Hey I was looking to buy a booster on PayPal, Guy had good feedback on eBay, but after I paid next day he refunded me and said something errored in PayPal and asked if I still wanted it. Looks like he received like 4 negative feedbacks in past few hours all same as me the beer cancelled and refunded. One of the comments said he is doing an “insurance scam”. Not sure what the scam is if someone cancels and refunds your money?
I always want to be on top of every type of scam but can someone explain how someone benefits from this?
Never heard about the insurance scam, but what I can say is double check that the refund has cleared.
Paypal will show you got a refund, but if the seller has no money in his paypal/bank account, it can get cancelled a few days later. He could have withdrawn the cash or bought something with your money.
Not saying it’s the case here, but I wouldn’t send them any money. Something shady is going on here.
Oh wow okay thanks pokenoob. I won’t be sending more money then. I’m assuming even if he doesn’t have money I paid via goods and services I will still get my initial money refunded.
I’ve had this happen numourous times. Seller claims there was a PayPal issue and asks if you still want it. When you say yes they offer it for 20-40% less but you have to send it via PayPal gift. I always report them to eBay…
Some guy offered me a little lower on my listing than I wanted, so I declined. Then ebay put up that $25 off coupon, so I messaged him and said hey if you use this coupon it will be less than what you offered. He said ok and he would pay later that night. The guy never bought the auction, never paid me, nothing. A few days later he messaged me asking when I was “going to ship out his booster?”… hmmm. I told him “you never bought it and I don’t even have your address…”. never heard back for him.