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Nigerian scammers

It's Now Completely Impossible To Sell A Laptop On Ebay

The cool thing about eBay's support system is it will always answer your question; unfortunately, that answer will always be a form letter on how to reset your password, as Timothy discovered when he tried to figure out how to sell his laptop to someone who wasn't a Nigerian scammer. Timothy has learned the awful truth behind today's eBay—something many readers here already know—which is that it's become virtually impossible to sell any sort of medium-to-high end electronics there anymore. More »

1:34 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Chris Walters
196,416 views, 215 comments

Latest by metalgear08: I tried selling a fat PSP on there, with a bunch of games and everything. In the last 10 minutes, I got a bid of $400, about $250 more than I planned. Turned out to be a scammer. Luckily, my more »

cautionary tale

Seller Gets Scammed On Ebay, PayPal Won't Help

Matt just got his first taste of Ebay, and it wasn't good—as soon as he mailed off the Best Buy gift card to the buyer, the buyer reversed payment on Matt's PayPal account and stopped communicating with him. We're pretty sure he's screwed on this one, but does anyone have any good advice for what he can do next? More »

8:11 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Chris Walters
18,787 views, 145 comments