Thebay, think i have been ripped off. (Samsung Galaxy S4)

ViRuS2k · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:07

New listing just poped up and i could not resist the price £275 for a brand new unopened samsung galaxy s4 frost white simfree....

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251299352325?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

basicly i bought it and within 5 minutes paypal has completed transaction,
but when i view myebay under payed for icon, there is a egg timer and when you hover over it it says : Your payment is being processed through paypal.

the weird thing is on paypals side the transaction is complete.
i tried messaging the seller and he is not responding to my messages, i also did a seller information lookup to get his contact number : i tried ringing it and its like the number is not right or not correct wont ring...

i then contacted ebay and they say to give it a day they said that egg timer is there becuse the buyer has not accepted payment yet, *so why would paypal say payment transaction completed*

im not sure what to do now, i should not have bought something for a steal price from a low trusted person on the bay...

should i put in for a paypal dispute ?

Woden · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:09

eBay have told you exactly what to do :rolleyes:

churchhawk · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:10

I would be very surprised if someone would sell a brand new S4 at that price.

I would put a dispute in personaly, did you pay paypal via your bank or credit card?

Deadbeat · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:11

Woden said:
eBay have told you exactly what to do

This, unbunch your panties and chill for a bit

antijoke · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:11

Seems it was a quick sale hens the price. Did you pay in chicks or eggs?

On Holiday · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:12

EDIT: Oops, wrong S.. But still stupid price from a guy with 6 feedback from Birmingham.

MrMoonX · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:12

It's too good to be true it's basically a scam

Vita · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:15

Hi,

I got scammed for the same item, but from a different seller. I paid near enough £390. Do not buy from the bay.

ViRuS2k · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:15

I will give it a few days if nothing changes, i will dispute, ******* hate ebay scammers low life scum...

Please fully star out all swearing in future. Thank you.

Woden · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:16

MrMoonX said:
It's too good to be true it's basically a scam

Might not be a scam. Doesnt look like the standard S4, must be some budget version ... "Storage Capacity: 16 MB"

arknor · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:16

MrMoonX said:
It's too good to be true it's basically a scam

or someone got a new phone on there contract and want to keep there old one and just want a quick sale.

MadMatty · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:17

If hes new, paypal wont release the funds until you have confirmed receipt of the item via the feedback function. The eggtimer should disappear when the seller can actually claim it.

MrMoonX · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:20

arknor said:
or someone got a new phone on there contract and want to keep there old one and just want a quick sale.

why would you short yourself the money when you know its worth nearer £400 even for a quick sale you wouldnt let it go that cheap

ViRuS2k · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:20

Woden said:
Might not be a scam. Doesnt look like the standard S4, must be some budget version ... "Storage Capacity: 16 MB"

thats a typo, the information of the product under that is 16gb

Jono8 · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:21

Sounds too good to be true at that price....

From a look at the listing it sounds like he may have taken payment in hens instead? You missed a trick there!

Woden · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:21

MrMoonX said:
why would you short yourself the money when you know its worth nearer £400 even for a quick sale you wouldnt let it go that cheap

He would have gotten more, faster just taking it to cexchange

ViRuS2k · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:22

MadMatty said:
If hes new, paypal wont release the funds until you have confirmed receipt of the item via the feedback function. The eggtimer should disappear when the seller can actually claim it.

yeah i noticed that on my paypal payment screen a confirm receipt once i have gotten the item then i can release the funds to him i think thats pretty good, have not seen that before though i think its for new sellers....

Janesy B · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:23

Well done.

TheVoice · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:24

ViRuS2k said:
I will give it a few days if nothing changes, i will dispute, fkin hate ebay scammers low life scum...

It doesn't really help when people fall for their scams in the first place.

Earth[Tera].bin · 4 Jul 2013 at 20:24

Does it show 'unclaimed' in Paypal ? .if so just cancel the payment and it should be reversed. I paid for something recently and the same '..processing payment' message appeared, turned out the seller didn't have a paypal account until they claimed the money it was sitting in limbo. So I cancelled the payment and requested an invoice first.