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The same thing has happened to me - that 45 day limit is terrible!!!!



I bought tickets back in February to see Radiohead play in July (last week) and the buyer never sent them then disappeared. Ebay and Paypal are of no use whatsoever so I've printed off all the correspondence and his email, accounr details and reported it to the police.



Ebay and Paypal are terrible - they offer no protection at all. I complained to them about the 45 day limit and have said that if that is the case they should make it clear, which they don't, its' hidden somewhere in their Q&A section.



Get the police involved - its the only way to deal with it as Ebay won't.



Good luck!



ps if it was for the same Radiohead gig and we have the same seller, I've no problem with you emailing me privately to discuss as I think this person needs to be taught a lesson

There is a procedure for reporting this to e.bay - look for the complaints icon. It will be registered in your account who the person was and who the money was paid to via paypal.

Ebay will try and sort this for you.

It may be though that you have lost the money.

But go through the procedure and at least this person will get blacklisted and if youre lucky - you may get your money back.

You shouldn't trust anyone that won't give you your item as soon as possible.



Email eBay and see what they have to say about it, but I'm pretty sure that you're past the point where they can do anything about it. Also contact PayPal (if you used their services) and see if there's anything that they can do.

If not, and it's really a problem for you, then get the police involved.



Unfortunately, this happens to so many people and most of them never get their money back. You just have to be careful when using online auction websites.



As a rule, never spend more than you can afford to lose on eBay. There are scammers everywhere.

Sorry, but you're SOL. Why the feck did you leave it for 3 MONTHS?! I consider a fortnight too long. Under eBay's Buyer Protection Policy, you have SIXTY days to file a complaint.



As it was such a significant amount, why are you only starting to be concerned about it now?! £200 is a lot to me (I'm disabled and on disability benefits) and if I'd paid that for something, I'd be asking questions around 2 weeks!



If you were that bothered about it, you'd have started questioning its non-appearance *FAR* sooner!

A similar thing happened to me. I brought fake golf clubs sold as genuine. Ebay did not want to know, the seller de-registered, I did not pay through pay pal. Fortunately I found out his address through another ebayer who had also been cheated. Eventually I contacted this b-----d and threatened to pay him a visit unless I got a refund. He paid up.

Ebay were useless.

There's probably not alot you can do about it now. You can only file a paypal dispute up to 60 days. Maybe give ebay or paypal a call and try to get some information about the seller so you can report them to the police. Why on earth would you wait 90 days?!

The seller cannot delete their account until 180 days have past. Since it's only been 90 days, the seller's account is still active. But, since you waited so LONG!!! There is literally nothing you can do about it. Why in the world would you wait 90 days?

youve been conned and according to ebay it your fault and they cant to do anything and try cannceling the payment and also only buy things of big people who have sold lots and have good ratings

Oh no. I'm so sorry my friend. It looks like you've been scammed. You may want to contact eBay support (http://pages.ebay.com/help/newtoebay/abo... but there may not be much they can do.



Good luck!

forget that and try to have a relaks,love what you do and the most important is do what you love.

I was going to say it would be alright if you paid with paypal..



but, even with paypal, 90 days is far too late to get your money back



put it down to an expensive lesson in con-artistry

You have been scammed. Report it to the police and call eBay

u can make a complaint if u paid by paypal if not i think u lost yur money unless u call police and make a complaint

why did you leave it this long - contact ebay - if you paid by paypal you should be covered as long as ou havent left it too long

my uncle had the same done, to him...you're screwed, although some said to him that he should get the cops invovled

yOU SHOULD FIND OUT INFO ABOUT THE PACKAGGE AND LET SOMEONE KNOW

you need to contact ebay as they can get you your money back especially if you paid by paypal