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| | | Author: | StarWarz  | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 15:38 | | Subject: | HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 462 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| So basically I found this guy selling 200+ regular 501st troopers for $5 which
is suspicious. Quickly, all the stock is bought out I bought 52 from him for
$290 total because shipping and sales tax, and I ask him when he would ship,
he said in 2-3 days, then he closed down the store and the store message says
"refunding buyers". Seems like other buyers had an issue same as me.
There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
Should I file for a refund with PayPal before this guy gets away? Is there
a guarantee that PayPal can refund me if this is a scam or what if he closes
his bricklink account and closes PayPal and just disappears what am I supposed
to do?
https://store.bricklink.com/RealMax03?p=RealMax03#/terms
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 15:46 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| paypal buyer protection will cover you as long as you file within 6 months. if
you feel like there is no chance you getting the items and you've given the
seller at least a little time to ship them out (say at least a week or so) then
you might as well file a Paypal claim.
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| | | | | | | Author: | StarWarz | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:33 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Nubs_Select writes:
| | paypal buyer protection will cover you as long as you file within 6 months. if
you feel like there is no chance you getting the items and you've given the
seller at least a little time to ship them out (say at least a week or so) then
you might as well file a Paypal claim.
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Ok yeah thanks I'll try that. Wait a few days if no tracking is uploaded
I'll file for a refund with PayPal.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Poncke | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 10:20 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | In Problem Order, Nubs_Select writes:
| | paypal buyer protection will cover you as long as you file within 6 months. if
you feel like there is no chance you getting the items and you've given the
seller at least a little time to ship them out (say at least a week or so) then
you might as well file a Paypal claim.
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Ok yeah thanks I'll try that. Wait a few days if no tracking is uploaded
I'll file for a refund with PayPal.
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Why wait?? You can open a dispute at Paypal and email him through their system,
you then have 24 or 48 hours to elevate it to a claim. At least you have the
case started, don't wait a second man because as you say, this reeks of scam
so dont take your chances here.
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 15:46 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | So basically I found this guy selling 200+ regular 501st troopers for $5 which
is suspicious. Quickly, all the stock is bought out I bought 52 from him for
$290 total because shipping and sales tax, and I ask him when he would ship,
he said in 2-3 days, then he closed down the store and the store message says
"refunding buyers". Seems like other buyers had an issue same as me.
There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
Should I file for a refund with PayPal before this guy gets away? Is there
a guarantee that PayPal can refund me if this is a scam or what if he closes
his bricklink account and closes PayPal and just disappears what am I supposed
to do?
https://store.bricklink.com/RealMax03?p=RealMax03#/terms
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Haven't you ever heard the saying "If something sounds too good to be
true, it probably is." 
If you suspect that something is a scam, then it probably is a scam.
And if you still decide to buy from a suspected scammer, what does that make
you? 
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| | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, randyf writes:
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Haven't you ever heard the saying "If something sounds too good to be
true, it probably is."
If you suspect that something is a scam, then it probably is a scam.
And if you still decide to buy from a suspected scammer, what does that make
you?
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A somewhat normal human. Scammers depend on their marks believing "It won't
happen to me, I better jump on this deal before I miss out."
This is why I almost always consult with my better half before jumping in on
any questionable deal.
The store is now closed by BL due to TOS violation. Gone like lightening.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:18 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, macebobo writes:
| | In Problem Order, randyf writes:
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Haven't you ever heard the saying "If something sounds too good to be
true, it probably is."
If you suspect that something is a scam, then it probably is a scam.
And if you still decide to buy from a suspected scammer, what does that make
you?
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A somewhat normal human.
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Yep. And half of all people are below-average intelligence.
In other words, stupidity abounds in the world.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:30 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | Yep. And half of all people are below-average intelligence.
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Wow, then it must make the average decrease?
I'm so confused now 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:36 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Yep. And half of all people are below-average intelligence.
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Wow, then it must make the average decrease?
I'm so confused now
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It’s not a problem: everybody knows they are themself above average.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Proprietor | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| Don't forget about greed.
In Problem Order, randyf writes:
| | In Problem Order, macebobo writes:
| | In Problem Order, randyf writes:
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Haven't you ever heard the saying "If something sounds too good to be
true, it probably is."
