Ebay Scams: A Buyers Guild to Scam Free Shopping
Save Your Money, Starve the Scammers!
Ebay is a buyers dream but if you are not careful that dream can become a nightmare. Unfortunately ebay buyers new and old can sometimes fall prey to scams and dishonest sellers. There is nothing worse than getting that much awaited package only to find out that your item is not what you expected it to be, or you win an item only to do a search and find you could have payed far less. If you follow just a few simple steps you can avoid these unfortunate experiences.
The most important thing to remember when you are considering bidding is: check the sellers feedback. As a buyer this is your most powerful resource. Check the sellers score and read a few of the comments. If there is a lot of recent negative feedback you may want to reconsider. Also if there is very little feedback bid with caution. Ask questions before you bid. If you place a bid then receive information that would cause you to not want that item you cannot retract your bid just for this reason. Find out all of the information on the item up for bid. If the seller takes a very long time to respond or never responds at all take this as a warning sign.
Use common sense went placing a bid. It is very easy to get caught up in the excitement of the moment and forget this simple rule. Stop, take a brief pause, now think for a moment. Is it realistic for a solid 18k gold wedding band to be $16.99? Yes there are those rare occasion were you can find a steal like this but common sense tells us that this is not very likely. Only bid if you can afford to take the loss financial. To avoid overpaying always check the shipping. That super deal may not be so great when you find the seller is charging $30 to ship a 1/2 pound package from a few states away. It is generally accepted that all sellers 'skim' a little from the shipping and handling but you must again use your common sense here. It is up to you, the buyer, to decide what you are willing to pay for shipping.
One very basic rule to avoid overpaying is always do more than one search. You may think that you have found the perfect item, but if you take the first one you see you may find yourself overpaying. Check around a little more, if the auction has some time left check back in a few hours to see what is available.
Using little common sense and a few precautionary measures, you can foil the ebay scam artists.
Published by Lina E.
My name is Lina. I am the mother of a preschooler, a toddler, and a baby girl. We live in the DC Metropolitan area. I am a homemaker and write freelance. View profile
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14 Comments
Post a CommentYou absolutely can not go wrong with Indotalisman. As unbelievable as it may sound the products work as described as long as you follow the directions. The difficulty of following the directions varies among the different products, some easy - some considerably harder. Luxmore (it is his website) will be happy to explain via email. I have never seen anything like this stuff anywhere else and I have looked (except for IGOS/IGAS - now defunct). As far as being a scam company, this guy is definitely a liar. There is no way. This company got products to me from half way around the world just as fast as companies in my same country do. THAT is service! Try them, their products will blow your mind.
I have been ripped off by Ebay for the last time!
THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS RALPH GUY WITH ALL MY RESPECT TO EVERY ONE PLEASE DO NOT BUY HOUNTED THINGS AT EBAY I AM AN AMERICAN AND I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT BUYING HOUNTED STUFF FROM EBAYIS NOT TRUE IS FAKE AND A SCAM STOP THE SCAMMERS STOP THE RIPOFFS PUT THEM BACK TO WORK AND MAKE THEM STARVE IS NOT WORTH IT THEY NEED TO WORK LIKE WE ALL DO.YOU ALL KNOW WORK WORK AND WORK.
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT SELLS HOUNTED STUFF AT EBAY IS NOT RIGHT IT IS NOT AUTHENTIC AT ALL THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE OUTHERE CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT IS HORRIBLE THIS TO BE HAPPENING PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY REMEMBER AS LONG AS YOU ALL GIVE THEM MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS TOTALLY FAKE YOU ARE ALL GOING TO REGRET IT CAUSE THEY ALL LAUGH YOUR MONEY TO THE BANK THIS ONLY HAPPENS AT EBAY BUT IT IS NOT ON CRAIGSLIST.THESE PEOPLE AT EBAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE FORTUNES WITH THOSE FAKE HOUNTED STUFF THINK AGAIN BEFORE IS TOO LATE.
HOUNTED NEWPORT TRESURES LIARS AND PURE SCAMMERS ALL ALONG THE WAY ON EBAY THEY USED TO SELL FOR $9.99 AND NOW THEY RAISED UP THEIR PRICES TO $19.99 NOW IS THIS A REAL SCAM YES IT IS A REAL BIG SCAM IT IS JUST OUTRAGEUS WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO FOR BIG BUCKS AND I MEAN BIG HUGE BUCKS SAVE YOUR MONEY IS NOT WORTH BUYING FROM NONE OF THEM AT ALL NOT EVEN THAT NORSE WARLOCK AND NO ONE SELLING FAKE HOUNTED STUFF.HOPE YOU ALL READ THIS ARTICLE.AND THINK ABOUT IT AND DON'T BE FOOLED BY THEM.
I was looking on the post that was made by ralph and I really can't belive that he would try to discredit indotalisman. It's really funny that it was posted right after larry made his comment. Why do bogus sellers always try to discredit the real thing. I bought my product from indotalisman and It arrived here in Jamaica in less than 2 weeks.
Do not buy items from hounted newport treasures these people are scammers big timelook at their feed back just fake to make them look good on ebay.Scam and nothing but a big scam from these people first of all who are they?Just taking money from people out there that work for thier money and bidding on thier auction com on everyone we all know these people don't work they just want to make money off others.they might be sitting around the whole day lauhging saying how stupid others are everyones money to thier bank acct.and drinking beer and having parties with other peoples money
Do not buy items from hounted newport treasures these people are scammers big timelook at their feed back just fake to make them look good on ebay.Scam and nothing but a big scam from these people first of all who are they?Just taking money from people out there that work for thier money and bidding on thier auction com on everyone we all know these people don't work they just want to make money off others.they might be sitting around the whole day lauhging everyones money to thier bank acct.and drinking beer and having parties with other peoples money
THESE PEOPLE HOUNTED NEWPORT TREASURES THEY SCAMMED ME BIG TIME ONCE THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM EBAY IMMIDIATLY.LOOK AT THIS COMMENT AND THINK $9.99 ENDING IN $200.00+ THATS NOT RIGHT IN ITEMS THAT DON'T EVEN WORK READ THIS COMMENT AND THINK DEEPLY WHEN YOU GET YOUR MONEY AND GIVE IT TO THESE PEOPLE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHO THEY REALLY ARE IN REAL LIFE.THEY DON'T EVEN RESERVE THE PRICE CAUSE ALL THEY WANT IS INNOCENT PEOPLES MONEY!!!THESE PEOPLE MIGHT BE GYPSYS THAT ONCE THEY HAVE THE MONEY THEY NEED THEY JUST TAKE OFF FROM OTHER HONEST PEOPLES MONEY THEY MAKE WITH TRUE WORK.HOUNTED NEWPORT TRESURES ARE SCAMMERS SCAMMERS AND SCAMMERS.JUST BID TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END.YOU'LL BE LUCKY IF YOU PAY $9.99 THATS THE STARING PRICE.NOT LONG FROM NOW EVERY ONE THAT BID ON THESE PEOPLE.THEY WILL ALL BE SORRY IN THEIR LIVES I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING CAUSE SOMETHING EXTREMLY BAD HAPPENED TO ME WATCH OUT EVERYONE THESE ITEMS ARE CURSED FOR GOOD.
hey ralph r u serious? i was gonna buy stuff from indotalisman. i live in New York City. what did u buy?