Should I scam the scammers?

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Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
As I noted in the X-bone (Xbox One) thread, people were selling pictures (and empty boxes) of the previous generation of game consoles. When a scam has been going on for at least 8 years I don't see them going out of the way to protect users (both buyers and sellers). Additional note: he didn't get a refund until after the paper ran the story.

As much as I hate agreeing with Black - he's right. That transaction is a slam dunk, 100% certainty to get money back from ebay. Even though the guy was dumber than a brick. You are assuming that he only got a refund because of publicity - that is not true. It's SOP at ebay.

Anywhere the is money changing hands, you will find crooks - that's a reality of life.

You are assuming that ebay only wants a cut of every transaction and they don't care if people get ripped off. Think about it for a moment... even a monolith like ebay can come crashing down with the right circumstances. They want people to feel safe on ebay and work pretty damned hard to make it so. It is in their best interest to police the site as much as is humanly possible.

I can fill your ear all day long with complaints about ebay, but YOUR complaints are unfounded.

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Filliam H. Muffman wrote: I will take this also as your opinion unless you can point to information that shows ebay typically processes refunds in this time frame. I think he would have gotten a refund in another two or three working days.

This is a classic "not as described" case. It's against the rules to put something that is not a game console (like a picture of a game console) in the game console category. You can't say, "Well, I clearly described it as merely a picture of a box and this idiot bought it anyway" - no... no f'ing way.

It doesn't get any easier than this... Like been through this dozens of times - promise... I know what I'm talking about.