If you suspect that something is a scam, then it probably is a scam.
And if you still decide to buy from a suspected scammer, what does that make
you?
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A somewhat normal human.
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Yep. And half of all people are below-average intelligence.
In other words, stupidity abounds in the world.
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| | | | | Author: | CykillsGarage | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | So basically I found this guy selling 200+ regular 501st troopers for $5 which
is suspicious. Quickly, all the stock is bought out I bought 52 from him for
$290 total because shipping and sales tax, and I ask him when he would ship,
he said in 2-3 days, then he closed down the store and the store message says
"refunding buyers". Seems like other buyers had an issue same as me.
There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
Should I file for a refund with PayPal before this guy gets away? Is there
a guarantee that PayPal can refund me if this is a scam or what if he closes
his bricklink account and closes PayPal and just disappears what am I supposed
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I once purchased a 1970's action figure that was "sealed" and in
an acrylic case. it was for 30 dollars, and I knew it was too good to be true.
it was...... I got refunded though so no harm no foul.
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| | | | | | | Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:04 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, CykillsGarage writes:
| | In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | So basically I found this guy selling 200+ regular 501st troopers for $5 which
is suspicious. Quickly, all the stock is bought out I bought 52 from him for
$290 total because shipping and sales tax, and I ask him when he would ship,
he said in 2-3 days, then he closed down the store and the store message says
"refunding buyers". Seems like other buyers had an issue same as me.
There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
Should I file for a refund with PayPal before this guy gets away? Is there
a guarantee that PayPal can refund me if this is a scam or what if he closes
his bricklink account and closes PayPal and just disappears what am I supposed
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I once purchased a 1970's action figure that was "sealed" and in
an acrylic case. it was for 30 dollars, and I knew it was too good to be true.
it was...... I got refunded though so no harm no foul.
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Refunded by who?
Refunded by the so called scammer/seller? No harm done. (Almost no harm).
Refunded by Paypal? Harm has been done. Someone has to pay for these scams, whether
it is Paypal, an insurance or whatever, in the end we all pay for these things.
So, think twice in saying this and think twice in making the step to buy something
when it is ‘too good to be true’.
If you knew (as you say yourself) it was too good to be true you are almost as
wrong as the scammer, you provide them with money as a reward and some extra
‘courage’ to go on with scamming.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:18 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | StarWarz | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:32 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, UTLF writes:
| | | | Refunded by who?
Refunded by the so called scammer/seller? No harm done. (Almost no harm).
Refunded by Paypal? Harm has been done. Someone has to pay for these scams, whether it is Paypal, an insurance or whatever, in the end we all pay for these things.
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PayPal takes money from the scammer's balance, even if there's nothing
in the account, and if they don't pay it off their account gets locked
It's really not a big deal
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But what if they don't pay for it and their account gets locked do I still
get a refund from PayPal?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:38 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | In Problem Order, UTLF writes:
| | | | Refunded by who?
Refunded by the so called scammer/seller? No harm done. (Almost no harm).
Refunded by Paypal? Harm has been done. Someone has to pay for these scams, whether it is Paypal, an insurance or whatever, in the end we all pay for these things.
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PayPal takes money from the scammer's balance, even if there's nothing
in the account, and if they don't pay it off their account gets locked
It's really not a big deal
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But what if they don't pay for it and their account gets locked do I still
get a refund from PayPal?
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Yes.
The seller could well be using a hacked PayPal account too. They take a load
of money, then quickly buy stuff from a retailer with the balance to get goods
or transfer to other paypal accounts under their control and eventually into
a bank account.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:39 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | waltzking | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, UTLF writes:
| | | | Refunded by who?
Refunded by the so called scammer/seller? No harm done. (Almost no harm).
Refunded by Paypal? Harm has been done. Someone has to pay for these scams, whether it is Paypal, an insurance or whatever, in the end we all pay for these things.
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PayPal takes money from the scammer's balance, even if there's nothing
in the account, and if they don't pay it off their account gets locked
It's really not a big deal
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So money grows on trees now? And "negative" money is possible and irrelevant?
Maybe PayPal tries, but they cannot always recover funds, and thus negative
balances are funds scammers are earning. Negative though has to be balanced
by positive elsewhere, which in these cases means our fees all go up to cover
the negative.
