Scammed on ebay aware of this buyer ai2013 from china

[@SneakiestChameleon]

To all the nimrods in the comments section, he SOLD the iPhone to the Chinese customer, who replaced it with a counterfeit and then returned it to him. This guy has nothing to be sorry for, as he was a victim of a return fraud.

[@itzcd8857]

Can you get away with that? So the Chinese person got there money back and a new phone? and this guy got a fake phone in return? Never used Ebay but i want too..

[@RealGamerBros]

phuk awfplz everything that is possible in china its not too far away looked in a way that the buyer did actually work in the post office, therefore he could jsut replace it and send it back

[@hogandromgool2062]

phuk awfplz Only problem with that buddy. eBay is very good with catching people who scam. If you get caught you don't get contacted by eBay, the police turn up at your door and will charge you for whatever you've done. I have a friend who did a lot of eBay scamming last year, he ended up getting charged for $20,000 but could not pay the fine. He is now on his last month of his 6 month prison sentence.

[@SirHenryofRR]

Hogan Dromgool I doubt that would happen in China. They have little regard for laws in other countries. They don't even acknowledge international patents or intellectual rights and are quite happy to copy anything without fear of reprisals.

[@ddsdavey]

Hogan Dromgool Hence why you buy from different country,the police are not about to contact the Chinese authorities over something so small.

[@cup_and_cone]

AS AN EBAYER, NEVER, EVER SELL TO CHINA! Same for India, South America, Africa, or Russia.

[@alexandert5960]

thechosendude most Russia, Hong Kong, and parts of South America are ok

[@DUKETACTICS333]

thechosendude i dont know that and i knew that.

[@LL-lj1kq]

thechosendude .... ok well that makes more sense. The homes of all scams, these countries are.

[@TECHBOZZ41]

not everyone are China guys

[@DUKETACTICS333]

AJAY LAKSHMAN what????

[@FirstLast-Sandman]

Moral of the story, never send anything over to China.

[@larrysilastirau495]

i am a regular buyer on Ebay.. i follow one simple rules.. never buy item from china

[@noevilea624]

I buy many items from china and NEVER been scammed because I don't use Ebay as I get all my electronics through Aliexpress. I cant build the things I buy for the prices I pay.

[@totaltwit]

I always avoid buying from China in eBay, however I have been tricked a few times where the listing says the item IS in my country but once done the deal the seller says the item is coming direct from China. I don't even know if the seller even was living in my country. I would NEVER sell to China. There is never a communication path into China, usually blocked.

[@jubblepop8816]

Noevilea Sorry for a late reply. But is Aliexpress trustable?

[@thewarpit]

Update China sent a virus back

[@zhbvenkhoReload]

All sellers know not to sell to China

[@stynkmaundmeloche4562]

Shanghied. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@DUKETACTICS333]

zhbvenkhoReload ha ha why would you sell to China. Everything comes from there anyways it's pointless. Somebody wants to buy something there's a red flag there

[@danielhunter34]

zhbvenkhoReload exactly, when someone asks me do I ship to China it's immediately a no!

[@victorduran234]

zhbvenkhoReload ...yup dont sell to china or buy from china

[@corybolton3725]

yeah and i wouldnt buy from them either, only USA sellers and buyers i trust

[@EricClementsYT]

This is why I never sell internationally.

[@pretzil2957]

This is why i never buy internationally

[@outpostflags]

most of my sales are international

[@KiloByte69]

This is why I get my fast food from Five Guys exclusively.

[@tom11zz884]

Buyers are just as bad domestically

[@Embattled5211]

The "EBay buyer/seller protection program" exists for a reason, opening a claim works very well.

[@Latincellstore]

The ebay seller protection plan wont work if the item its been delivered back to you they will take the money from your paypal and give it back to the buyer and the buyer will keep your item and their money.

[@MRGHIA]

Latin Store that's just fuked up. there has to be a way. bloody scammers.

[@siriusjones956]

***** Keep dreaming. There are a number of sellers dissatisfied with ebay's policies. They tend to refund the buyer rather than investigate claims.

[@roxcyn]

Latin Store I think if you show them the video you'll be okay.

[@Latincellstore]

This video its two years old, I didn't get the money or the phone 450 trashed plus I paid 45.30 for the USPS label Currently I don't sell on eBay no more due to all their crap but I've a few more videos I will share from the last year

[@TheBoHoBoy]

Wish I could meet face to face any scammer that ever tried to scam me,,,, He would never be able to use a computer again

[@susannegriffin8323]

I sell on eBay, and have learned much (some, the hard way). Now, I always photo the package, on the scale at the post office, then upload the picture to the site for that item. Of course, I always get tracking numbers. I now refuse to sell to over seas buyers. No matter how much a person begs, I only accept PayPal, for payments. It is sad, that the few rotten apples, spoil life for the rest of us, but......that's life these days.

[@HenryTheBoilermaker3rdYear]

I know how he feels. He has that shaky hands there.

