Where do those "new" eBay receivers come from?

[kvhollis]

I just looked and most of the prices are BELOW dealer cost.

Are they hot? This I don't know, but I find it strange that someone can sell new units for less then what dealers pay for them.

I got burned on a 322 off of ebay. The guy called and said he found out that after he bought them off of craigslist that they were hot and I needed to ship it back. He said I would get paid back......

Paypal wouldn't do jack about it. Thank goodness I paid with Visa. Visa refunded me and I have no idea what Paypal did to him. Once in a while you gotta love the terms on your visa card.

 

[RandallA]

Paypal won't do crap for you. They refunded me $5.00 of one transaction one time. I went to my credit card company and they refunded me the total amount.

 

[JamesD]

Paypal's buyer protection is a joke.

 

[Mr Tony]

800 333 3474 all reps can HOPEFULLY confirm the roo number is OK.

not necessarily

I got a 311 and the CSR's said the card was clean. In fact the box had never been activated (they told me this twice)

Called to activate it...oh no sir, that is part of a pre-paid system and that cannot be activated through a regular account

 

[josem3]

Paypal's buyer protection is a joke.

I'm ageed with you. I always use Paypal payment with credit card option. Not matter if they give me $2,000.00 protection warranty.

Jose.

 

[kvhollis]

Paypal's buyer protection is a joke.

No kidding. They also told me that you can not dispute things with Visa/MC or they may cancel your account.

I finally after getting screwed by them once decided to just forget them and disputed it. After some thought I figured who are they that they can over ride the rules of accepting Visa as payment. They CAN'T!

My paypal account is still live and active.

 

[kvhollis]

I'm ageed with you. I always use Paypal payment with credit card option. Not matter if they give me $2,000.00 protection warranty.

Jose.

Smart man.

 

[fireman43]

That's what I've done in the past when I've looked for receivers on Ebay. I drop the seller a letter and ask for the R00 and S00 numbers for the receiver and explicitly state that it's so I can verify the receiver balance with Dish Network.

what are these "R00" and Soo" numbers you refer to.
thanks

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Receiver ID number and Smartcard number.

 

[navychop]

They're on your system screen. It IDs the box. If you get a box with a balance due, they won't activate it until the balance is paid. Sometimes sellers on eBay sell you a box that was leased, not owned, and you're out of luck.

 

[Stargazer]

What if you use a PayPal credit card with the Visa logo? Is PayPal going to interfere with that? They give extended credit to those that use that credit card according to their buyer protection.

If a seller on ebay sells you a receiver that was leased then can they get into trouble for selling you something that does not belong to them? Would that then be considered stolen property?