Title: Been Scammed by eBay scum on Bitcoin Hardware? SCAMMER LIST UPADATED! Post by: bitterdog on August 15, 2013, 12:33:24 PM eBay wont do much to help nor will Paypal so lets start a list we can update to hopefully save someone else from getting screwed by these scumbags!!
Please add your scammers I will try and keep this updated frequently https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=274209.new#new Title: Re: Been Scammed by eBay scum on Bitcoin Hardware? SCAMMER LIST UPADATED! Post by: bitterdog on August 15, 2013, 07:20:14 PM List updated with a bunch of Failure to pay people :-[
Title: Re: Been Scammed by eBay scum on Bitcoin Hardware? SCAMMER LIST UPADATED! Post by: DyslexicZombei on August 18, 2013, 01:13:27 AM < bump >
Title: Re: Been Scammed by eBay scum on Bitcoin Hardware? SCAMMER LIST UPADATED! Post by: DyslexicZombei on August 18, 2013, 03:05:31 AM Let's just be honest. It's a huge risk to sell BTC over PP.
There is nothing to stop someone from doing a chargeback attempt after they have several confirmed transactions on the BTC that they don't intend to pay for. PP will side with the buyer because that's their MO -when it's convenient & doesn't cost them $. Basically, just be super, super cautious if you're *still* going to attempt this, even with all the horror stories for both buyers & sellers. I've done it before, just yesterday in fact (yeah, I know. What a hypocrite!), but it was in the confines of an Escrowed GB where a chargeback doesn't really anyone good; in fact, it could work out better for a co-op as many members are eager to snatch free/reserve shares & fraud on the seller side (that'd be me, in this case) would've essentially stopped the GB in its tracks. I was publicly *discouraging* others to do this type of PP/BTC direct payment method (esp. this method! Sending BTC to an email address is basically non-reversible for all intents. Title: Re: Been Scammed by eBay scum on Bitcoin Hardware? SCAMMER LIST UPADATED! Post by: ssateneth on August 18, 2013, 03:20:34 PM Let's just be honest. It's a huge risk to sell BTC over PP. I stopped reading there. You obviously did not read the thread topic. This is about selling bitcoin mining hardware for paypal, not bitcoins themselves. |