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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rbm86, post: 42372, member: 854&quot;]Actually, no, the seller did not get &quot;hijacked&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what happened:&nbsp; The seller sold about 300 video games to 250 buyers, got positive feedback on all of them.&nbsp; This took place over 3 months.&nbsp; Then seller then went on a selling blitz, selling about 1000 or so video games within 2 weeks that he never intended to deliver, and ran off with the money.&nbsp; I got duped by the 250 / 100% rating (as did about 1000 others), and the immediate positive feedback.&nbsp; I overlooked the &quot;newness&quot; of the seller, and frankly, it never crossed my mind that such a scheme might be taking place.&nbsp; Had I known to scrutininze the number of video games available for sale at the time, compared with the previous volume, I might not have bid.&nbsp; But, as they say, hindsight is 20/20.&nbsp; Hate to admit it, but it was a clever scheme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, I only lost $30.&nbsp; I could have filed a claim with Ebay, but it would have been a pain, and there is a $25 deductible.&nbsp; I complained to Ebay and suggested that they waive the deductible because they let the scheme take place, but all I got were &quot;form letter&quot; responses, and I just lost interest in pursuing it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I did learn from it, and I have seen this scheme repeated several times, even with coins.&nbsp; So, if you see a seller has built feedback selling a bunch of cheap coins, then suddenly has dozens of MS-66 Morgans for sale, watch out!!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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