[@princevinny0073]

poor guy :( u can tell hes hurt by loseing his money and his iteam

[@bosdad7]

eBay will do nothing until he has done it several times. then he will just start again with a second account. eBay does NOT protect there sellers. the customer is always right,,, even when he is ripping you off.

[@BEERLIGHTBROKER]

Not true. Ebay does stand by their sellers. They have gotten better about being seller friendly.

[@bosdad7]

I've been selling on eBay for 12 years. got a charge back for an item that was delivered and they buyer even left good feedback. but they approved the refund and screwed me anyway. this just happened within the last four weeks.

[@bosdad7]

By the way. I'm a power seller. I'm not a basic seller who post one item a month, I post several Hundred.

[@BEERLIGHTBROKER]

Results vary I guess. I've had a lot of other problems outside of returns or the money end of it, I should have said. Go to ebay and look at my feedback left, specifically the feedbacks where I write that the buyer is a total piece of shit. My problems have been with other sellers in my niche, buying my items then attacking my account to send my listings to the end of the search results. Of course ebay finally started believing me after 5 years... Yeah it's rough on there and most buyers are liars.

[@Mrcastleskeep]

I dealt with a competitor scam too. I called ebay and pled my case. I pointed out the buyer was also a seller in my niche and their tone changed. The scammer ended up being punished.

[@airguntherapy8665]

Never ship to another country. I sent two phones to India and the buyer claimed they never turned up and eBay just took the money back. They always side with the buyers.

[@Hatch47]

Sorry to see this. Hope you sorted it out with eBay or paypal. Thanks for creating awareness of this horrendous scam.

[@danburch9989]

Your video (and others like it) is the reason I never buy on eBay from private sellers. The few scammers that do what they did to you and sellers who misrepresent the items they're selling is the reason I don't trust eBay. There was a court case where an eBay seller was selling two phones for something like $467. They included a picture of the phones in the ad. Well, the buyer paid $467 and all they got was the picture of the phones. Buyer got their $467 back plus another $4533 in punitive damages. Apparently, Ebay was no help. It's probably a good idea to record the serial number of the items you're selling. If the returned item doesn't have the same serial number, you know they kept your good item returned their broken item for a refund. That even happens in brick and mortar stores.

[@pavy415]

Serves you right for sending a fake iPhone and getting a fake one back

[@nima20031]

Send this video to ebay!!!

[@aidenf8044]

Won't do anything.

[@charliebrown4624]

It's a waste of time reporting it to e-bay. They don't give a shit. All they are interested in is getting their cut.

[@TheCultChick]

That is not true...ebay sets things right.

[@charliebrown4624]

We they didn't do anything for me when I was ripped off. They just said Oh dear, that's terrible.

[@TheCultChick]

Charlie Brown lmao...sorry I'm not laughing at you being treated like that...I'm laughing at how you said that...I'm still laughing ; D

[@KrustyKlown]

There is an online claim system. I have twice been scammed, and twice had my money returned to me .. and even got to keep the fake items.

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

Nah he's covered. Plus he can stop it from paypal immediately.

[@jason200912]

what is with this camera angle? did you glue the camera sideways onto your left ear?

[@curtisgilford3108]

Hahaha

[@cieletoile2363]

hahaha ~>▼

[@smasher3914]

I literally needed to watch it backwards

[@qiyuez4648]

As a Chinese, I feel sorry for your loss. I just want to point out that the tape belongs to China Post, and even people who live in China always lost things when using this carrier. Also it is sad to see that a lot of eBay sellers warning everyone else to avoid selling things to China. It is becoming better as our express delivery industry has now become the best worldwide. The safety of item has some degree of protection. Another point I want to mention is that shopping online is extremely common in China these days. And Taobao protects both buyers and sellers by providing Zhifubao, a paying system just like paypal, but owned and controlled by Taobao (all of them belong to Alibaba) so it is easy to manage and mediate disputes. (and it works good in China. ) EBay definitely should learn something from Taobao, especially in seller protection. It is true that public trust is lost in many place in China. But the new generation is growing, with more ethic and responsibility. We are the victims of our older generations, but I hope our children won’ t suffer because of us.

[@lyricvideos2432]

two sim cards slots ?? thats an micro-sd card ! ohh wait iphone users never heard of that....

[@lyricvideos2432]

but "dummy" if you look close enough you see its a micro sd card slot

[@stormyalice]

iPhone users don't know what they're missing! Delete apps? Free up memory? Haha, what's that? 128GB micro sdcard says: "Nah, bro. We're good."

[@Ohmz27]

+Beenthere Donethat Pretty much the only difference really is that sd cards can be slower - but there's plenty of very fast SD card where the speed difference is pretty much unnoticeable. Ofcourse the bigger difference is that relying solely on internal memory sucks.

