Everydaymatters
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Someone has Amtrak gift certificates on Ebay. They're Buy It Now for $400 for certificates worth $500. Are these authentic? He says he has 10 of them. So he has $5000 worth of gift certificates??? Seems a little odd.
You can't. You'd have to be very trusting.Whoops! That should be 10 $50 certificates totalling $500. I guess that's not so odd afterall. But how would one know if they're authentic?
I don't think I'd go there. They are not exactly giving them away either.Someone has Amtrak gift certificates on Ebay. They're Buy It Now for $400 for certificates worth $500. Are these authentic? He says he has 10 of them. So he has $5000 worth of gift certificates??? Seems a little odd.
Well reading the guys question/answers looks like he bought them with american express points and can no longer take the trip he planned, I know you have to be cautious with anything on ebay just seems he has a pretty good rating but as always buyer be awareI'd be really suspiousis and would avoid buying them personally.
Good ratings mean nothing IMHO. As many here know, I'm also a Shania Twain fan. About a year ago there was someone selling an outfit that Shania wore during her first TV special back in 1999. He had a great rating and stated that he had a certificate of authenticity. Only problem, the original is hanging in the Shania Twain Center in Timmins Ontario Canada.Well reading the guys question/answers looks like he bought them with american express points and can no longer take the trip he planned, I know you have to be cautious with anything on ebay just seems he has a pretty good rating but as always buyer be awareI'd be really suspiousis and would avoid buying them personally.
Is he still selling on Ebay after they found out the outfit was phoney?.
And again, this guy had a great rating. He must have been rating himself using other accounts, but he did have a good rating.
Paypal sucks, believe me. I had very bad experience with paypal and lost money both like buyer and like seller.Paying with Paypal on eBay gives you some amount of security and safety as they provide a guarantee.
That's interesting - I've used it for years on both sides and never had a problem.Paypal sucks, believe me. I had very bad experience with paypal and lost money both like buyer and like seller.Paying with Paypal on eBay gives you some amount of security and safety as they provide a guarantee.
Paypal sucks, believe me. I had very bad experience with paypal and lost money both like buyer and like seller.Paying with Paypal on eBay gives you some amount of security and safety as they provide a guarantee.
Yes he's still selling other stuff, or at least he was a few months after that incident. And he's always selling stuff by artists/actors.Is he still selling on Ebay after they found out the outfit was phoney?.
And again, this guy had a great rating. He must have been rating himself using other accounts, but he did have a good rating.
I should have mentioned that he claimed that he had gotten it directly from someone at the shooting of the TV special and claimed to be the only owner of the outfit. Which of course then begged the question of where did he get the certificate. But of course, one get easily get a certificate if one is willing to pay a few bucks for it. There are places that will certify anything, but they never verify that what they are certifying is true.Alan - It's also possible that HE got suckered by somebody else, and that, at least when he started the auction, maybe he believed it was authentic, complete with the certificate of authenticity from whoever sold it to him. But instead of making a nice profit on the item he got stiffed. Instead of his being the primary villain in this particular drama, he may well have ended up as the primary victim, depending on what he paid for the item to start with. Just because he had good ratings and had sold lots of items doesn't mean he can't get suckered like everybody else. But when legitimate concerns about the item were brought to his attention he should have inquired and then canceled the auction himself (or drastically change the item description and zero out any bids and start over) instead of having to be forced to. I'm not saying this WAS the situation, but it could have been. I've dealt with frauds and idiots on eBay myself, and this may have been one, and I've been burned a couple of times, but I'm suggesting that we really don't have enough information on this one to judge.
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