[Boatanchors] RE: False stuff

[James Cundiff]

Hello All,
    I do not think this is really the place to air ebay complaints BUT 
in a hope to help someone else out of a jam, here is a true experience.

I found an auction and used the buy it now to win. I used Paypal to 
purchase it. Auction done. THEN ebay declares the auction null and void 
due to questionable item. Paypal (owned by ebay) then freezes the 
sellers account! The seller can't/won't refund my money. Paypal says to 
request a refund. Their form requires an auction number. This number is 
flagged as an invalid number and the form won't go through. No recourse, 
right? Wrong! I used a debit card tied to a separate bank account (used 
only for online stuff) I contacted the bank and the girl told me to file 
a fraud claim for the card. My bank took the money back from Paypal! 
Paypal got really mad at that and suspended my account and showed a 
negative balance. After several phone conversations with supervisors at 
Paypal, yes, real people! explaining that I had done nothing wrong and 
did not deserve this, they reinstated my account. I won! In almost 500 
auctions, this is the only true problem I have had!  I hope this will 
help someone someday! 73

In His service,
Jim Cundiff KB3GFC