[@lekoro1]

+Beenthere Donethat yes no perhaps? you can put all your music onto a large microSD card (i use high quality files so my music takes up loads of space) and all music player apps will pick it up and lump it with the stuff on the main storage same with images and video when it comes to apps you can when sideloading install on the SD card i have not had that option with google play though other appstores like amazon might let you install to microSD when it comes to navigating the file structure its like on a PC with multiple drives you select main storage or microSD it does not try to raid 0 them or anything because that would be a stupid thing to do so you can quite easily get a 32-64GB android phone with a large microSD card and put all your large music and videos on the SD card

[@lyricvideos2432]

+Beenthere Donethat i dont hate the iPhone and definitely see reasons to use it but its crap that you dont get an sd card slot for a 700$ phone right

[@KawaiiCat2]

This is messed up. Thanks for doing this video and warning other people of this!

[@BNHSoftware]

people like this make me so angry

[@qaching]

shut up kid this is very funny and amusing lmao

[@BNHSoftware]

haha

[@dariusquilly1943]

Quaching is going to get his pickle tickled

[@dariusquilly1943]

LOL, jokesssssss. Tickle them pickles

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

qaching This is not a video of your birth?

[@jewleeborrasca6924]

I'm so sorry. I really hope people that do things like this get what they deserve! I've also been scammed. Now I'm so scared I don't shop on the internet. not even Walmart online. I order a hoverboard for $399, but what we got was truly junk! It was a Christmas gift so we didn't know for a few months that we'd been scammed. When I contacted Walmart they said it was a "outside store sale" I got it on the Walmart site although it came from Dubai, I believe from the papers. I couldn't get my money or a new hoverboard. I was just sick over it. I just replaced my son's gift a week ago. 4months I had to save, but it's worth it he's a great boy. We had a sad Christmas this year.

[@harveyabel1354]

Okay, that camera angle is giving me vertigo!

[@verbalswagrawkey1932]

Harvey Abel --- Harvey that was the greatest reply ever. I laughed my ass off, oops I meant to say lol

[@kimberlyyoung458]

Harvey Abel, Me Too

[@tripe8785]

The item you were sent back is called "the airphone" I believe.

[@ChuckMcC]

this is why I don't do returns on eBay..

[@ianwalker2896]

I got scammed as a buyer. I bought a Argon gas bottle for welding and when it arrived it was empty. Ebay did nothing about it.

[@SqueekyBums]

Ian Walker PayPal would

[@ianwalker2896]

Paypal wouldn't refund me either. I lost €100 on that scam

[@stynkmaundmeloche4562]

ha ha

[@DUKETACTICS333]

Ian Walker take the hit for the team. Eventually these assholes will lose their account. As far as I know isn't it hard to get eBay accounts or multiple ones for a single person

[@cmoore185]

As retired US postal Service, I assure you, the Postal Inspectors are the ones that opened it. No mail carrier would ever let someone open a package and then taking it back. All you have to do is track it. It is scanned by everyone that touches it.

[@DutchClawz]

Why would you send an Iphone to china from america lol

[@Michael-w8v]

Just experiment I guess?

[@samanthalegs4324]

someone in customs probably took it. in my country customs will open some packages to ensure the contents are as stated and to look for documents related to products eg. invoice receipt so they can charge the correct taxes and duties. not all agents are honest, item probably never went to the buyer. agent probably open it took your item replaced it with their item and returned it to you.

[@glytch5]

Did you have to film upside down? That is craaazy, this is why so many people know are too scared to use ebay, I use it on a regular basis. I only deal with USA and Japan though.

[@Diane0529]

Great idea to video opening the package, sir! If you are the original seller, I would always video the packaging of every item you send out, so you have proof of everything you send out!

[@cameraman655]

Been Ebaying since '00', one thing that I leaned the hard ways is to steer clear of seller/buyers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. If I do any buying or selling within Asia, Japan is the only country that I trust. Frankly, I try to stick within the borders of the US and Canada. Can't stress this enough, study the buyer/sellers profile and history carefully, this should be obvious. Anyone with a Negative in the last 6 months and no communication between the two parties, I'll go elsewhere. Less than a 98 on the score, not happening. Fortunately many of items that I buy and occasionally sell, are not heavily sought after unlike hi tech items.

[@cameraman655]

Ditto, I do not sell or buy from outside the US/Canada, I had to learn the hard way a few years back, not worth the hassle. I also agree with your other recommendations, frankly if they have less that a 99% positive rating, fewer that 10 transactions, I move on or deny their bids. Should someone insist on making a bid from outside the US despite all of my warnings, I will e-mail them and strongly recommend that they provide a US address or refrain from further bids. If a buyer/seller have a conflict and their is no response from the party being accused of shady practices, I move on. Tech is very risky, if buying, I prefer Ebay stores, selling (which is rare), I check out any and all bidders as much as possible, especially if their transaction history is less than 10, Gotta do your due diligence or you will get "scammed" at some point.

[@welshfluteplayer]

Mark all your items No Returns Accepted! problem solved.

[@aureliusva]

I can't tell you how many items I have had money refunded for that were marked "no return" on ebay auctions. Countless

[@welshfluteplayer]

I've refused every return i marked it no returns in the ebay settings and on the advert.

