A Happy Ending
All stories have happy endings. At least that is what most popular entertainment would have you believe. Not true. But in the case of the eBay scammer story I do have a happy ending to report. Despite the scammer’s best efforts to trick me into sending my iPhone off to Nigeria without receiving payment, I came out on top.
As I mentioned in the first part of the story, I reported this to eBay hoping relist for free and to get a credit for the amount that they charged me when the item “sold” to the scammer. eBay was kind enough to do both. I also found out that the user ID the scam artist used was banned from eBay. This was only a small victory since it was a brand new account and they will probably just create another to perpetuate their deceit. But wait, it gets better!
Since eBay let me relist the iPhone for free I decided I would. I listed the it at 11:18 am on Saturday. At 11:21 am (on Saturday) I received an email telling me that it had already sold! Three minutes later! And this time the buyer was real. I received payment for the item and I am shipping it out today.
So there you go. A happy ending. Thanks eBay and Paypal for helping me out.
Brian
