Ebay question
 

I won an item tonight that I think is way below market.
the seller has all positive feedback, and has a sold a few items in this price range in the past month.

I have not bought an item this expensive on Ebay. is there any specific way I need to pay to make sure I am protected? how fool proof is the Ebay buyer protection?

It's come through for me. About a month ago I got what I thought was a good deal on a raw Aaron RC. When I got the card in hand, it was clearly trimmed.

Seller wouldn't take it back and gave me a bunch of BS about how it could be a "size variation," and anyway he only described it as authentic (i.e., not unaltered). Great business practices, eh?

Anyway, after waiting the required period, I had to ask eBay to step in. It took them about two hours to decide the case in my favor (I attached clear photos showing the size discrepancy). I sent the card back, and they just told me I got my refund today. Hasn't hit my credit card yet, but I expect it will soon.

I thought I had bought the card directly with my credit card, but I got an email from PayPal earlier today about the refund, so apparently they were involved somewhere. From what I hear they offer an extra layer of protection.

Ebay is pretty good for buyer protection. Just to be safe I would pay through PayPal via credit card to get the PayPal and credit card company protections as well.

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I thought I had bought the card directly with my credit card, but I got an email from PayPal earlier today about the refund, so apparently they were involved somewhere. From what I hear they offer an extra layer of protection

Ebay owns PayPal.

Ebay used to own it. Paypal is now its own publicly traded company as of 2015.

I have my eBay account set to pay with a credit card by default for the bonus points (I've bought a...considerable number of cards in the last 6 months).

But it's strange and irritating: About half the time, I confirm payment and the purchase goes through no problem. And then the other half of the time, it says I need to re-enter the security code for my credit card. I do, but then it always says the transaction didn't go through, so I have to change the payment method to PayPal, login to PP, and it takes the money out of my checking account (despite the fact that I have the same credit card set as my default PP payment method for online purchases).

I've contacted a few sellers asking if they have their accounts set not to take credit card payments, but they've said that's not the case. Just seems to be a totally random glitch. It's very frustrating.

I bought the card. used Paypal. Will see what happens.....

Now I'm curious - what's the card?

Ebay buyer protection is excellent, Paypal buyer protection is excellent as well. You can file claims on both if one happens to deny a claim.

2 things to keep in mind:

If the card is $750 and up, the seller is required to use Signature Confirmation.

Sellers are required to accept returns for items not as described, regardless of what the sellers return policy is.