I'm SO stupid!!

I have a gut feeling that I may have been scammed.

 

Last week, just for fun, I was looking for cheap PS4 deals (since most of stores are out of stock in Australia) on ebay then I came across a too-good-to-be-true price.

 

The seller said it was unwanted gift, and it was hardly used. It was $450 and it came with 3 PS4 games and a camera. I couldn't resist. I looked at his feedback which only had 2 positives from sellers both from 2010 and he hasn't been active since. 

I was willing to take the risk.

 

He preferred using the payment method of Bank Deposit, so I did that.

 

I emailed him once just to correct him it wasn't 500mb but 500gb, and he responded apologising that he got it wrong.

 

A couple of days later I got three notifications from ebay saying I might have received a "phishing" email from the seller (which it wasn't) Next thing I found out was that the item listing has been removed. 

 

I've been contacting the seller ever since and he hasn't been responding.

 

Estimated delivery arrival was to be 6 days from Coffs Harbour, NSW. I'm only hoping that he has sent the parcel last week around Friday.

 

 

I'll let you all know if it does arrive. It's been 4 days already.

 

Cheers!

 

Josie

 

 

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@ratman0100 wrote:

People have been warned NOT to do a bank deposit but use PAYPAL. The buyer has enough feedback to know all these traps an scams by now.


Ratman, the buyer in her OP has already admitted to being foolish, no need for salt in the wound IMHO.....................

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designerjosie, I live in this area and as you stated there is a branch of the Bananacoast CU in Woolgolga (BTW this is a quite large credit union and very reputable in the north of NSW).. There is also a very large Centrelink call centre in Coffs Harbour and maybe if you call there and ask for the Manageer and give them the name of the person involved they may be ore keen to help you as I am sure that they do not want a scammer working in the Public Service.

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Try the Financial Ombudsman service. It wont hurt to make an enquiry. They've helped me in matters to do with Paypal.
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Yes. That is their job.

 

The OP, however, paid by bank deposit, as states in the original post.

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It doesnt matter how they paid.
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Misinformation, once again.

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