It is indeed a huge deal and why PayPal fees continuously go up due to careless
actions, often by buyers who really know better but do not care as they "chase
a deal" and have a promise of no risk to do so. If PayPal did not offer
"protection" buyers would smarten up, and scammers would die down due
to lack of such purchasing stupidity now running rampant, a place where common
sense used to prevail (or we'd at least learn the hard way). The crazy thing
is these "purchase protected" systems actually promote scams (and why
they continue to grow not end), and always at the cost of the wise since the
careless people get bailed out.
Case and point, BrickLink does not itself offer the protection and charges a
mere 3% in fees....and thrives on it! And interestingly we have WAY LESS scamming
here then other sites. eBay, Amazon, etc, all charge far far more so they can
thrive, 10-15% typically, and it most all is due to scam/protection being built
in. And scams there run rampant. Scammers use them since they know stupid actions
are "protected" so they have best odds to get sales that are clear scams.
In the end, just like mandated insurance, the responsible end up paying for
the irresponsible.
It's easy to miss the cause and affect in our isolated bubbles, but those
of us paying fees, and not being careless to fall for scams too, do have a right
to be upset and call out those on the opposite spectrum costing all of us extra
money. People simply need to take more personal responsibility as it in turn
protects their fellow buyer/seller. Mandated "protection" is never really
protection for everyone, but simply the most careless.
Jonathan
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:54 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | | | PayPal takes money from the scammer's balance, even if there's nothing
in the account, and if they don't pay it off their account gets locked
It's really not a big deal
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So money grows on trees now? And "negative" money is possible and irrelevant?
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The fact PayPal could get money back (or not) doesn't concern the buyer;
they DO refund (if the buyer protection is valid).
Don't worry, they've got enough money to afford this
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:05 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, UTLF writes:
| | | | Refunded by who?
Refunded by the so called scammer/seller? No harm done. (Almost no harm).
Refunded by Paypal? Harm has been done. Someone has to pay for these scams, whether it is Paypal, an insurance or whatever, in the end we all pay for these things.
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PayPal takes money from the scammer's balance, even if there's nothing
in the account, and if they don't pay it off their account gets locked
It's really not a big deal
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If I would be a scammer I would take the money and run, this way the account
would be empty within’ a second.
And if it happens once it is not a big deal but it doesn’t happens once I fear.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | CykillsGarage | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:29 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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I once purchased a 1970's action figure that was "sealed" and in
an acrylic case. it was for 30 dollars, and I knew it was too good to be true.
it was...... I got refunded though so no harm no foul.
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Refunded by who?
Refunded by the so called scammer/seller? No harm done. (Almost no harm).
Refunded by Paypal? Harm has been done. Someone has to pay for these scams, whether
it is Paypal, an insurance or whatever, in the end we all pay for these things.
So, think twice in saying this and think twice in making the step to buy something
when it is ‘too good to be true’.
If you knew (as you say yourself) it was too good to be true you are almost as
wrong as the scammer, you provide them with money as a reward and some extra
‘courage’ to go on with scamming.
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I was refunded by the seller.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 15:56 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
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From the order humber the negative redback order was placed 17 May, so not even
a week ago. Also messages can be read in email and don't show up onsite as
read.
It does sound like a scam if they have so much that cheap, combined with being
new. It might have been heavily discounted near them and they thought they could
take orders first and then buy the items. Who knows. However, buyer protection
will get you your money back.
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| | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| You aren't getting the minifigs - file for a refund with PayPal. PayPal will
refund you.
In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | So basically I found this guy selling 200+ regular 501st troopers for $5 which
is suspicious. Quickly, all the stock is bought out I bought 52 from him for
$290 total because shipping and sales tax, and I ask him when he would ship,
he said in 2-3 days, then he closed down the store and the store message says
"refunding buyers". Seems like other buyers had an issue same as me.
There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
Should I file for a refund with PayPal before this guy gets away? Is there
a guarantee that PayPal can refund me if this is a scam or what if he closes
his bricklink account and closes PayPal and just disappears what am I supposed
to do?
https://store.bricklink.com/RealMax03?p=RealMax03#/terms
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| | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
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Just about every set for sale on BL that is still in circulation has listings
for well below the retail price. There's nothing suspicious there. I know
people locally that can buy up to 10,000 sets at a time at wholesale which allows
them to sell at whatever price point they want.
