I’m not sure how many people have had bad experiences on Ebay, I hope not too. I was having a great time there until a man tried to defraud me out of 170. I had been buying and selling on eBay for a number of months with no problem at all. If I ever bought anything that cost more than 100 pounds, I would like to offer to the seller to meet somewhere, usually near the motorway and it works very well. I managed to pick up some real bargains and also managed to get rid of some of my unwanted items, I also had no interest in more or no longer had need for one. The seemingly good things must come to an end and unfortunately it did with Ebay. I was looking to buy a mobile phone and saw an ad for Compralo Now Phone with low starting price, but not extremely low.
There were a number of mobile phone if I had any questions. Therefore, it was called, his name was Tony and asked him questions of a general nature. He sounded and looked very nice, but said it could not meet me as he was unable to drive as he had not passed his test. His house was far from where I lived and reluctantly I agreed to pay via bank transfer. He assured me that the phone was later that same day through Royal Mail to arrive by 11am the next morning.
He seemed very genuine, always do your thinking and that was it. The next morning have a guess what arrived, yes, nothing at all, or the next day or the next. I tried to email him, text messages and mobile phone call, guess what, there was no response. I realized how foolish he had been, however, decided to go to the police. They were very helpful and a half hour later had a number of crime but was warned it was highly unlikely that one day I see a phone or receive a refund of my money which was 170. Outside the police station I sent Tony a text with the number of crimes to the police. To my surprise, he immediately phoned me swearing, but finally agreed to refund my money if I stopped the police action against him. I was very lucky, I’m sure many other people who police said they ever get their money back.