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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sf340flier, post: 166007, member: 5806&quot;]<b>Update</b></p><p><br /></p><p>To everyone who has been following this, I have an update to how this scam works.&nbsp; This is what I have pieced together:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Seller posts a listing on Ebay low price-no reserve.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Item sells well below market value.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Buyer pays through PayPal.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Seller allegedley prints off a shipping label through PayPal with a tracking number but does not drop the item in the mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; When viewing the tracking number on usps.gov, item is shown as something like: &quot;The Sender has electronically notified the USPS that your item will be shipped&quot;.&nbsp; Although the exact wording may vary from this.</p><p><br /></p><p>6.&nbsp; After several weeks, Buyer notifies seller that the item has not arrived.</p><p><br /></p><p>7.&nbsp; Seller offers to file the insurance claim and refund the amount less shipping, citing that the item was lost in the mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>8.&nbsp; Buyer accepts, gets refund less shipping and insurance.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; Several weeks or months pass and Seller relists item with only a small chance that the original Buyer will ever spot the relist.</p><p><br /></p><p>10.&nbsp; Seller hopes to get a higher price this time around or simply collect the shipping/insurance money and try again later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still in the process of figuring out all the details.&nbsp; In my case, the seller is claiming that a tracking number was issued via PayPal shipping, but PayPal doesn&#039;t have a record of that (nor do I).&nbsp; Also, just because a tracking number was issued doesn&#039;t mean the item was sent.</p><p><br /></p><p>This whole thing has been a learning experience for me to say the least.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll update further when the Ebay and PayPal people get back to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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