However those aforementioned stores/sellers have large scale operations and warehouse
space where they can get away with doing this and remain profitable... Someone
who has been open for two weeks with 3 feedbacks (but 52 orders) should have
been your primary red flag here.
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| | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 08:36 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Ziegelmeister writes:
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Just about every set for sale on BL that is still in circulation has listings
for well below the retail price. There's nothing suspicious there. I know
people locally that can buy up to 10,000 sets at a time at wholesale which allows
them to sell at whatever price point they want.
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Really? Local people who can buy 10,000 sets? Wow. Hmmm... LEGO must really be
working the 'wholesale' side of their business.
Jen
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | helge | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 09:10 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, jennnifer writes:
| | In Problem Order, Ziegelmeister writes:
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Just about every set for sale on BL that is still in circulation has listings
for well below the retail price. There's nothing suspicious there. I know
people locally that can buy up to 10,000 sets at a time at wholesale which allows
them to sell at whatever price point they want.
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Really? Local people who can buy 10,000 sets? Wow. Hmmm... LEGO must really be
working the 'wholesale' side of their business.
Jen
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Not sure why that is so hard to believe. If you are a retailer like many BL sellers
are, you can order whatever quantity of sets that you want. For example 75345:
10000 sets would be 17 pallets. There are BL sellers that orders 20+ pallets
of a single set at a time. Personally I would not even think about getting 10000
pcs of 75342, but I have placed orders for 6 pallets of a single set in the past.
If I had tripled that quantity, I may have gotten a "are you sure?" question,
but they would have let me order when I confirmed.
Regards,
Helge
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 09:31 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, helge writes:
| | In Problem Order, jennnifer writes:
| | In Problem Order, Ziegelmeister writes:
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Just about every set for sale on BL that is still in circulation has listings
for well below the retail price. There's nothing suspicious there. I know
people locally that can buy up to 10,000 sets at a time at wholesale which allows
them to sell at whatever price point they want.
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Really? Local people who can buy 10,000 sets? Wow. Hmmm... LEGO must really be
working the 'wholesale' side of their business.
Jen
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Not sure why that is so hard to believe. If you are a retailer like many BL sellers
are, you can order whatever quantity of sets that you want. For example 75345:
10000 sets would be 17 pallets. There are BL sellers that orders 20+ pallets
of a single set at a time. Personally I would not even think about getting 10000
pcs of 75342, but I have placed orders for 6 pallets of a single set in the past.
If I had tripled that quantity, I may have gotten a "are you sure?" question,
but they would have let me order when I confirmed.
Regards,
Helge
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I would guess that there are less than 50 BrickLink sellers worldwide who could
possibly order a pallet of anything. And these are running established large-scale
businesses. Hence my suspicion of all those 'local people.'
~Jen
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 09:46 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | I would guess that there are less than 50 BrickLink sellers worldwide who could
possibly order a pallet of anything. And these are running established large-scale
businesses. Hence my suspicion of all those 'local people.'
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And LEGO have squeezed out small independent stores (the ones with "real"
toy stores, not just online). One near me finds it cheaper to buy their products
from supermarkets when on sale than to buy direct from LEGO plus that way they
get to choose which sets to take. Whereas if they buy through LEGO, they have
to take what LEGO tells them (they cannot just buy larger City sets, they have
to take the whole range including those that the supermarkets can sell for a
discount). And they get their stock after all the other large corporations, meaning
they don't get the product on the shelves at launch date.
It makes sense really, why would LEGO sell at a wholesale discount to small sellers
that are going to undercut them online?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 11:24 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, jennnifer writes:
| | | | | | Really? Local people who can buy 10,000 sets? Wow. Hmmm... LEGO must really be
working the 'wholesale' side of their business.
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Yes. But it's not like they're buying 10k of 100-150 different sets,
just a handful.
| | I would guess that there are less than 50 BrickLink sellers worldwide who could
possibly order a pallet of anything. And these are running established large-scale
businesses. Hence my suspicion of all those 'local people.'
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Yup, and they're on bricklink too. I say local because they're within
20 miles of me. They're hooked up to sell through Walmart and Amazon.
