# I am the subject of an ebay ripoff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-subject-of-an-ebay-ripoff/362503>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-subject-of-an-ebay-ripoff/362503 "2006-06-28T15:28:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-subject-of-an-ebay-ripoff/362503/41 "2006-06-30T17:33:50Z")

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Good advice, Mangetout. I have sent him the following email:

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> I haven’t heard from you for a while, which is bad. I will give you four days - that is, until 6pm Tuesday 4th July. By then, you will have refunded the full amount. (You were able to take my money very quickly, so there should be no problem in giving it back). If I have not received the refund by then, I will begin criminal proceedings, and reporting you to ebay.

Let’s see what happens.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-subject-of-an-ebay-ripoff/362503/42 "2006-06-30T17:43:41Z")

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As **Mangetout** says make sure those funds have completely cleared through however he pays you back! If it is going to actually take a week for all the red tape to clear, then DO NOT send the laptop back until that is done! Good luck. I’d bust his chops hard for fraud if he doesn’t make good. Even if he does, I’d still report the circumstances to the Ebay fraud department so he can’t do that to another.

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