retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Seriously... I think I am done with Ebay, but i have so much crap that I need to sell. So i listed the battle field code that came with my xbox one. Someone bought it. Immediately asked for the code. Then sent an email saying they got hacked. Yeah right. Enjoy the game. Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labels Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 This is why you mail them the code... so you have proof of delivery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Labels has a great idea. I just wonder what that would that take-away be. So, you send it to the buyers address but is that the address of the "hacker" or the person. If ebay were secure, they would make it so you would make it so the sale required shipping to a non-P.O. Box address and that address hasn't been changed within n amount of days. You could always try to sell it here first. I think your sale will probably be more satisfying although you might not get as high a price as you could on ebay. I would just pay attention to how long people have been on here and do a little searching for their reputation but I'd hope most of us are honest retro lovin' citizens. Of course, I can remember a time when I got scammed by an online friend who I spoke to quite often and played hours and hours of games with only to him not send me the money for a $50 item I sent to him. I also would like to get into ebay since I have a few things I'd like to sell but I've heard stories like this that favor the buyer over the seller so I have procrastinated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 What does it mean that they got hacked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I've sold codes and I only give the code once I got the payment and I strictly send it thru eBay messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 What does it mean that they got hacked? You tell me as I have no idea. All I know is the guy immediately filed a claim with paypal for unauthorized transaction. lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Here is what i got - https://gyazo.com/f69d2bded116c7b8cc06d62b342a82d6 Now I know why I hate Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) I'm thought at first by they got hacked he meant they were saying someone hacked their ebay account and made the purchase but I guess could also mean that they mean someone hacked their email, and used the code before they had a chance. Either case they are full of it though. EDIT: I see now which it was post came in right above mine right before I posted. Edited October 8, 2017 by SignGuy81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Immediately after they won he sent me a message via Ebay asking for the code. I send code. Then he sends message he was hacked. I bet that code is used now. May just try it. Blah... it is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Did they mean to say "Feel free to relist it", instead of "Feel free to resist it"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I assume he meant relist it. I also call bullshit on his account getting hacked. Does he have any other negative feedback? Can you provide a link to his account? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 sadly, this is why I only sell stuff to actual people standing in front of me. Anything else just gets tossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I've sold codes and I only give the code once I got the payment and I strictly send it thru eBay messages. I think that is what he did. But the buyer says it was someone else that got on eBay and wasn't him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I think that is what he did. But the buyer says it was someone else that got on eBay and wasn't him. Then not his problem, code is delivered, don't return the money, and wait for complain to eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I bet eBay can easily verify whether someone else logged into that seller's account. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 I assume he meant relist it. I also call bullshit on his account getting hacked. Does he have any other negative feedback? Can you provide a link to his account? ..Al Here ya go - https://www.ebay.com/usr/mtd242s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 This is why I'll never sell on eBay ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Then not his problem, code is delivered, don't return the money, and wait for complain to eBay. PAYPAL has put a hold on the money wile they investigate. Whatever.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari PAC-MAN Fan Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Got Hacked? Textbook dishonesty. Edited October 8, 2017 by Atari PAC-MAN Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 In all my years online I've never had an account, email, facebook, ebay, youtube, etc. get "hacked" but have had friends write some weird stuff on facebook, comeback later and apologize saying their account got hacked(probably from using easy passwords, to maybe not paying too much attention to what shady sites they are visiting, etc.). I don't see why someone would hack an account to steal a game code for their personal use. Seems like they would go bigger. Plus if it were some ppl actually doing this to turn around and sell game codes, why not just scam ppl and give them fake ones to start with than to hack ebay accounts to order game codes then sell to others, and don't see how a person who just wanted to get a code to actually use would hack someone else's ebay just to do that, seems weird. So sounds to me like the guy is definitely lying. I would contact Microsoft and see if there is anyway they can track if it was used and who is using it, maybe if you give them the code and your serial number off your xbox one, tell them what happened. Or maybe send them the same image you showed us and maybe they can put a block on the code being used, and send you a new code since that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Buyers can freely choose not to buy from sellers with a low sales history (in terms of numbers of sales), so I would think sellers could choose to not take offers from buyers with low purchase history. But I suppose this would hurt ebay business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Buyers can freely choose not to buy from sellers with a low sales history (in terms of numbers of sales), so I would think sellers could choose to not take offers from buyers with low purchase history. But I suppose this would hurt ebay business. Yeah, this reminds me just a couple weeks ago I had to buy a new battery for my porter cable drill. Found a bunch of brand new 4Ah 20V batteries for right around 26 bucks counting shipping, regardless of seller. Then came across a listing for 2 of the exact same thing, brand new, for 20 bucks. However this listing there was 0 feedback. Plus price just seemed too good to be true. I did not go with it even though it was a better deal because sounded too risky, and bought just the one for $26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 the only piece of ammo you've got against him is the hack claim. Ebay should have a record of all of his log in ips if none are suspicious they might side against him. Unfortunately ebay requires codes be mailed so you will probably be out of luck anyway. Though you could try redeeming the code maybe it hasn't been used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquare75 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 This is why you mail him a piece of paper to his given shipping address with tracking, uploaded.Then it's not your problem they were 'hacked' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojay1997 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 This is why you mail him a piece of paper to his given shipping address with tracking, uploaded. Then it's not your problem they were 'hacked' That really won't protect you because all the buyer has to do is claim the code didn't work and Ebay will side with them 100% of the time. I suppose eventually Ebay would notice a pattern if they scammed too many sellers, but there is really zero protection on Ebay for sellers of digital goods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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