[@aureliusva]

UkPrepper2016 Military/Survivalist Sure, but in my cases it ranged from small white lies the seller tried to pass off that may or may not have made a difference to all out complete fakes. If a person sells a fake and marks it "no return", money is still refunded. I bought a lighter that was supposed to have carbon fiber around it, and it had a carbon fiber graphic on it. The lighter was supposed to be made in Italy and it had a "made in China" sticker on the bottom. The seller could not produce a valid certificate of authenticity and my money was refunded. Easy, peasy, one, two, threesy.

[@Mr.Potatoehead69]

UkPrepper2016 Military/Survivalist your right i sell on ebay and tell em no returns and sold as is...

[@patrickh92able]

one thing you need to know is alot of times it's not the buyer or seller that scams, it is actually caused by someone during shipping there are fucked up people who work for the shipping companies that have documents of what the item in the packages are and will be the one to cause this. just be aware of that

[@copingthroughfaith]

Well said. I recently bought a bag from eBay but I never received it. Royalmail insists it was delivered.....wierd!

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

+PC_GameWorld You're absolutely correct. Stuff like that happens in Europe too, tho it's pretty hard now these days for these kinda thieves to get away with it. Happened to us too, once, about 2 years ago. And they - the shipping company - caught the thieve as we had plenty of evidence that it wasn't our fault or the seller's fault. Thanks to the tracking number and security cameras inside the company itself they were able to find out who the last person was who handled the package (YAY for Bpost!)

[@k-hype1551]

After seeing this I decided not to use EBay

[@HomelessSoldierMan]

I buy PC parts from ebay you just have to check the rep of the sellers tbh

[@k-hype1551]

Homeless Soldier I heard ebay has listing fees. I use amazon to sell my items and they don't charge listing fees.

[@roxcyn]

K- Hype They're going to change that where there are no listing fees.

[@k-hype1551]

+photeek chondro Hell yea. Amazon actually cares about the customers and the seller.

[@sandyk3669]

Bummer man!!! Will eBay give you a insurance refund??? Will the crooks account be suspended??? GOOD LUCK!!!

[@TheItrucker]

sorry to hear that. I gave up on Int'l Ebay sales years ago. Too many headaches. Also, always note a shipping surcharge for Alaska & Hawaii in description for items with free shipping on Ebay listings. I have been burned by that too!

[@Michael_in_Vt]

This what happens when you sell to a China buyer.

[@gojostartoru]

I was shocked I thought he stick the package to the wall

[@dizzious]

This is why I never sell to anyone outside of the USA anymore.

[@aym280]

A man working in the post office should be sacked.

[@yonosoyel8656]

The post office workers are there just to deliver packages, not to make sure that everyone is honest and sends the appropriate item.

[@aym280]

In this case, someone in the post office did the nasty. I am NOT accusing all and sundries. There are instances where post office staff intercept bank cards for their own ends.

[@PatrickBaptist]

+Agnes YM Yeah china post isn't USPS. Overseas the mail goes through some shady hands, you really just never know, between them and customs at both ends....

[@The_Darrell]

I have had so many issues with selling and buying from China, it's mind-blowing... Half of the buyers/sellers I have encountered are out to screw people over. It's disgusting.

[@Osyris108]

I needed a case for my phone, N they no longer made cases for my type of phone. I went on eBay and I ordered an otterbox, a week and a half later a beat up package comes in the mail and inside of the package IS an otter-box- Only the front attachment and half of the rubber like back, the plastic on the front screen is missing its f*cking nasty as h*ll, and theres a note attached to it: -This case has a certified lifetime warentee. So instead of getting money back from eBay, I contacted the OtterBox company and they gave me a FULL refund for something I didn't even buy from them AND gave me a extra case for my type of phone custom made. Haha, middle finger to that scammer, I found some real, nice people!

[@roxcyn]

I'm glad that you had a happy ending. Hopefully you reported the seller.

[@Osyris108]

roxcyn I gave them a big fat thumbs DOWN

[@jimdent351]

Punishment for theft in China is very harsh. I would contact the police over there, and have this person investigated.

[@johnkuang123]

Ebay got buyer and seller protection, if you open a case saying the item is not what its been said then you can tell ebay and ebay will send your money back, and then ebay will deal with the buyer. So there is no worry about being scammed.

[@ThomasWilliams848403]

aww that sound good to my ears

[@Babdan]

The yellow tape is official Chinese Post Tape, they might open it to check if there is any dangerous thing, but this doesn't seem like that scenario.

[@valerief1231]

What was the final outcome, were you reimbursed?

[@coffiestar1743]

Never did never will buy from EBay, I only buy Amazon items fulfilled by Amazon. If I buy from a seller its because they have 100% positive

[@SlowlyLosinIt]

SAME........EXACT.......SHIT........HAPPENED TO ME! Did eBay tell you that the buyer isnt at fault because, "we [ebay] only told them to send SOMETHING back, not the actual device"? That's what they told me.

