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Playstation 3 Hardware \ Just scored a pal ps3 on ebay for $850!!!

Zhaz
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Hate to say it H4mmersmit, but you've been scammed. If you check out kortron915s profile now, he is no longer a registered user, which is usually a sign he has taken the money and done a runner.

Hopefully you can try and get some money back.

I would have been suspicious of the items he purchased, not sold, to gain positive feedback. His last transactions he purchased were a RAZR phone in US dollars, and a data cable for 99c. Scammers will purchase small items to bump up their positive feedback, and then start selling items at a too good to be true price so they can pocket the money and take off.
21/03/2007
Whykickamoocow
hijakkk
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Mates: 142
ohhhh!!! damn.!!!!!!!!!!!!
21/03/2007
SyDNeY. PSN= deejay01
piti
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Bad luck H4mmersmit, Thats why I never purchase consoles online, I feel sorry for you man
21/03/2007
Sydney
reags
Kudos: 1,437
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unlucky - you should always ask for a contact number and ring first hand. Hope you can recoup some of your losses
21/03/2007
Outside your window, behind those trees..
ccs
Kudos: 222
Mates: 27
I hate it when this happens, because it gives the thousands of great eBay sellers a slap in the face. By loosing potential customers, as he will not buy from eBay for a long long time, if ever.
21/03/2007
Brisbane
zfishes
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you have his banking info
go to the police or something
21/03/2007
Sydney, Australia
Dante_10
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zfishes said: you have his banking info
go to the police or something



yeah then sue the very pants off of him and get double the money you paid
21/03/2007
Sydney, NSW
H4mmersmit
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Haha yeah i've been freaking out a bit this morning, calling my bank etc. but they cant help me apparently I basically have to wait 15 days and then do the ebay fraud claim thing to get a crappy $375 back. Although the guy e-mailed me after i asked him why his account has been restricted and yeah he said that an unauthorised user has accessed his account and ebay have restricted it because of that. But i'm still a bit skeptical, would be totally awesome if i got it but yeah...
21/03/2007
Launceston, Tasmania
Shadowblade
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Try to obtain as much information about this seller from his email acct...
21/03/2007
@HOME...
Dante_10
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H4mmersmit said: Haha yeah i've been freaking out a bit this morning, calling my bank etc. but they cant help me apparently I basically have to wait 15 days and then do the ebay fraud claim thing to get a crappy $375 back. Although the guy e-mailed me after i asked him why his account has been restricted and yeah he said that an unauthorised user has accessed his account and ebay have restricted it because of that. But i'm still a bit skeptical, would be totally awesome if i got it but yeah...



but did he say he was going to send it though ?
21/03/2007
Sydney, NSW
H4mmersmit
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Yeah, i'm saving all e-mails i recieve and i already have his so called name and bank details etc. So yeah see how it goes.
21/03/2007
Launceston, Tasmania
zfishes
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Dante_10 said:

H4mmersmit said: Haha yeah i've been freaking out a bit this morning, calling my bank etc. but they cant help me apparently I basically have to wait 15 days and then do the ebay fraud claim thing to get a crappy $375 back. Although the guy e-mailed me after i asked him why his account has been restricted and yeah he said that an unauthorised user has accessed his account and ebay have restricted it because of that. But i'm still a bit skeptical, would be totally awesome if i got it but yeah...



but did he say he was going to send it though ?



i think the owner of the account probably dont know anything
21/03/2007
Sydney, Australia
Shadowblade
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See if you can contact the bank to verify the details you have been given...
21/03/2007
@HOME...
Dante_10
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zfishes said:

Dante_10 said:

H4mmersmit said: Haha yeah i've been freaking out a bit this morning, calling my bank etc. but they cant help me apparently I basically have to wait 15 days and then do the ebay fraud claim thing to get a crappy $375 back. Although the guy e-mailed me after i asked him why his account has been restricted and yeah he said that an unauthorised user has accessed his account and ebay have restricted it because of that. But i'm still a bit skeptical, would be totally awesome if i got it but yeah...



but did he say he was going to send it though ?



i think the owner of the account probably dont know anything





what a dumbass seller
21/03/2007
Sydney, NSW
H4mmersmit
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Hey all, i decided to do some burrowing into this guys details and it seems a bit more legit. His bank and post code are both located in victoria thanks to google earth and a bsb finder BUT it still could be fraudulent. Fingers crossed!!
21/03/2007
Launceston, Tasmania
piti
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Well for your sake I hope you didn't get scammed 800 dollers is alot of money
21/03/2007
Sydney
Kirbstar
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Ouch, I pitty u man. This is why my dad never buys anything from the Internet, even safe sites like Ebay.

He only purchases stuff with a website that evry1 uses and that is a major seller (like a big company).

Well the cool thing would be if u got that PS3
21/03/2007
Behind the tree outside your window, Victoria
H4mmersmit
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Woo! More hope has arrived! The seller has sent me an e-mail saying that he has sent off the playstation 3 today so shoukd be here mid next week! My faith in ebay is slowly rising back up again
22/03/2007
Launceston, Tasmania
ThreeSixty
Kudos: 28
Mates: 0
Goodluck with that..looks dodgy as..i dont understand why you bought a console off Ebay when there out here in a few days
22/03/2007
Upercombuckter West
reags
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Mates: 37
Hows the warranty gonna work?
22/03/2007
Outside your window, behind those trees..
Winnie
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Good luck... but how can anybody sell a PAL PS3 for that much? Seems to good to be true for me...
22/03/2007
Melbourne
zfishes
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Mates: 76
ask for a tracking number
22/03/2007
Sydney, Australia
Kirbstar
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i bet the seller is jst gonna buy one on launch then send it
22/03/2007
Behind the tree outside your window, Victoria
H4mmersmit
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Kirbstar said: i bet the seller is jst gonna buy one on launch then send it



Yeah thats what i'm thinking but hey not a problem! The reason why i bought it because it was cheaper, either way if it comes i saved some monies if not then oh well life goes on haha.
22/03/2007
Launceston, Tasmania
zfishes
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Mates: 76
hopefully for ur sake it arrives on Monday
23/03/2007
Sydney, Australia
 
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