Posted by crude75
I am about to buy a p900 off ebay but i want some assurance that i am not going to be ripped off. Have you herd of anyone who got ripped off
Posted by jcwhite_uk
Never been ripped off and have 250 transactions to back this up.
Posted by chemos
I think if you take a careful look at the sellers feedback you won't get ripped off. Just make sure the feedback is >95% positive and looks genuine (not different people leaving the exact same feedback message).
Posted by Sammy_boy
I so far haven't had a problem. Done probably close to 500 trades, and no problem so far.... though got a bit of a problem at the mo with someone, hopefully I haven't spoken too soon!
Posted by pikey100
check the feedback. make sure they are not all buying or all selling, and that they are not all posted within like a week of each other. Check previous other items too. if they all happen to be phones (from a private seller), then smell a rat. Get in contact with someone who won an item about 3 months or-so ago if you're still woried and ask. People generally will help out for the sake of an email.
I've never had a problem with ebay (except for some Nigerian moron who top-bidded on my old P800 and wanted it to go to Africa! we soon sorted that one out with a complaint). In fact I've had more problems buying stuff from Amazon's "used " places. They really are a bunch of fly-by-nights.
Posted by 50Cent
dont touch it
if u dont use it.. cant get scammed
Posted by solidsingh
im selling my p900, members on here will assure you that i wont rip you off mate
Posted by ambyzown
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Seems like everywhere I go there's a complaint about Nigerians. Is there anyone out there who has had good and positive dealings with Nigerians?...... Please?.....Anyone?
Posted by Sammy_boy
@ambyzown - I bet you get pretty pissed at all these sleights against your country, and I bet you've had problems buying things the moment you say you're from Nigeria!
I have to say also that the only problems I've had buying/selling have been here on Esato, once scammed for £40, and another time buying some bits and phones and none of them were as advertised - broken or missing accessories.
Posted by Kippax
I have to say that somebody selling a P900 on eBay is likely to have more problems than you trying to buy one.
Finally sold mine a few weeks ago after having to relist it twice after my auction was hijacked by an attempted scam.
They basically outbid any genuine buyers then attempt to get you to send it to relative abroad somewhere.
Like has already been said..... the key with sellers is in the feedback.
Posted by Rocky B.
Never had any real problems myself, but I know lots of peeps who have. You've just gotta be careful, and use a bit of common sense.
Posted by pikey100
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sorry mate, but i guess when you write on the ad "will ship to uk only", you see a UK winning bidder, you receive an email afterwards telling you it a present for a priest in Nigeria, and they will pay you western union (when you specify paypal only) immediatly its shipped, and THEN they get $hitty about you not wanting to complete the deal, then no, I don't have any positive word to say about dealing with Nigerians on ebay. All it does is waste peoples time, and give ebay (and decent Nigerians) a bad name. And I know it's not exclusively Nigeria. My bad Amazon experience was actually with Romanians.......
You must also realise, that pretty much everyone I know has at some point recieved these dodgy "hi, I'm a Nigerian prince and I have $6million to give you if.........". As I say, it's nothing personal, it just turns everyone off. Bigstylie.
Posted by Residentevil
And be a member for a longer time. Not just a week.
Posted by cootuk
I bought my P900 off Ebay, but it was from a person with high feedback.
The worst two things that could happen are that they take your money and don't send it (if the account has been hacked), or that they send you it then report it stolen after a few months (if they are an idiot) so they can claim a new one on insurance.
Posted by peepboon
Best thing is to...
-Check feedback
-Buy expensive purchases from long-term members whom have more than 15-20 feedback (95%)
-Check what they have sold before, anything simular
-DO NOT sell to Nigerians, sorry but I am not offending Nigerians but there is just way too many scammers from there. I too have got scammed so I now know what not to do
-Make sure they keep you updated on delivery process, etc
-Use common sense...the sellers who sell in lots, usually a minimum of say (X) units are suspicious, thier accounts could have been hacked.
Pete
Posted by jcwhite_uk
I also work on the rule that if you are not sure if it is safe listing then dont bid. So far I havent really had any problems buying or selling on ebay. I have had a couple of none paying bidders in the 2 years that I have been on ebay but that will always happen.
Posted by gardar
/me buyed great P800 from eBay
Posted by dgilmartin
I've been using ebay for over a year now and its great, the only problems I've come accross are with buyers who take ages to pay, apart from that I have complete trust in sellers.
