So.. on Friday I placed an order on eBay for a $19 black sheep leather jacket with free shipping (free shipping from USA of all places), and so.. now eBay today sent me a message claiming that the sellers account had been abused by some unauthorized access or something like that, and that the listing was in error. Paypal have my money listed as "pending transaction" but there is NO WAY to stop it. I have now had to send Paypal a written message, in the hopes of them canceling my pending payment. I was given an email address to try contact the seller, and so I did use that option, but I can't help but wonder if maybe the seller's email address itself is compromised. I wonder if perhaps the seller just typed in the wrong details in his sales ad. Though, looking at the sellers activity, there had been no activity for his sales in months, until just recently.
Moral of the story: If it is too good to be true, it probably is. :|
Damnit, it was a really nice looking leather jacket. :| And apparently some 300 other ppl as well also thought that.