won a item but dont trust the seller

[dogbixi]

Need some advise i bought a ring  I no that it s my own fault that i didnt check the seller first but after i won the ring i did check the seller he has been a member for 1yr but only had feedback from 3 people 1 not happy  (i am always ready to give newbies a chance ) what i noticed was that he no longer has items for sale and he had heaps where is his feed back?? now i am no longer conferdent that he is real and dont want to pay him i no that i will get my money back from paypal but dont want the hassel what is the best way to handle this as i have a good record with EBay 

[dogbixi]

The other thing i noticed about the people who left feedback was that they were private listing - bidders' identities protected this is what bought up the red flag for me

[harley_babes_hoard]

You shouldn't be mentioning sellers user ID's in the forums. Ebay in all their wisdom have decided to block everyones ID's so they all look private now anyway, so that alone should not be a red flag.

If you have paid by paypal and you don't receive your item within a month or so for overseas purchase or a few weeks if seller is located in australia then simply open up a item not received dispute from your my ebay. If you click on your purchases find your item and on the right hand side of page click on the drop down menu it will say resolve a problem, click on that and go from there. You have 45 days to open up a dispute with paypal.

[harley_babes_hoard]

I can't find any purchases from this seller under your ID so cannot check feedback, also if you do not pay you could find yourself wearing a non payment strike. You could ask the seller to cancel the transaction but they certainly don't have to agree to it.

[go-tazz]

Feedback of two and they sold over 70 gold rings for cheap prices which should have had the warning bells ringing to

start with,

Their ID will either disappear or their feedback will become private so their negs don't show.

Must be heading towards Christmas,hence the scammers are becoming more active,(this is a hit and run scammer).

[dogbixi]

Thank You 

[dogbixi]

Hi have EMailed the seller and asked for him to cancel guess i will just have to wait and see what happens thank you for your help 

[go-tazz]

Maybe check your Paypal account and see whether the payment has been claimed.

If it hasn't been claimed just cancel it.

These type of scammers are generally after contact details so they can send you phishing Emails in an attempt to

hijack you eBay or Paypal accounts and add your details to spammer lists

Be careful with any Emails you may receive and don't click on any links in them,(which should never be done for eBay

and Paypal Emails).

If you've get any communication from them the same thing applies,(don't click on any links).

If you have clicked on any links,as a precaution , run all your spyware, keylogging and virus protection and change your passwords,(something which should be done on a regular basis anyway)

[dogbixi]

Thank you for warning me as i did get an email from pay pal telling me to that the seller had requested that they send me the tracking no but going back and looking at it again there are some differences this is what i revived

The seller has provided the following Order Status information for your review:
Order status: Sent
The seller is providing this feature through the PayPal website as a means for communicating this information to you. Please note that the Shipment Tracking Information and Order Status displayed above is exactly as the seller entered it.
If you have questions about this transaction, PayPal encourages you to directly contact the seller to amicably resolve any outstanding questions you might have.

Sincerely,
PayPal:
More fool me I did click on the link could not see anything that made any seance so closed it
thanks to your warning i have gone in and changed my pass work