Posted by EastCoastStar
just did my first real ebay transaction last night... we will see how it goes
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
ive bought tons off ebay, and its good, but it really depends on the seller not ebay, one time i did buy a p900 off ebay described in ecelent condition and it turned up in shite condition, and I was not happy atall
Posted by Pallister
My first meeting with ebay was a hell. Bought a z800 from a UK seller who didn`t ship the item.
Luckily for me I paid with paypal, and two months later got a full refund.....
But after that, all has gone well. Over 300 transactions, and no problems whatsoever.
As the previous posters have mentioned, it`s wise to the homework on the seller. Check feedback, which items he has sold, and stay away from western union as an option to pay...
Posted by batesie
ebay is fine. as long as you buy off someone with loads of feedback thats 100%...
Posted by jcwhite_uk
I normally check out peoples negative feedbacks, as sometimes they can be from other people who are being vengful.
Posted by mamtaj
I am doing business with ebay since 5 years and some time get problem but all time i got refund from ebay so it is trustful website to buy and sell
Posted by Syrus_20
I find eBay to be generally OK to buy from, but selling on...thats a different story. I sold my brothers phone on eBay and some guy is trying to do me over..and hard...he gonna try and scam me out by doing a buyer complaint to paypal...just wondering tho - if I have 0.00 GBP balance in my PayPal account, can they still pull funds out of my bank acc to refund the scamming ass?
Posted by Merc_Man
Yep i'm sure they can, your paypal acount will simply show as a minus figure until you put/recieve more funds.
This happened to a mate of mine, sold a phone, buyer paid with a dodgy account, my mate, transfered the cash to his bank account.
Then paypal reversed the transaction, leaving him with a minus figure.
Posted by Berry
I trusted eBay and had loads of transactions on there. However did get scammed by a charge back complaint through PayPal and got shafted big time.
Since then have used it to browse but very weary of using it.
Problem is i backed eBay to the hilt and laughed at everyone who said it was a scammers paradise....until of course it happened to me....
I think alot of the guys on here have plenty of advice and more to the point wise.
Posted by Sammy_boy
I'm hoping it's not just about to happen to me....
Sold a phone to a zero rated bidder in France, and I'm hoping he's not a chargeback scammer! He has paid via Paypal, I posted the phone yesterday, am hoping he's legit! Sent it registered mail, even had a bit of extra insurance up to the value of the phone just in case.
Posted by brix25
After almost six months as a member on eBay, I bought my first item three weeks ago, it finally arrived on Saturday and I'm pleased.
Like posters before me...check for positive feedback and always be in contact with the seller....The guy who sold me the jacket was in Korea so I asked him for a tracking number of the parcel.
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Posted by PeterKay
I have had no probs, sold and bought many items. But i do not use paypal which might be a good thing!
Posted by adramshaw
i just bought a P900 off ebay, and its perfect. You should aim to pay about £90-£100 for a fully boxed unlocked phone.
things to watch out for are : Two chips arent in the side of the screen (these are common in used P900s because the keypad just does it). No marks on the screen.
Posted by Xugaa
yep its fine, you've just got to be careful of people's feedback, even if their new. if your selling, make sure they send the money first, and if its a cheque or likewise, wait until you recieve it...
Posted by Syrus_20
Im getting the feeling from my sale that im bout to get shafted with a charge back...dunno what to doooo. Its like i cant do jack about it either :@ ! Oh well...face your demons eh?
Posted by Sammy_boy
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Tell me about it! Same here matey, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the pair of us...
Posted by classically
Got feedback of almost 800 over two years and only really had two problems - both sorted out.
I bought my P900 on eBay and everything went fine.
Make sure you read the sellers feedback and preferably use a traceable payment such as Paypal. I know it costs the seller but what the heck!
Posted by jcwhite_uk
If you think that someone is about to try to pull a fast one then transfer all the money out of your paypal account. They cant take money from your card without your sayso. I havent had this problem myself but have had people not sending items and I have claimed but because they no longer have the money in their account they money was never returned to me.
Posted by andymac
Never had any problems, except for a zero rated guy in Italy who bought a quite expensive bit of hifi from me - language was the problem, but it all got sorted out in the end. The trouble is you never know whether zero rated ebayers are genuine new customers or scammers - we've all had to start on zero feedback.
If you are suspicious about an item, give it a miss. I've avoided getting into bidding for items a couple of times because things looked a bit shady - sure enough, the guy was a crook.
