subject: -----SPAM----- Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Ebay / Paypal - Card Refund Claim

Suggest you call payPal on 08707 307 191: Goods not received etc.

get really heavy: the staff have authority to resolve issues using payPal'=
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own resources which they will do if pushed hard.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Ebay / Paypal - Card Refund Claim


Hmmmm...Thought as much. Really is a good illustration of how dodgy Ebay
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be:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Brown-Leaves

At first glance he has a 97% positive feedback (It was higher than that
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less negatives when I bid for the item) but when you look at the detail he=
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is clearly only fulfilling 50 odd % of his sales.

The PayPal investigation summary (Investigation? Yeh, right my A*se!) said=
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their were insufficient funds in his/her account to process the full
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and yet he's still clearly taking PayPal payments on a regular basis.
He/sh=
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must be emptying the account by the hour!



I would image Ebay/PayPal have pegged their buyers protection payout level=
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at a cost that is lower than 'actually' having staff / systems to guard=20
against fraud. Cant really slate them for this as the clearing banks take
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similar attitude towards fraud. For example most clearing banks now only=20
check cheque signatories on amounts over =C2=A310,000 as they calculated
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cost of having staff or IT systems that could check the signatories was=20
greater than fraud payouts. They also know from research that many
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NEVER check their bank statements and large amounts of small fraud goes=20
unnoticed!



With all the bad press about Ebay again at the moment it makes you wonder
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the bubble will eventually burst....but.........I reckon.....FAT CHANCE as=
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there's too many willing mugs like me :-).



Rob

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