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Originally Posted by Russic
Interesting ... were you able to get your money back from ebay or were you pretty much SOL? When you say you're getting better at picking your auctions do you mean you are focusing on people with high positive response ratings? Any other tips?
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Yeah, I'm focusing more on people with higher feedback ratings. Even though their auctions are a bit higher.
I've had it happen twice to me, but the first one was a $50 card I bought for $20 and used up right away buying a full TV season. I ended up losing like $0.75 or something, so i didn't bother.
The second time, though, was when I bought a $200 card for $95. I ended up losing about $50 (of the card value). This particular sale irked me, since the guy took 3 days to email me the code after I paid him and didn't bother leaving any feedback for me either, so I opened up a claim with PayPal on it. Gave them all the details on it, and they gave me my full $95 back.
I guess, technically, I came out pretty good on that second one, but I don't think it's something I'd want to do again. I mean, I bought both of those auctions with honest (albeit, naive) intentions, so it's not like I set out to scam anyone. I just made sure I got my money back.
Anyway, like I said earlier, now I stick to people with higher feedback ratings. I pay a bit more, but I get peace of mind in exchange.