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<p>[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 1954141, member: 60292"]I'm sure some of you old time eBay sellers have received this message before. Well I got my first one today. The message basically states that all bids placed by a certain buyer are being canceled and that I will be receiving a Final Value Fee (FVF) credit as well as Insertion Fee (IF) credit (the credits have already been applied to my account). It also says that the buyer is no longer a member. This leads me to believe the buyer may have been banned for doing something fraudulent. My guess would be they were buying coins using a stolen credit card or something like that, but I don't know for sure. The member was new and still hasn't reached 1 month (member since June 27th, 2014). It should also be noted that this buyer made a bunch of purchases in the short time he was an active member.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm guessing since eBay has credited FVF and IF, they may ultimately be deducting the funds from my PayPal account. I've read on other forums that sometimes PayPal (or the CC company) eats the loss and does not deduct the funds. I have no idea if that's true or not. The problem I have in all this is that I have already shipped the item (purchase was made on 7-7-2014) and eBay's message was received today (7-20-2014). Luckily for me the item is not of high value (less than $10). However since it was not of high value, I didn't use tracking in my shipping. I'm guessing this could be an issue if PayPal requests proof that the item was shipped. My bigger concern is this happening again in the future, and possibly on an item of higher value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm curious to know how it turned out for others who have gone through this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 1954141, member: 60292"]I'm sure some of you old time eBay sellers have received this message before. Well I got my first one today. The message basically states that all bids placed by a certain buyer are being canceled and that I will be receiving a Final Value Fee (FVF) credit as well as Insertion Fee (IF) credit (the credits have already been applied to my account). It also says that the buyer is no longer a member. This leads me to believe the buyer may have been banned for doing something fraudulent. My guess would be they were buying coins using a stolen credit card or something like that, but I don't know for sure. The member was new and still hasn't reached 1 month (member since June 27th, 2014). It should also be noted that this buyer made a bunch of purchases in the short time he was an active member. I'm guessing since eBay has credited FVF and IF, they may ultimately be deducting the funds from my PayPal account. I've read on other forums that sometimes PayPal (or the CC company) eats the loss and does not deduct the funds. I have no idea if that's true or not. The problem I have in all this is that I have already shipped the item (purchase was made on 7-7-2014) and eBay's message was received today (7-20-2014). Luckily for me the item is not of high value (less than $10). However since it was not of high value, I didn't use tracking in my shipping. I'm guessing this could be an issue if PayPal requests proof that the item was shipped. My bigger concern is this happening again in the future, and possibly on an item of higher value. I'm curious to know how it turned out for others who have gone through this.[/QUOTE]
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