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Easiest way to avoid lowballers and timewasters on Craigslist is to hide your email address and not respond to text messages. Some may argue you will lose sales that way but you also don't lose your...
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Delivery confirmation - 18 cents when purchased online.
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The exact same thing than OP happened to me a year ago with a canadian buyer (for a $500 item), in the end I provide all that I had for proof of delivery, signature confirmation and even a couple of...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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If chargeback is for unauthorized and you shipped using paypal to paypal confirmed address with signature confirmation you should be covered under seller protection. It is impossible to "win" a...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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If paypal loses the credit card dispute they will probably deduct the amount in question from the account. Certain disputes on paypal are very hard to win especially if they claim fraud thru the...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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so what happened?
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^^^ Same thing happened to me but with a hot tub part they kept all the specialized wiring and I couldn't even resell it without the wiring.
Paypal told me I could make a police report....but...
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It seems 7 out of 10 emails are from scammers, lowballers and people who don't respond back. And if you have a weak market to which no one really buys, then that goes up to 9 out of 10 emails are...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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Yeah this was many years ago and it was $1+, I was selling a lot of stuff so I figured it wasn't worth it when I added up how much I would be selling. Turns out it would have been worth it :-)
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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You are right, also on Ebay you have to pay 9% to Ebay and 2.9% to Paypal.
For buying I use Ebay.
For selling you have to see and filter the buyers to be safe.
CL does have a lot of lowballers...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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:bulb: post an update
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you are screwed as a seller.
credit card chargebacks in my experience, will side with the buyer (credit card holder)
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Yet another reason to use craigslist to sell and only accept cash.
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Agreed. Not to mention you have paypal protection.
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Any update? Also you can request the buyers information through eBay which may include their phone #.
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I'm going to disagree.
Based on what you have said, its pretty high that you will win. As long as you delivered the item to the address provided by paypal, paypal should protect you. It was...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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If they did a chargeback for item not described your basically screwed (I have been on both sides of this, always lost as a seller and won as a buyer)
However, if they did the same type dispute as...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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Pretty high to lose. (Lost many cases myself like this) GL.
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I recently sold an item on eBay for $275. I shipped it with signature verification. The same day that I shipped the item out, the buyer filed a dispute with PayPal that the purchase was...
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I've been on both sides of this fence. I've received goods that turned out to be damaged, such as a $100 Banana Republic gift card that had $100 when I received it and then was drained of all money...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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r4l3x is 1000X correct. On the Buyers side an Unauthorized Dispute is hard to prove when you sign for the delivery. Item not described, you are screwed.
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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Ew, that guy was awful. Talk about scumbag city. See, that's why I said goodbye to Craigslist. There just seems to be a very high proportion of bad apples. There are also a lot of undercover cops on...
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I have a strict no post sales contact now. I once sold a laptop to someone. It worked fine. He writes me a month later saying it won't turn on. I meet up with him to check it out. I look it over...
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so what ended up happening?
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I hope for your sake you get your item back, but I've been down this road before and when I got my item back pay pal refused to hold the buyer accountable. I sold a cell phone with all accessories...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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As long as you shipped to the buyer's confirmed address, I think the matter will ultimately be settled in your favor.
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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Item not as desribed is actually the toughest one to win. Fraud claim is covered under Paypal Seller protection assuming the item was shipped with delivery confirmation to a confirmed address.
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I had a similar thing happen on half.com (owned by ebay), I sold a text book for $75 and shipped it, the buyer said they never received it. In this case I didn't have any proof of shipping as I...
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I still use eBay for selling and view the fees at a "tax" for not having to deal w/ lowballers and being able to reach a nationwide audience. But the trend of buyer fraud and ebay/paypal's lack of...
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Thread created 02-09-2013 by CbusGuy
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You won the case originally, you have signature and tracking, and you have no communication from any owner of the buyer's account. You will lose out on a chargeback fee that Paypal passes on tot he...