Hi all,
Looks like after 10 years on eBay Australia, I've been scammed of a fairly large amount ($1000's) mainly by in too much of a hurry and greed.
Seller had 400+ positive feedback and long term ebay account.
Discussions prior to sale all seemed fine.
Won the auction, was asked for immediate payment by eBay.
Proceeded via eBay checkout where there were only two options for payment listed - cash on collection and bank transfer.
Believing I was protected, I went ahead and paid. Sellers instructions were to send copy of receipt, which I did.
Browsing Ebay listings some hours later, I noticed a closed listing for the same item - same pics, same script, but different State.
Messaged seller who claimed to know nothing about it.
Negative feedback on the closed listing mentioned "beware of fraud and don't send money"
No further contact from seller.
Ebay not helpful and claim due to payment method, no protection whatsoever.
However, Ebays own rules state that the category the item was listed in (electronics) is not allowed to offer Bank Transfer as a payment option ? Yet it was there at checkout and led me directly to the sellers BSB and Account Details ?
I understand the faultnwas mine for being stupid enough to use bank transfer in the first place, but do eBay accept and responsibility for making this form of payment possible at checkout on their site ?
Ive asked for sellers contact details, but nothing has been supplied by seller, or ebay.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or is Acorn my only likely option?
