Anybody noticing an increase in people swapping/scamming on eBay?
I am, and it's starting to get ridiculous!
Anybody else experiencing a noticeable increase in this?
Anybody else experiencing a noticeable increase in this?
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Discretely Mark your items with UV-reactive invisible ink.
I am curious, would this actually work?
Scammers gonna scam.
Yup. It's always going to be proportional to the growth of the hobby. If there are 5 scamming assholes in a group of 300, there are likely to be 50 scamming assholes in a group of 3000.
Discretely Mark your items with UV-reactive invisible ink.
I am curious, would this actually work?
In theory, sure. In practice with a eBay case in the resolution center, it's tough to prove.
Discretely Mark your items with UV-reactive invisible ink.
I am curious, would this actually work?
In theory, sure. In practice with a eBay case in the resolution center, it's tough to prove.
If it's REALLY valuable, I record myself packaging and shipping it. Recording myself marking it and looking for the mark when I unpack it isn't much extra hassle and would probably be enough for eBay. I've seen plenty of sellers claiming in the description that they "discretely mark" all of their stuff and I doubt they'd bother if it didn't prove useful.
Can't say I have, care to elaborate? Honestly no one has ever tried to pull a bait and switch on me. I'd think the chances of that are extremely slim to none.
Somebody just did it to my Mom on like a 70's hair curler thing. I've had games swapped on me maybe 20 times. Definitely a noticeable increase lately.
Like, I'll send games run through a RTI disc resurfacing machine and get back discs with dog bites in them lol.
Can't say I have, care to elaborate? Honestly no one has ever tried to pull a bait and switch on me. I'd think the chances of that are extremely slim to none.
I agree. I have bought hundreds of games on ebay since the early 2000's and never been scammed once (knock on wood)
I make sure to leave some bodily fluids on every game I sell, just in case.
That's one way to mark them
Discretely Mark your items with UV-reactive invisible ink.
I am curious, would this actually work?
In theory, sure. In practice with a eBay case in the resolution center, it's tough to prove.
If it's REALLY valuable, I record myself packaging and shipping it. Recording myself marking it and looking for the mark when I unpack it isn't much extra hassle and would probably be enough for eBay. I've seen plenty of sellers claiming in the description that they "discretely mark" all of their stuff and I doubt they'd bother if it didn't prove useful.
Ebay doesn't care during a resolution case.
UV ink is a scare tactic for scammers.
Though you can use this evidence in small claims court etc.
Nothing protects sellers on eBay. That's the entire reason I built a website years ago.
Increased scamming by buyers became easier and more profitable, and therefore inevitable, when ebay (1) forced sellers to cover shipping both way on returns and (2) decided to side with buyers on nearly all not-as-described claims with no proof required whatsoever. All the discreet marking in the world won't help a seller - the buyer just has to claim that the item received wasn't the one in the video.
If the video shows you dropping it into the APU or passing it over the counter and shows the tracking with GPS-tagged photos then they have to literally ignore it.
I make sure to leave some bodily fluids on every game I sell, just in case.
Now I "really" know what happened to that DQ-IV insert..............
Can't say I have, care to elaborate? Honestly no one has ever tried to pull a bait and switch on me. I'd think the chances of that are extremely slim to none.
You have GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME, excuse my language. Some asshole is trying to pull a bait and switch return scam on me now, ebay user classicgaminglaboratorys. Cannot believe it.
Can't say I have, care to elaborate? Honestly no one has ever tried to pull a bait and switch on me. I'd think the chances of that are extremely slim to none.
You have GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME, excuse my language. Some asshole is trying to pull a bait and switch return scam on me now, ebay user classicgaminglaboratorys. Cannot believe it.
My eyes are burning at the sight of such harsh language!
Do you have pics of your original item sent etc? What a jerk.
Yeah, that's quite ironic, though usually how these things turn out, sadly.
It's getting to were the only way to have undeniable proof to help with a case is to wear a GoPro and record every second of your ever-waking life. :S
Reached that point in 2011. I use a Looxcie wearable bluetooth camera.
It's getting to were the only way to have undeniable proof to help with a case is to wear a GoPro and record every second of your ever-waking life. :S
Reached that point in 2011. I use a Looxcie wearable bluetooth camera.
Was it something you do as a preventative thing, or did you get hit with a scam? Sucks that it has to come to that just to prove a case either way.
In a way, I would say it's kinda fun... kinda like video blogging. lol
Discretely Mark your items with UV-reactive invisible ink.
I am curious, would this actually work?
I once bought a Wii U wiimote "brand new in damaged box" on Amazon; I got a really, really dirty controller that was obviously used, and used by the dirtiest people on planet Earth.
So I email the guy and he says to return it and that to make sure I return the right one he put some UV markings on it... so I told him "and you haven't noticed how disgusting this new controller was?".
So I think a lot of scammers pretend to use this trick to make you feel like you're the scammer now...
Idiots.
Aaaannd one month later OP is scamming people on eBay. Irony.
What's the story? No HoS anymore.
It's getting to were the only way to have undeniable proof to help with a case is to wear a GoPro and record every second of your ever-waking life. :S
Reached that point in 2011. I use a Looxcie wearable bluetooth camera.
Was it something you do as a preventative thing, or did you get hit with a scam? Sucks that it has to come to that just to prove a case either way.
In a way, I would say it's kinda fun... kinda like video blogging. lol
Yeah. A few smaller things, but some as a buyer... like a seller sending me a defective part and then claiming I never sent it back or people claiming I did something I didn't do. Also it was a great dash cam when I rode the motorcycle exclusively and may have needed supporting evidence against another driver that doesn't require me to be conscious/alive.
Aaaannd one month later OP is scamming people on eBay. Irony.
What's the story? No HoS anymore.
He's scamming people out of thousands and thousands of dollars, sending empty mailers with no games but tracking to show as delivered. Relisting items over and over with same photo after they sold, can't believe eBay hasn't banned his account yet.