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

+SlowlyLosinIt Are you kidding me? That's what Ebay told you? Daaauuumm! o.O

[@gregc7699]

there is if u use paypal

[@sheyamazing8069]

+SlowlyLosinIt look for me i see their ratings and how many items they have shipped just look beside their name and that's how many items they have shipped and below that is their ratings positive and negative.

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

shey amazing And never order something from someone who has a 100% rating yet has been "shipping" lots of items for a long time. ;) You just KNOW something fishy is going on, since no one - not even the best - can get a 100% rating (maybe if only shipped a few items, but that's about it).

[@aptarmbps]

+TheOpelkoenjas Ive sold over 645 items and maintain %100 positive feedback

[@billyrigney4455]

JUST SO EBAY SELLERS ARE AWARE: A buyer has up to 45 days with eBay to decide if they want to return an item for a refund - which in itself is ridiculous. If they pay via PAYPAL which most people do and the 45 day period is over with eBay...PAYPAL give them 180 DAYS to decide if they want a refund. This means that items can be used, soiled or broken and the buyer can file a claim saying the item wasn't as described in the original eBay listing and PAYPAL will immediately take the money from your account and give it back to the buyer. Do you know what the kicker is? THE BUYER IS NOT EVEN OBLIGED TO RETURN THE ITEM BACK TO THE SELLER. Ebay sellers have been treated like dirt all along and it is getting worse so please just take the above information into mind before shipping out your goods. I live In the UK and I am unsure if this applies to other countries so it is probably a good idea to look into this for yourself just to be safe. Be careful out there.

[@DukeOfKidderminster]

What was the outcome of this case?

[@karpetcabin]

Ebay was closed down

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

I have been an EBay goods buyer since 2006... and I have bought a LOT of goods on EBay. The goods have come from just about every corner of the planet. I only purchase via PayPal and, only once in all those years, did a buyer try to rip me off.... PayPal and Ebay sorted him out and I was refunded in full by PayPal... I read the goods on offer descriptions very carefully, before I commit to buying them...taking particular note of the postage costs (this is where shifty sellers can get greedy). Ironically, I have found that Chinese sellers rarely charge for postage or shipping. I have bought quite a lot of items from China and I have never had a problem. I live in Australia and I now am reluctant to purchase anything from the USA because of the ridiculous shipping costs the Americans add to their goods... In many cases, I can actually purchase the same goods from the UK, where the shipping costs are minuscule compared to the USA....and the UK is a lot further away from me. Example: I recently wanted to purchase three identical mobile phone covers.... USA $7 each PLUS $43 shipping..... UK (Ireland actually) $6 each - Plus $10 registered mail. Regardless of whether you buy something on line or over a shop counter, there is always a risk of being ripped off in one way or another. The human hunger for money is a sad reality in this World today.

[@martyrayh.2976]

Never sell or buy anything from China

[@andrewcook2397]

most of the items you buy in USA is made in china

[@andrewcook2397]

some USA made stuff is crap also

[@madeinuk68]

MartyRay H. I have had some great stuff from China.You just need to be careful and do your homework before you splash your cash.Like anywhere else in the world,there are criminals and unscrupulous people.You can't blame a whole nation for a few bad apples.

[@BMarauder]

i've bought tons of stuff from dealextreme and aliexpress and never had a single problem

[@wesss9353]

MartyRay H. how is shopping at Walmart working out?

[@SqueekyBums]

Must say, the seller's reaction as he opened the packet was odd. Almost as if he had seen the fraudulent content before, sealed it up, then got the camera.

[@beautyfulldoll11]

Wouldn't he have already paid first before shipping though?

[@lalanaturale]

With eBay you pay first but the seller doesn't get the money until the buyer receives it and confirms it the item they ordered

[@PatrickBaptist]

+lalanaturale Untrue depending on your account status, for small and newbie a seller doesn't have to wait all that time if they have been on ebay long enough, but all the same if someone opens a claim against me they will remove the funds from my bank account or hold funds that I have in my paypal to cover that transaction if it goes bad.

[@sadiqueallison8494]

+lalanaturale .. Question. So does this mean that your out your product and didn't get money? If you out both , does EBay help in this case in anyway?

[@PatrickBaptist]

Sadique Allison If you actually read the paypal thing, if someone opens a claim against you then you are not protected by the seller protection scam, I mean program. Ebay doesn't give a fart about us sellers, I've been selling on there on and off since 2000.

[@sadiqueallison8494]

wow smarter security equal smarter crooks .. that just stinks

[@DrSuperbian]

Sorry this happened to you. I had the same thing happen with some Chinese foreign-student in OH. Sold a brand-new sealed item, and they returned it, after opening it and ruining the value, claiming parts were missing.

[@ritadougherty271]

I'm guessing it was a person in customs or a postal person who took your phone and replaced it with their phone... The person buying it would have already paid for it (I hope) so you wouldn't be out the money unless you reimbursed the customer before you saw what was sent back to you... I think you and the customer were both scammed because the customer never probably received your item... That really sucks there are so many dishonest people out there... You run a good honest business and then something like this happens... I'm really sorry this happened to you and possibly one of your loyal customers

[@roccoprice988]

your good man you proved alot and no need to be scared just think your unopening a package by your self

[@SquidOfOverkill]

how much do you want for the fake one?

