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I am interested in buying an item from an ebay seller, who says in description that he also accepts X amount of bitcoin. If I send the bitcoin (instead of just paying with fiat via PayPal), what's stopping him saying I didn't pay and not sending the item?
If I take screenshots of every step of the BTC transaction, will this hold up if a pay dispute occurs? Is there any way of doing this without getting scammed?
Also I assume the receiving address he sent me via ebay PM is new, as it does not show up after a search in blockchain. He is asking for me to send a small amount, then to send the full amount once he confirms the smaller amount has been received.
Any thoughts?
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July 06, 2013, 06:33:37 PM |
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I can almost guarantee you are going to get scammed. Ebay will give you 0 support if you pay with bitcoin.
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protokol (OP)
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July 06, 2013, 10:15:52 PM |
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I can almost guarantee you are going to get scammed. Ebay will give you 0 support if you pay with bitcoin.
Cheers, that's what I figured tbh. Especially since the seller made no mention of increasing his BTC price after the recent ~30% drop in USD value. Although he has triple digit 100% positive feedback, who's to know how many neg feedbacks were disregarded in the past if the disputes all went in his favour? Still, some more advice would be appreciated, especially if someone has successfully resolved a dispute of this fashion... |
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July 07, 2013, 10:50:02 PM |
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I can almost guarantee you are going to get scammed. Ebay will give you 0 support if you pay with bitcoin.
Cheers, that's what I figured tbh. Especially since the seller made no mention of increasing his BTC price after the recent ~30% drop in USD value. Although he has triple digit 100% positive feedback, who's to know how many neg feedbacks were disregarded in the past if the disputes all went in his favour? Still, some more advice would be appreciated, especially if someone has successfully resolved a dispute of this fashion... Ask him if he'll accept escrow. If he refuses, it's probably a scam. |
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July 07, 2013, 11:18:48 PM |
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I can almost guarantee you are going to get scammed. Ebay will give you 0 support if you pay with bitcoin.
Cheers, that's what I figured tbh. Especially since the seller made no mention of increasing his BTC price after the recent ~30% drop in USD value. Although he has triple digit 100% positive feedback, who's to know how many neg feedbacks were disregarded in the past if the disputes all went in his favour? Still, some more advice would be appreciated, especially if someone has successfully resolved a dispute of this fashion... Ask him if he'll accept escrow. If he refuses, it's probably a scam. Would be my advice also. If you do some research you'll find eBay has had some pretty negative run-ins regarding bitcoins. Not worth the risk I'd say. |
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January 18, 2014, 08:41:49 PM |
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I can almost guarantee you are going to get scammed. Ebay will give you 0 support if you pay with bitcoin.
Cheers, that's what I figured tbh. Especially since the seller made no mention of increasing his BTC price after the recent ~30% drop in USD value. Although he has triple digit 100% positive feedback, who's to know how many neg feedbacks were disregarded in the past if the disputes all went in his favour? Still, some more advice would be appreciated, especially if someone has successfully resolved a dispute of this fashion... Ask him if he'll accept escrow. If he refuses, it's probably a scam. Would be my advice also. If you do some research you'll find eBay has had some pretty negative run-ins regarding bitcoins. Not worth the risk I'd say. Same advice but does ebay deals with paypal? Since paypal isn't the best dealing bitcoin, I'll say that ebay is the same! |
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January 19, 2014, 10:57:54 AM |
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eBay and Paypal is ready to scam you for whatever action you do related to Bitcoin.
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January 19, 2014, 08:02:37 PM |
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I am interested in buying an item from an ebay seller, who says in description that he also accepts X amount of bitcoin. If I send the bitcoin (instead of just paying with fiat via PayPal), what's stopping him saying I didn't pay and not sending the item?
If I take screenshots of every step of the BTC transaction, will this hold up if a pay dispute occurs? Is there any way of doing this without getting scammed?
Also I assume the receiving address he sent me via ebay PM is new, as it does not show up after a search in blockchain. He is asking for me to send a small amount, then to send the full amount once he confirms the smaller amount has been received.
Any thoughts?
As others have said it's very likely you'll be scammed here. Direct him over to this forum and tell him you'll do the deal providing he uses a trusted escrow. |
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January 20, 2014, 04:12:51 AM |
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Its probably a scam, wouldn't reccommend you buy from him
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January 12, 2015, 08:25:47 AM |
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^ There are better ways of self promotion than bumping threads that are a few years old...
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January 23, 2015, 05:07:04 PM |
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It is new advertisment not old
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January 24, 2015, 03:51:15 AM |
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Ebay won't help you out if you go above and beyond their rules. Using Bitcoin is a 3rd party transaction you brought upon yourself to use and do a deal with. Nothing stops him to take your Bitcoin and get away with it. You most likely couldn't leave a feedback rating either because you did not go through Ebay's process of buying something for him. Anything you and the buyer do is on your own terms. You can use Ebay as a communication platform, but that does not hold them accountable. Also, they aren't Bitcoin friendly so then there's that.
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