I got Scammed for over $5,000

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by emil2k, Jun 11, 2006.

  1. misohoni

    misohoni Notable Member

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    #81
    Only read a couple of pages of this, so not sure if you've made these steps:

    - Check the Seller Help Pages, see what terms you can make to get a claim back
    - Keep all emails with you and the buyer.
    - Call Paypal
    - Ask for the Buyers contact info, perhaps give him a call.
    - Make a complaint with your local police, use terms such as "Fraud".

    The internet is great, you can find out alot about your buyer via his email accounts, location, bank info etc., Find out as much as you can, store this information for later - don't let him know about it. As time goes on you can let him know some of the info. Email him once a week from different email accounts and keep on pursuing it...you'll get your money back if you made the transaction via Paypal.
     
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  2. Tyler Banfield

    Tyler Banfield Well-Known Member

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    #82
    Emil2k, it seems like you are avoiding this question...
     
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  3. petertdavis

    petertdavis Notable Member

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    #83
    For a site making $15 a day, $5000 is a pretty good price for it. That's less than a year's revenue. If the income is stable at that, you should just stop the crying and be thankful that you got a good deal.
     
    petertdavis, Jun 13, 2006 IP
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  4. emil2k

    emil2k Well-Known Member

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    #84
    Not really, its just this thread has gone on longer then I expected I wanted some quick advice regarding PayPal...

    The problem wasn't the amount of stats, they were not legit he bloated them, he didn't mention how much he was spending on advertising...He was spending like $50/day on AW, and he tolled me there was little advertising done :rolleyes:

    Anyways I don't want talk about it anymore, the site is not that bad it makes about $30/day but his stats and he said it was more like $60-$70/day...

    I'm not really that dissapointed, because I believe I still got a bargain, I just didn't appreciate being lied too...you know?

    Emil
     
    emil2k, Jun 13, 2006 IP
  5. emil2k

    emil2k Well-Known Member

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    #85
    Peter, it is actually at $30/day, $20/day from AS and $10/day from YPN...but I don't think 12X is good measure sites are volatile sometimes...
     
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  6. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #86
    I'll be honest with you, Emil; I don't think you got scammed at all. I think you freaked out a bit after the transaction, probably due to the sum involved, and got it into your head you were ripped off. Now that the dust has settled, everything has turned out ok with the sale and you didn't need to file a claim after all.

    I'd have to say Paypal seem to have done a good job protecting both parties, as far as they could have done so in this matter.

    Some lessons to be learned, however; don't treat Paypal like a bank account because you don't have the protection afforded by a bank. Maybe open a proper bank account so you can shift funds from Paypal once they get to a certain amount rather than leaving them to amass.

    Anyways, you don't want to talk about this any more ... fair enough.
    :)
     
    mcfox, Jun 14, 2006 IP
  7. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    #87
    I thought Minstrel was the shrink here. :D
     
    Cristian Mezei, Jun 14, 2006 IP
  8. emil2k

    emil2k Well-Known Member

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    #88
    Yeah, probably true, just the $50/day on AW caught me by suprise, I would think someone would mention that in a sale :rolleyes:

    But I would disagree here they can not be given credit for doing nothing...most important thing I learned is PayPal offers absolutely zero protection on "things they can't touch" so to anyone who didn't know this like me before this...now you know I guess...
     
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  9. hextraordinary

    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    #89
    Well, you said that the seller told you he did "little" advertising, for many people here, $50/day is indeed little advertising.

    Another lesson: Talk exact numbers!!!
     
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  10. petertdavis

    petertdavis Notable Member

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    #90
    The site's making $30 a day and you're complaining? :confused:
     
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  11. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #91
    What goes around, comes around. Just realized that you've sold Thirdsquare including the content of the team without their permission, Emil. And you have the nerve to complain?
     
    Blogmaster, Aug 16, 2006 IP
  12. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #92
    Eh?
    :confused:
    Care to share?
     
    mcfox, Aug 16, 2006 IP
  13. emil2k

    emil2k Well-Known Member

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    #93
    WTF? :confused:
    That was my site I had almost 70% of the posts, owned the domain, payed for coding, did all designs, payed for vB license, everything, not to mention I had to deal with you and your constant spamming and screw ups and at some point I just had enough, and I had told the other members I was selling the site, and I even offered any off them to take it over if they had just payed off my expenses which I estimated at about $500 for design, coding, domain, and vb license, nobody was able to cover that so I sold it...

    Mike you have a lot of nerver even talking about that you were the worst member of the group and constantly ate on my nerves, you constantly spammed, and had a lot of poor posts which I had to constantly edit because of simple html errors or just complete garbage...

    Don't start BS :cool:
     
    emil2k, Aug 16, 2006 IP
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  14. HideIp

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    #94
    so what ever happend?
     
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  15. EWD

    EWD Well-Known Member

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    #95
    :D I had also bid for thirdsquare on ebay.. but lost :D I remember that site.
     
    EWD, Aug 16, 2006 IP