Good luck to those waiting for phones/money - hope it all works out
Posted by bart
I DO,
except if its a nigirian.
Posted by djpowelly
I trust ebay... but Paypal is a different matter...
You just need to have your wits about you with ebay transactions - check the sellers feedback and if the wording/spelling/design of the old and current listings match up!
Also steer clear of the "the Ask Seller A Question button doesnt work, please send an email to blah@blah.com!" coughhackedaccountcough!
Posted by Sammy_boy
There's a load of those 'hacked account' auctions on Ebay, I've noticed, especially in the mobile phone section. You know the ones - selling fourty N90s from an account whic h has only previously bought and sold something like beanie babies, whose 'ask seller a question' button has mysteriously stopped working!
Posted by Syrus_20
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I know, its just annoying with the amount of hacking going on. I mean seriously if you have your account hacked the first thing you gonna do is tell eBay but some ppl dont even realise lol. Turns out the guy I sold my phone to is a Nigerian exporting it...no offence to any nigerians here but seriously why not just buy phones in wholesale!? Now Ive got the impression a charge back is on the way....Argh...I might have to close down my eBay/PayPal accounts cuz i read earlier that even if you have 0 balance in your paypal, it can be drawn from your bank acc and then shown as a negative balance! Scammers p**s me off!
Posted by Xugaa
don't get me wrong, i'm not racist or anything...
but my dad has had a lot of trouble with nigirians. he has had many try to send him fake emails from ebay, asking for his account details and also ones who are obviously trying something, when they demand the item first and stuff like that. also many people abroad (i live in UK) that can't quite understand the english on the item on ebay.
my dad once sold some 1st day covers (the special collectable envelopes) to an italian man. he complained and gave my dad a negative point because when he tried to 'open' them, there was nothing inside
my dad soon got rid of that negative point, and put him in his place probably an example of a language problem, but still...
Posted by Miss UK
Lol I will post here later if I got my D750i after sending my 6230i to swap with a random guy heh
Posted by Dogmann
Hi bought my current P910i from e-bay unlocked brand new £205 including delivery which i consider a good deal. Have had only one bad experience in 3yrs and even then got most of my money back from e bay. Like others have said if its to good to be true it usually is, choose who to deal with carefully and you should be alright in my opinion. Just bought brand new sealed HCH-37 for £7.99 including delivery and memory sticks can be bought cheaply as well.
Posted by Qwerty_uk
I was lucky enough to get the star letter in this month's F1 Racing magazine and won a cracking Panasonic digital camera. As I've already got a nice sony one (with lots of memory sticks to share between camera & P9xx), I want to stick it on e-bay.
Unfortunately, I've never sold on e-bay before, and therefore have no feedback/ratings. Does that mean nobody is likely to bid? In which case, how are you meant to get started with becoming a seller?
Cheers
Posted by Syrus_20
@Qwerty - Hey mate, well first things first, get your feedback up if you wanna sell, best way you can do that is by buying cheap items on eBay. Alotta people do this, with the exception of me...I havnt actually had to do that cause I just bought loads of crap I needed. Anyway cheap items usually are the 'eBooks' on there as they are usually 99p & free delivery (obv
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You could even sell small items to get your feedback up like sim cards or even gmail invites if you got any lol. Anyway thats just to get you started, make sure you have a verified paypal acc if you using it; also only deliver to verified paypal addresses! Only saying cause I almost got shafted once before because of it!
Otherwise I think ur set to sell
Posted by Sammy_boy
I'd be careful building up your feedback buying cheap items like ebooks. I'm suspicious of anyone whose only feedback comprises of things like that. Try buying something you'd use every day - like batteries, rechargeable batteries for your digicam (if it takes them), perhaps a couple of chargers if you need them, and/or sell a couple of the smaller memory sticks you don't want.
Posted by Syrus_20
That true too - forgot to mention
But id trust someone more with 5-6 ebook feedbacks then 0
Posted by Sammy_boy
I'm not sure myself.... suggests to me someone getting a bit of quick feedback to do something dodgy - perhaps I'm being a bit cynical, but those who sell things like very cheap ebooks are selling feedback, which is against Ebay rules...
Posted by Syrus_20
S'pose so
Gotta be careful on eBay whichever way... try selling it with 0 feedback (doubt many serious ppl will have a good look at it) otherwise can always try waiting for a bit meanwhile getting your rating up by buying other stuff you may want/need. Anyway good luck to ya and hope you dont get any buggers trying to do you over!