Well, it's your own fault if you ask me. We have been warning people for years not to sell through PayPal.
I never tried to place blame on anyone else, I saw all of the warnings and was curious to give it a try myself. Honestly I was surprised PayPal wouldn't be more eager to protect their accounts, cause at the end of the day it is their fault they do not protect the privacy over their users.
I didn't come here to cry, as a matter of fact I doubt I will be out any money, I just wanted to share my thoughts and re affirm that you guys were correct and that I could not find a way to do it safely, thats all.
So thanks for telling its my fault, when really its PayPal's fault.
I personally don't think the guy's account was hacked and believe he is trying to pull a fast one. The only way someone could have really hacked and purchased is if someone had access to all 3 of his accounts at the same time, email, paypal, and EBay.
So at the at end of the day it is the EBay user's fault for not protecting his account with different passwords and even moreso PayPal for not requiring their users to be more diligent when setting up passwords. Do they even have 2 way authentication yet? You would think someone like PayPal would be right on top of these things, but obviously they are not.
@Sublime should I have a wallet rating? No, it should not be that easy to hack someone's account, and if it is its almost like PayPal is turning a blind eye to their system that allows people to get frauded, there are simple ways to fix the problem. They do this out of greed because they are afraid if they make password requirements too stringent, then not as many people will use them, so if you ask me the money should come out of their greedy pockets.
The biggest problem I have with them is I called and went over the entire scenario with them the day before this happened, when they were making 10% off my transactions they were fine and dandy with me selling bitcoin, but when fraud occurred, because of their less than optimal security requirements, the sang an entirely different tune.
I honestly think maybe I did this cause I couldn't believe how pathetic EBay and PayPal were, as the forum post's suggested, and had to see for myself.
I don't really want to sell bitcoins, I just like learning about them, and how they are used and distributed.
I could have used an escrow system but I wanted to test EBay and see who's side they were really on, and as I stated in my first post you guys were right.
