Re: Is it Safe To Buy XP PRO From eBay ?

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Thanks for your opinion DSH,

My neighbor told me that, there are 5 entities involved here:

USPS = was the means of transportation.
Microsoft = Selling a not for sale media.
eBay = The creator of this selling engine.
Papal = The funds collector.
FBI = The software Pirating Institution that polices INTRA STATE traffic.
And last but not least http://www.liberty.edu address is the return
address that appeared as the sender/seller's address.

Now, all these entities 6, of them, you mean none of them would be
interested to look into this issue toward at least stopping this person from
continuing this illegal selling?
And yet everyone is focusing on laughing at the victim?
Frankly, I admit making the mistake of trusting someone I do not know that
is using a college address, but do I stop here and forget about it?
I already, contacted eBay and Paypal and filed a complaint.
I also returned the item back with registered USPS and have a receipt and a
letter inside demanding my money back.
Consulting with a counselor is also an option.
You are right, I am not going to directly contact the seller anymore, but
I will not just do nothing either.
I intend to contact one entity one at a time, and just see how far this can
go, If society is NOT interested and all will laugh at me,
then Internet Commerce is a scary place. I did look it up "Caveat Emptor"
Thanks.

(The magic number is 36)

Phyberlink



"D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Take a hot toddy of your choice and a long nap.

You've been properly scammed, skinned and gutted -- and are out $109.

The lesson could have been far more expensive for you.

PayPal may or may not be able to help.

Do NOT seek some sort of REVENGE on the scammer -- or you could end up in
Court yourself.

Call the Better Business Bureau, or whatever you have in your venue, and
report it. If you have a Business Name or address for the scammer report
that.

They will also probably laugh at you -- but you may get some "Venting
Satisfaction".

They will probably put you down as a Naïve & Gullible Rube, which you ARE
and then put your report in the File & Ignore folder -- UNLESS you can
target a BUSINESS.

Tell e-Bay if you like -- you may save future rubes from the same sorry
end. But then you may want some Schadenfreude out of all this.

Caveat Emptor... [Look it up if you don't understand it]

How old are you?

DSH
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"Phyberlink" <phyberlink@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I agree, with you, however while learning from mistakes made, What
would my options be? Any ideas as to what would be a "reasonable" way to
recover?

Phyberlink


"D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bingo!

Research Thoroughly Before Leaping -- Don't Impulse Buy.

Caveat Emptor.

It's become an American trait among the Poguenoscenti to blame someone
else, or an entire corporation, for one's personal screwups.

Bad Character Trait...

DSH

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Phyberlink wrote:

I lost $109 I am now contacting eBay Paypal for a refund, I am
furious. Someone had a for sale (not bidding) on what appeared to be
a photo of a retail box Win XP Pro with the Word New Sealed "package"
So I purchased it, and 4 days later US Mail, I get an envelope with a
gold CD plus a sticker from Microsoft stating that I will need to
contact Microsoft to purchase a Single User License in order for me
to activate the software after the 30 days trial period.

I wonder now, as to what eBay is going to do.

I give up, I just will NEVER buy anything from the Internet anymore,
especially from eBay.


That's a very foolish, extreme overreaction. You didn't do your
homework, you didn't listen to the advice you got here, and you got
burned.. Don't blame eBay for a seller's having cheated you, and
cetrainly don't blame all internet vendors. If you had bought something
in a brick-and-mortar store that turned out to have been falsely
represented, would you you then decide never to buy anything in a
brick-and-mortar store again? That would make as much sense as your
statement above.

Internet stores can be as reliable as any other kind of store. But they
are not *all* reliable, just as not all sellers on eBay are reliable.
Make your choices of who to buy from based on real information about
the company or person you are dealing with.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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