SCAM in ebay
August 5, 2007 on 4:58 pm | In Side Cut |Dear ebay:
We all know once you fall in a trap you must act quickly, that is why both ebay and paypal allow 45 or 60 days for buyer to open case about possible scam. However, there are sellers playing around this rules. I met one.
I bought item 270123452341 two months ago. This seller, namely “magazinexpress” was selling magazine at cheap price, persuading everyone they could get magazine in 8 to 12 weeks.
I never got it. As the seller said, I have not waited for enough time. Should I REALLY listen to him or her and wait? Of course not. Because this “magazineexpress” is not a registered memeber in ebay any more!! Please check this link if you want:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270123452341&sspagename=ADME:B:AAQ:US:1
The email he or she provide is a fake one. You can never send anything to magazinexpress@twcny.rr.com
I wondered days and nights how things like this can happen. The problem is, timing. He ask anyone to wait at least 12 weeks, which secretly passes ebay’s 8 weeks window to file any complaint. Then he or she just need to clean up every item and wait for 45 days to close both ebay and paypal account then go.
I admit I am too stupid to find this, and even now I can not figure out where 95% positive review this seller got from. Maybe he or she also send out lowest price order. Maybe the whole thing is just a big hoax.
Right now I find another seller, “magazinesrusa” who is selling the similar stuffs, if you want, please check this item: 280140532263. I highly suspect “magazinesrusa” and the former “magazinexpress” are related.
In order to pretect more custom from similar scam. Do you know to whom I should report? You answer will be highly appreciated.
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I too have been scammed by magazinexpress. I ordered 3 years of TV Guide on April 23, 2007 on e-bay. I received 2 responses from the seller (name Lori) but now, nothing. I too wish I knew what I can do about it.
Comment by Deborah — September 11, 2007 #
too late to know this article…. magazinesrusa just rubbed me about 50 bucks….
here the scammer is,
http://myworld.ebay.com/magazinesrusa/
Comment by Dumbo — October 24, 2007 #
magazinerusa got me too! They are a total scam, and use the timing to get ya. Ebay now can’t help me because the 60 day is up! I am screwed!
Comment by Meridith — November 10, 2007 #
Hi, Meridith:
I think ebay ought to be responsible for all of this scam. The reason is you can find “Magazine Subscriptions” as a sub-category in “books” on ebay. Magazine subscriptions are very special, usually it takes 12 or more weeks for the first issue to be delivered to your home. Thus neither current paypal or ebay buyer protection can really protect us. How can they open such a category without any proper protection?
Comment by pekingli — November 13, 2007 #
And eBay thinks they have problems with their feedback system. It amazes me why they can’t institue a policy for sellers listing items that match their system policies. No one should have to wait for 12 weeks for any product to show up. You can order magazines and have them in 10 days… (I just used my frequent flier mileage to subscribe to Newsweek and had my first copy in 10 days)
The point is why would eBay even allow a seller to list an item that their protection policies would not cover? Seems insane to me.
Comment by Bill — May 1, 2008 #