[@rsanchez7111]

I am a buyer. And I have 1 rule. Do not buy from another country you never know. Plus eBay don't do crap about it. All they care is their share

[@furlong08857]

As a seller on ebay i go through the same crap lol, i take video of the stuff before sending off and if it returned i take another video, . I win 95% of the time.

[@garybarnet3488]

I have only sold a few items, but always take video evidence on what is packaged and when posting the same item. I have never yet had a problem, but I am prepared because of the efforts of people on these sites. I also take videos of unpacking everything I buy, but that started after I received what was supposed to be a 2TB external HDD which turned out to be a 8GB flash drive inside the correct case with 2x nuts and bolts glued in place to give weight to the item. The seller at first argued that I was trying to rip them off after I tested the unit with HDDscan, but stopped communicating when photos were posted. I got a refund.

[@pcl1717]

I'm an ebay seller and buyer in Canada. I ONLY sell to the USA and Canada now. I was shafted for an item to France 10 years ago and stopped sales anywhere outside our 2 countries. When I buy from the USA, I ONLY buy from sellers that DON'T use the GSP. GSP adds triple shipping and taxes for anything over $20-$30. Never sell overseas or south of the border.

[@gumpenglish1]

ebay always go on the side of the buyer not the seller

[@Jen-wh4pt]

Lol I just typed this user into eBay and found him. In the feedback section I saw your comment about going to KZbin And watching the video. Did you get your money back. And the phone? I've had a couple of problems myself with eBay-not this bad though, and I've found eBay takes the buyers side :/

[@cascooter]

Never ship high value items outside the u.s., not worth the hassle

[@rogerbrandt6678]

Buy and sell locally, eBay will scam you sooner or later.

[@petten33]

scammers are theives/ criminals and need to be exposed. Thankyou, for sharing this. Sorry that you got burned, bro.

[@stankwho]

Never ship to China

[@zummagonzalez5096]

Thank you for confirming my decision to never sell anything to overseas customers.

[@amberlynnlillys9589]

after hearing a bunch of shit I'll never buy from eBay go amazon! or Facebook groups lmao

[@sexymonkey4979]

Jason Victor i love ebay never been scammed user since 05

[@nunyabiznez6381]

You obviously didn't watch the video. It was a bout a buyer who scammed a seller not the other way around.

[@amberlynnlillys9589]

nunya biznez yo I maybe missed that part but the world's full of goofs and low life's shit happens all the time if you did not get fucked over good for you. go try it it sucks try being on the other side kid!!! untill then don't correct me yo not cool...

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I've been a buyer and seller on Ebay since 1999 and I have been scammed several times. As a seller I shipped gold jewelry to a woman who then turned around and kept it and then complained to Ebay that the item was not real gold. I knew it was real gold because I used to work for the manufacturer of the item and I worked on the assembly line and made the actual item myself out of gold that I tested in the factory. So they conned Ebay into letting them get a refund from me without returning the item. The good news is that I was able to keep my reputation with a perfect rating and I got to keep their payment and Ebay was the one who lost out not me. I have had several sellers scam me. The worst one was when a seller took $300 and then made up every excuse in the book for not shipping the item to me. When I finally gave up and filed a complaint, Ebay told me it was too late. This was early on in my membership and it was when I discovered that law enforcement will do absolutely nothing. No law enforcement agency will take a report unless both the victim and the criminal were in their jurisdiction at the time the crime took place. The FBI won't involve itself in interstate crimes of money unless they crime involves an amount over $300,000.00, this according to the Boston FBI office. That was 15 years ago so the threshold is probably higher now. I was finally able to get ebay to give me a partial refund but I ended up losing $50 of my payment for Ebay's processing fees. A few years later there was a class action law suit and Ebay was ordered to refund 100% of payments to buyers when they get scammed by a seller. This may sound like enough to deter anyone from buying but I have purchased thousands of items from Ebay and only got scammed about half a dozen times. So 99.7% of sellers are honest and legitimate. The best policy is to simply be careful, read the entire description before bidding and understand what various trade words mean. For example, there are over a hundred different trade words for "gold plated" that someone who is not familiar with gold will not understand or realize it isn't real gold. If you just bought something that normally sells for $500 and you only paid $50, you probably are not going to get what you think you paid for. If you are buying an expensive item make sure you thoroughly check out the sellers reputation, their ratings and customer feedback and make sure they have been established for a few years. Do not buy a $10,000 gold necklace from someone who has been on Ebay only a month, sells nothing but high end gold jewelry, has a feedback score of 7 and a rating of 50% and sells out of China. That should be obvious but you'd be surprised at the number of buyers who don't bother looking before they bid and then it's too late. Also watch out for shipping scams. a lot of sellers will sell a $20 item for $1 then charge you $19 extra in shipping. When you get the item you find out it is not what was described but then you have to ship it back and you will only be refunded the $1 purchase price. Sellers should NEVER sell outside the United States or the country they are selling from unless the buyer is long standing and even then I don't advise it. It is incredibly difficult to fix a problem when the buyer is outside the country, especially if there is a language barrier. Plus you would be shocked at how much customs red tape there is for some nations. You can go to prison for shipping some electronic items to certain countries. Several countries don't permit you to ship items made of gold or precious metals to them. You can't ship certain kinds of collectibles to some countries, for example, you can't ship nazi related items to Germany. When shipping be ultra careful when packaging. Most breakage is due to ignorant shippers thinking they can just put a fragile glass antique in a bubble wrap shipping bag and nothing bad will happen. Each fragile item should be well cushioned and then each should get it's own separate corrugated cardboard box with packing between smaller boxes and all put in one large double walled congregated box. Carriers won't refund or honor insurance if you ship loose fragile items or package them improperly. I once had a seller ship me a collection of antique glass bottles all loose in a cardboard box. The collection cost me $150 + $30 in shipping. Of course not a single bottle survived. For some idiotic reason the seller thought that placing a label that said "fragile-glass" would magically protect the package. Sellers should know that the claims process for the post office can take up to six months during which time you are out the refund you sent your buyer. Buyers should NEVER let a seller talk them into making the claim. They will NEVER get their refund. This is because they only recognize the shipper as the holder of the insurance policy. By the time you figure it out you have long passed the Ebay complaint deadline. Make sure all addresses are current. I made this mistake. I thought I would only have to change my address once when I moved but when you go on Ebay there are about five separate places where you have to enter a new address and phone number. Make sure you get them all because you may end up losing an item and not get refunded since it was sent to the wrong address. I believe they have separate addresses for correspondence, returns, shipping destinations, physical residence and shipping origination if memory serves me correctly. If you miss one you may pay for your mistake like I did. I lost $100 that way. When I first signed up for Ebay there was only one address so I didn't know any better.

