I have been had by eBay.
The eBay advertisement was:
"Quark Xpress 5.0 FULL install for Mac & PC. Special Promotion! Buy now for only $450"
I paid (through Paypal) $450 US for a Macintosh version. After two weeks I received a pirated PC copy with no software serial numbers or verification codes.
The vendor said (via email) that he would come clean and send me the proper software. He didn't. When I complained, Ebay and Paypal both told me to try and resolve the dispute with the vendor. A week later they both suspended the vendor, Joe Puffenbarger from their sites.
Two weeks later when it didn't look like a resolution was going to happen and it became painfully obvious that I had been ripped off I contacted eBay and Paypal again. Guess what? After 30 days, they don't offer any protection. Sounds like a catch-22 situation. They just told me to sit tight until their protection period was up.
I have only purchased on eBay for 1 week and this was my only purchase (out of three) over $10. If I had a lot of money I wouldn't have resorted to trying to save a few bucks purchasing the software I need for my small business through this method. Now I can't even afford to make a down payment on the real thing.
I am very disappointed in how these corporations conduct business.
Chris
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
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