Aaaarrggghhh…. looks like the laptop I bought might have been a scam. After I won that Ebay auction, I sent an Interac email money transfer the night. The seller actually contacted me and gave me his full name, physical address and phone number. I was pretty sure at the time that within 2 or 3 weeks I’d have a brand new shiny Inspiron 700m in my hands.
To my shock, 2 days after the auction ended, the user became non-registered on Ebay, which usually signifies a scam. At that time I still thought this buyer might still be legit because of his previous sales that went through ok, plus the fact that he actually gave me his details. I didn’t call him, but emailed him to ask about the status of my shipment.
After not receiving any reply, plus some postings on the ebay forums, I decided to take action and cancel the interac transfer. Luckily it still hadn’t gone through and I managed to get the money back. I was thinking of sending him another transfer, but this time with a new security question that I’d only give if he called me. Although, that might not be a good idea either (come to think about it: probably dumb idea, but still want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt). Any opinions ?
Update: I’ve decided to not have anything to do with this purchase. Seems like the wise thing to do from any view. Just shows you how clouded a person’s judgement can get from “too good to be true items”
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