Interesting, rare and sometimes cheap ebay items.

[gdmetro]

yeah just got that email too.
cancelled the payment and now i want to yell at him.
my christmas spirit is depressed now

Im a ebay/paypal noob.

How do I cancel payment?

Or I have to file a dispute?

[SkyWarp91]

Seriously though... I hope no one here actually expected to get the item. Like I said, it just smelt like BS from the start.

It reminds me of a couple of years ago when bibyco had a Transformer for sale for zero dollars. I think everyone who was a member here at the time tried to order one only to have the order cancelled. I'm sure that was a mistake whereas the above seller is more in the business of scamming.

Like you said in the beginning of this discussion - if its too good to be true, it probably is.

Maybe the seller just wanted paypal details. Who knows what they can do with it. Maybe all the people who bought from him/her will start receiving scam email pretending to be from Paypal asking you to change your password or login from a link in the email.... and then paypal account gets stolen.

I'd beware guys.

+1, especially with 5FDP. Even if it was $14 or whatever that money could have gone to getting a couple of legends figures...

[High_Q]

Im a ebay/paypal noob.

How do I cancel payment?

Or I have to file a dispute?

I logged into Paypal's site, then cancelled the transaction from there just by clicking on a button.

[valkyrie_76]

Well dispute taken but anyway.......oh well.

[jazzcomp]

lesson learned, i wanted to get one since a few were getting it. Luckily, I was busy the past few days.

[jaydisc]

Im a ebay/paypal noob.

How do I cancel payment?

Or I have to file a dispute?

Only eCheque (bank transfer) payments can be cancelled if I'm not mistaken.

[kaiden]

Only eCheque (bank transfer) payments can be cancelled if I'm not mistaken.

no, i cancelled it the same way.

i logged in and saw at the bottom a summary of recent transactions and there was a cancel button next to that ebay purchase. so i pressed cancel and it was done.

[Vector Prime]

no, i cancelled it the same way.

i logged in and saw at the bottom a summary of recent transactions and there was a cancel button next to that ebay purchase. so i pressed cancel and it was done.

Likewise... I think it's because the payment had not been cleared or collected by the seller yet, hence the ability to cancel payment, whereas if the Paypal payment had gone through, you would have to put in a dispute claim to get your money back.

[jaydisc]

Same way as what? What payment method did you choose? As you can not cancel:

Instant Bank Transfer
PayPal Balance
Credit Card

UNLESS...

If a PayPal recipient is not configured to accept money in the currency you sent, the payment will stay pending until the recipient decides what to do with it. However, I was not aware that the sender could cancel it in that situation.

[jaydisc]

Sorry, I've read a bit more and can see that this is a special situation. My apologies.