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eBay scams?

M.C. Nygard, right, a
former eBay
Platinum PowerSeller
wants you to keep a
watchful eye on eBay
related scams. While
we report on scams
we recommend you
do your own research
and check with the
Better Business
Bureau.
eBay Scams

Bid Shielding. Unscrupulous
eBay buyers may run bids
unusually high to scare off
potential buyers. Then as
part of the scam, the bidder
retracts the higher bids and
gets the item at a much
lower cost.

Bait and Switch. Seller lures
buyer with a product at an
extremely low and
unprofitable price, then
reveals that the product is
not available and
substitutes with inferior
merchandise.

Buy and Switch. Beware as
this scam happens often on
eBay!

Counterfeiting: Replicas of
art, jewelry, gems, designer
brands or collectibles sold as
authentic on eBay. They are
knockoffs or fakes. See also
piracy.

Customs Scams. Goods are
often held up in customs for
various reasons, legitimate
and otherwise. For example,
Italy does not permit jewelry
to enter the Country;
Singapore custom law also
prevent jewelry and
accessories. Likewise,
interceptions in delivery
occur frequently in
developing nations and it is
almost impossible for sellers
to secure insurance.

Failure to ship: Simply, the
eBay seller takes the money
and runs. Thankfully this
doesn't happen much on
eBay as too many negatives
would make it quickly make
it transparent to buyers.

Failure to pay: In the past
eBay buyers have sent
phoney money orders, or
sent checks that bounce, but
thankfully eBay requires
PayPal, which does present
a level of security for the
eBay buyer..

Fencing: Selling stolen
goods on eBay, or anywhere.
Loss or Damage:
Occasionally eBay sellers
don't wrap merchandise
properly, or don't ship at all,
but sometimes they break
merchandise and before it
gets packaged. Either way,
the scam has to do with
whether you purchased
insurance. The Seller may
require insurance on goods
already damaged and take
the up the claim, or they
may not refund the buyer
money because the buyer
did not purchase insurance.

Misrepresentation: When an
eBay seller overstates the
value, authenticity or
condition of an item.
Piracy: Unauthorized use
and sale of a reproduction
of copyrighted or patented
material, such as music and
software. See also
counterfeiting.

Shell auctions: Seller puts
up a fake auction or fixed
price listing with the sole
purpose of obtaining credit
card numbers.

Shill bidding: This happens
when the eBay seller
artificially inflates the price
by using of fake bids from
another account, or using
friends, accomplices, or fake
eBay IDs. eBay has some
systems in place to prevent
such scams.

Triangulation: A scam of
credit card fraud and theft
whereby an unsuspecting
eBay buyer receives
merchandise on approval
from a seller in exchange
for cash. The seller then
secures merchandise from a
stolen credit card and ships
it to the buyer, leaving the
buyer as suspect in the
credit card fraud scheme.
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