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fagh_92 · 2024-06-04T11:10:25.276000Z

Hello everyone, I have a question that’s been tormenting me lately, and I hope for your help or opinion on the matter. To give you a bit of context, the story is as follows: A little over 7 months ago, I tried to sell a very expensive painting on Ebay, and the buyer turned out to be a typical scammer. He paid, but then asked for a refund. What’s strange is that, in the middle of that sale, my account was banned for no apparent reason. I called customer service and even they didn’t know the reason, they just kept stalling to drag out the call and charge more. I wrote to them by email and the same thing, they offered no explanation. The thing is, I remember calling customer service to at least access my account and issue a full refund to the scammer and get the painting back, but the agent insisted there was no need, that he would be refunded automatically and that there was nothing I could do. It turns out that, because I couldn’t access my account, I lost the dispute and the scammer kept the refund and the painting. I was able to get the painting back thanks to some contacts close to the scammer, but the problem is that Ebay started sending emails constantly, stating that, because I lost the dispute (following customer service’s advice and without being able to access my account), in addition to the refund to the scammer, I still have to pay Ebay’s fees, almost 600 euros, which obviously I didn’t pay and don’t plan to pay. What’s tormenting me is that, for the past few months, the emails have changed tone to something like "Avoid us referring you to a debt collector". As I have no intention of paying 600 euros for a scam, my question is: Will this keep going? Will they take me to court or something similar? Will I be on a list of bad debtors because of this debt? It should be noted that the ID linked to the account has an old address and it just expired at the beginning of the year, so they can’t locate me or anything like that, right? I look forward to your advice and opinion, thanks.

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