[@amberlynnlillys9589]

nunya biznez see then you know what's up not everyone can be trusted and everytime I think about buying or some shit like like I usealy get fucked in the end so I kinda have a Lagit reason to bitch about it when I buy game and other shit that costs alot and it turns out to be a waste of money and time that's all I wus saying I'm trying to help so other don't get fucked like ppl like us make sense do you want others to get fucked there's no trust then no one would buy off each other. anymore if that were the case? Lol

[@brianj123458]

first of all only sale in the United States but can you update us on what came about from this

[@pustulio81]

Now everyone knows where you live!!! :D

[@craycray9852]

That's why I don't sell anything on eBay. The customer is always right. There are plenty of other websites you can sell that offer better protection to the seller and the buyer. Like "Letgo" or "Amazon". Did you end up getting your money back?

[@yeonsharien]

if u use cheap shipping cost.. get ready to lose everything..

[@stormyalice]

This. This so much.

[@Rostov_V]

+Yeon Sha ???????????

[@curtisgilford3108]

+Harry Murray lmao

[@meldiaz9174]

You can restrict over seas buyers and just sell to certain areas you can also appeal cases and report the buy to their fraud department and get a police incident report

[@rkl08551]

still better than the real one... *anytime

[@bucketsaremyfriend]

Why would you ship anything to China in the first place? Especially an expensive smart phone. Did you actually expect anything different would happen?

[@bonsaitreehouse5534]

Don't they make the iphones in China?

[@rastaman4813]

bonsai treehouse They do

[@rogantu]

at least you were a good seller. I got scammed by a seller asking for a package to be returned and when I disputed a case he sent ebay different tracking information than he sent me showing it had arrived at a address. Of course ebay just said it showed my address, but I never got to see that tracking information even after requesting it privately. So I went on a 54 minute long phone call and eventually got a refund because the tracking information was not right. The tracing info I got even said delivered, but it was to a city and no address. And yes, with that same information I got to know that the package had been returned to ebay.

[@lanksterprice]

I dont but phones from ebay... You should always buy local and deal with them...

[@HobbyOrganist]

The package was opened in custom's no doubt, they WILL open any and all mail from overseas

[@LewisPhot]

you would be stupid to buy an iphone on ebay anyway....

[@LewisPhot]

he wasnt the seller

[@Grogidubnus]

He was selling an iPhone. The package was returned. Did you even watch the video?

[@LewisPhot]

what video? there was a video on this page?

[@LewisPhot]

haha sure *****

[@LewisPhot]

***** Buy* i had to ;)

[@pauls5745]

thank you for documenting this! I'm sorry for anyone this scam happens to :_(

[@rocketleagegamerkyle3872]

the cuts could be customs as it came from china ...:)

[@StarPowerCali]

Exactly....the yellow tape is customs. I buy from china daily. The "Chinese ebay" iOffer the money goes into escrow so seller does not get paid until you get item and are happy, Why go get ripped off on ebay or Walmart when you can get great prices straight from China. Sell the on craigslist of on the street . I make about $2.000 a week easy like a pimp

[@DJtraderAU]

Star Power What site in China do you use?

