Topic: eBay sellers - page 2. (Read 319 times)

s15 and t15 are done, you'll have to get from a reseller.

Thanks. Really wanting to see Bitmain release more T15's but somehow I doubt they will - those are a quick ROI for me and are below the limit for tariff tax.

Understandable this reseller is a huge red flag though. Stay away.

Let me know what you're after if you want to use our service at all.  

We can act a escrow if you find a 3rd party seller, push everything through our website even.

well, after my fiasco with one buyer that cost me over 10k - I will never buy from someone I have not had prior transactions with without using a form of payment that is secure enough to get a refund if they decide to rip me off. Whether it is using a credit card, PayPal or an escrow service.

I am not wanting to ever take that risk again.

Was thinking it might be more than some scam reseller was all.

my opinion as well. must have did legitimate sales to get up to that 16k rating but is now running ads for some items as crypto only

They are heavily breaking the rules of ebay.  They are just using ebay as an advertising platform.  Never trust anyone that is only willing to accept a payment method that can't be refunded.

The seller is actually really stupid, he has other expensive items on his store that say absolutely nothing about crypto.  Makes no sense and he is likely a scammer.

the guy I linked above is not being removed from eBay he has a rating in the 16k range - that means they have operated for years.

They use ebay just as advertising. Their idea is for you to contact and shop directly. Eventually their account on ebay may be blocked. But then they buy another account and continue the business.

lol how so?

I'm let down by this thread in soo many ways.

i get that, but how does the listing even get made? do they not review it?

crazy...

ebay doesn't allow it.
You can report them and ebay will act on it.

I am kind of curious as I see this more and more often - where the sellers are listing items with "30 day returns" and list prices but when you get to the description, it states they will only take direct payment - ie not thru eBay/PayPal - or will take crypto only.

how and why does eBay allow this? For example, taking direct payments and/or crypto cuts eBay out of their commission, right? Yet, these sellers have ratings in the 10's of thousands.

here is one such example.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bitmain-Antminer-S15-28TH-s-Bitcoin-BTC-ASIC-MINER-w-PSU-Read-Description/293070290137?hash=item443c59bcd9:g:X2AAAOSwIz5cyFkN

what do they do once you hit buy now and pay in crypto? cancel the sale? because eBay is expecting to receive payment - correct? and if you do pay via eBay vs their crypto method in the item description - what do they do? refund the payment? relist the item?

I would be tempted to buy based on their eBay rating and that if I go thru eBay and they do not deliver - I have recourse for a refund. This seller makes it sound like he will be ripped off if they go thru eBay - seller's are also protected, they can prove they shipped with a tracking.  And again by going outside of eBay, there is no recourse or safety for the buyer.

I can find listings like this for all types of items - heck one guy asked me to pay him more on PayPal on the side after I won an auction because he found that the item was selling for more on another ad on eBay. When I refused, he cancelled the sale and refunded me what I had already paid...

I do not see how eBay allows this.  Am I missing something?