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Originally Posted by Wolfen
Hey Sweet, is there any reason you picked Overstock.com over the ebay listings?
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Yes sir, a very good reason. I've stated this before, and have even been accused of having fallen for some phishing scam, but it's simply not true. I was almost screwed out of one of my bank account's total checking balance a year or so back, and all thanks to my Paypal account being "hacked".
I put the quote on quote around hacked because I think it was an inside job, personally speaking. Out of the 2 years prior to that incident, I had only used the account ONCE in order to purchase a turntable arm cartridge from someone. After that, the account was just sitting there doing nothing. Then one day (more than a year after) I was at a local pharmacy purchasing a bottle of water and some junk food with my debit card, which is linked directly to that particular checking account and it was declined.
I thought it a mistake, since I knew there was at least a couple thousand in that account, and decided to go to my bank which happened to have a branch on that corner. As it turns out, I was shown a negative balance due to everything being funneled into MY paypal account, awaiting final approval to move to some anonymous email address ! Long story short, I rushed my ass home, canceled the transaction by calling PP and telling them of the fraudulent activity and had the bank straighten the rest of it out. I came -.- that close to being totally screwed..
Afterwards, PP decided to get their legal representatives to send me a lovely letter stating that I was being sued for said amount, because I somehow cheated THEM out of MY money !!! After that, let's just say that both their legal team and administration got their asses chewed out but good. And yeah, they apologized. Wow, good on them, eh ?
So yeah, I'll personally never let PP have my business ever again. And since PP and eBay are one in the same.....
In a pinch though, I'll use a friend's or relatives account, since they don't give a rats patoot.
Hope that explanation satisfies.