[@mikejwomack9597]

Star Power I offer sucks now

[@ChrisSparke]

I recommend everyone record getting back their returns, shipping it, and even unboxing them. It'll help in the future.

[@patterdalezipsuzilil]

stick to your own country postage avoid china simple

[@VendhanMetal]

Sorry for your loss .... I can understand your feelings.....

[@Tommy369x]

Bro the fellow tape is by China post

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

+james yao Which makes me think that someone in the postal office is the scammer and thief, not the buyer.

[@Tommy369x]

Haha

[@robjackson4050]

+james yao or the buyer could be someone in the postal office

[@BrandonPoirierBlair]

+rob jackson the perfect crime

[@Unsound_advice]

"It's complete scam, well known on the internet" best part of the video.

[@retiredpipefitterart5239]

You say Chinese peepur clooks? You lacist!

[@zonie1953]

You made me fall out of my chair on that one !

[@retiredpipefitterart5239]

***** Only if you kiss my ass first.

[@retiredpipefitterart5239]

***** No Im a lacist but I do rike flied lice. You rike eating doggies? How dey taste?

[@retiredpipefitterart5239]

***** Oh come on grow a sense of humour . Lifes too short to be offended by every little thing.

[@retiredpipefitterart5239]

***** Im of Latvian descent. You can say whatever the fuck you want about them, it wont bother me even if it were true.More important things to be concerned about than that. But I will say Im sorry if you were offended.

[@719Don1]

Thanks for making the video!!!!!! Ebay does NOTHING to stop this shit from happening!!!

[@WeRunRunescape]

Lol at people saying you shouldn't buy/sell on ebay. Millions of people do without problem! I've sold/bought hundreds if not thousands of items from paper to cars! Only ever had 1 bad experience where a customer wanted to return an item for no reason but I got it back in good shape just lost out on postage. You just need to be careful. Never sell to low feedback buyers. Never send to china/africa ect.

[@paulalexander2928]

I sympathize with you but what did you expect from China home of the scam.

[@PatrickBaptist]

That really sucks, so what happened in the end?

[@andrebertrand9071]

okay so for many people who don't understand what the yellow tape is, i will teach and educate you on this matter, when Chinese sellers send stuff to USA or Europe or any part of the world the Chinese customs will open the package to check if there is counterfeits, so they open the packages and then they will close it back and tape it with that yellow tape that has the Chinese language so that they can mark it as checked

[@BritishRail60062]

This is exactly why I only sell items within the same country (UK), United States and the EU. Arseholes like ai2013 are part of the reason that most countries no longer have access to my listings :).

[@BritishRail60062]

***** That is exactly why I no longer post worldwide. I got scammed once and I was damn determined that it would never happen again. Commercial traders are covered by insurance against most losses I think. But for a private seller. £105 is a lot of money to lose not to mention that the rogue buyer can still leave the seller negative feedback on top of this (talk about adding insult to injury here). The odds are well stacked against the seller in terms of international trading and its not bloody fair mate :(. On the positive side, all my UK selling has been trouble-free and I always put the buyer first as I pack my items extremely generously :).

[@BritishRail60062]

***** I am sorry to hear that mate. Those f**kers should be strung up by their balls for doing shit like that. Just be careful mate and don't open anything if it looks strange as HMRC never send file attachments to people usually. Talking of scams, I have recently had some spoof e-mails from PayPal and eBay saying that my account is restricted/terminated. I'm like "yeah right!" and I just forward them to PayPal and eBay to investigate without opening them. They are convincing bastards to the untrained eye. But having worked in the security field, I know all the tricks in the books and these fraudulent scuzzbags would need to try harder than that to outsmart me :). Just keep this in the back of your head mate, if it sounds too good to be true - it most likely is.

[@ThomasWilliams848403]

***** you rite about that they always find a better way to get around it and it so crazy

[@DinoTheDinosaurROAR]

Tell me why I thought he was sticking everything to the wall 😂😂

[@markbrennan1756]

Chinese rarely shipped in box. They just toss it in a bag and shipped it. Keep in mind, been in bottom of 1 ton crate inside cargo are more likely to be damaged. I brought myself Mach 3 razor for $5 with free shipping, received it inside a plastic bag and razor was cracked.

[@dsalpha18]

Thank you for the post, i have added the scammer to my block list.

[@chelly63]

As you posted this , it would be nice to know the outcome, had the buyer paid you? What was the outcome? Really hope that it was resolved in your favour

[@M0RPED]

I remember buying a jacket from a Chinese seller on Amazon, got the wrong jacket, seller asked me to send it back to get the right jacket. I didn't bother knowing I would get scammed again and gave the jacket to my brother. Moral of this story don't buy from Chinese online.

[@ThePaperWitch]

For future reference when you sell someone something on eBay and they want to return do not send them their money until you get the product back any big company would do the same thing they would send you a return postage and then they would send the item and then they would then send the money back once they got the item