They don't mind giving me advice because they know I have no desire to own
a warehouse.
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| | | | | Author: | Crisstiann | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
| | So basically I found this guy selling 200+ regular 501st troopers for $5 which
is suspicious. Quickly, all the stock is bought out I bought 52 from him for
$290 total because shipping and sales tax, and I ask him when he would ship,
he said in 2-3 days, then he closed down the store and the store message says
"refunding buyers". Seems like other buyers had an issue same as me.
There was also a negative review saying there was no refund and the seller ghosted.
He also had other suspiciously cheap items like 10 (sealed) (complete) 2022 AT-TEs
for $90 each which were like $140 retail maybe $120 on discount at best so this
makes no sense. Also a ton of complete 2023 501st battle packs for only $10 which
isn't possible, even on discount it's still $12, and $15 retail. I ask
him how the ATTEs are so cheap and that I want to buy some, no response, store
closed.
Should I file for a refund with PayPal before this guy gets away? Is there
a guarantee that PayPal can refund me if this is a scam or what if he closes
his bricklink account and closes PayPal and just disappears what am I supposed
to do?
https://store.bricklink.com/RealMax03?p=RealMax03#/terms
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Unfortunately I believe I’m in the same hole as you. Bought from the same person,
gave him the benefit of the doubt. Considering I never stumbled across a scammer
on BrickLink before even when I bought from newer stores.
Emailed the dude for refund and waiting to hear back by the end of the day, otherwise
I’m filing a claim with PayPal.
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| | | | | Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
I bought from this person as well, and they also sent me this message about shipping.
I did not find it suspicious, since I had not realised that he had closed his
store - I only found out because of an Admin email that I received today! 😬
I just reached out to him via email to ask if my order has shipped yet; I am
going to give him a chance to clear things up before I file a PayPal claim.
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 16:42 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, DeLuca writes:
| | In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
I bought from this person as well, and they also sent me this message about shipping.
I did not find it suspicious, since I had not realised that he had closed his
store - I only found out because of an Admin email that I received today! 😬
I just reached out to him via email to ask if my order has shipped yet; I am
going to give him a chance to clear things up before I file a PayPal claim.
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Russell has just posted saying it is a scam, so you might as well file now.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:02 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, yorbrick writes:
| | In Problem Order, DeLuca writes:
| | In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
I bought from this person as well, and they also sent me this message about shipping.
I did not find it suspicious, since I had not realised that he had closed his
store - I only found out because of an Admin email that I received today! 😬
I just reached out to him via email to ask if my order has shipped yet; I am
going to give him a chance to clear things up before I file a PayPal claim.
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Russell has just posted saying it is a scam, so you might as well file now.
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I just did!
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 18:03 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | Russell has just posted saying it is a scam, so you might as well file now.
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| | | | | Author: | RespectCat | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 04:41 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| I just bought from this seller as well bought 10 501st battle packs. Got an email
from bricklink about scammer alert. have already sent in my case for a refund
on paypal.
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 10:28 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
52 orders for a zero-feedback new seller with tons of Star Wars items priced
too good to be true?
Yikes, that's either a lot of people confident of getting their money back
if scammed or just maybe people need some more skepticism.
Jen
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| | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, jennnifer writes:
| | In Problem Order, StarWarz writes:
52 orders for a zero-feedback new seller with tons of Star Wars items priced
too good to be true?
Yikes, that's either a lot of people confident of getting their money back
if scammed or just maybe people need some more skepticism.
Jen
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That's one way to put it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9q-WChfeM
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| | | | | Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2023 12:44 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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Has anyone gotten a refund yet? I filed a PayPal claim, and a refund showed up
shortly thereafter. However, the refund was to my PayPal account (which I do
not have), not to my credit card, and when I look at my account now, the refund
has been cancelled! Help!! 😡
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2023 12:54 | | Subject: | Re: HELP!! I'm getting scammed | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, DeLuca writes:
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Has anyone gotten a refund yet? I filed a PayPal claim, and a refund showed up
shortly thereafter. However, the refund was to my PayPal account (which I do
not have), not to my credit card, and when I look at my account now, the refund
has been cancelled! Help!! 😡
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File a claim with your credit card company then
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