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Following up on the disastrous EBay laptop purchase and failed PayPal dispute:
Here was their response when I tried to appeal:
Thank you for contacting PayPal.
Because you had stated you installed software on the computer, we were
unable to grant your claim.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us
again.
Sincerely,
Katharyn
Protection Services Department
PayPal, an eBay Company
Here’s […]
Following up on the disastrous EBay laptop purchase
Well, I lost the Paypal dispute resolution. What a joke. The response from PayPal:
“Based on our definition of significantly not-as-described, this claim does not qualify for a refund.We found the seller to has accurately represented the item(s) in question.”
Great. Now I’m out almost 400 bucks and I have […]
I have always had pretty good experiences buying from people on EBay. So, when I recently decided that I would get a used laptop on there I didn’t worry too much. I found one for around $350 that was adequately equipped and bought it and paid with PayPal. After 2 weeks, I started to get […]
In our household, we’ve gotten hooked on sparkling water. The only problem is they’re expensive. Even in bulk at Costco, the price per bottle is at least 3 times what we pay for bottled water or soft drinks. That just didn’t seem right. Plus, with regular water at least we avoided using too much plastic […]
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