I recently tried selling my top high level character in World of Warcraft. I had a lot of offer and but a few met my quota. They offered $600-800 USD. I had the first one paid me through paypal. We went through the natural process as to talking to each other over the phone, IP track, and further confirmation. But it was always the talking that threw me off.
The paypal account information and voice did not match. The buyer sounded like a Chinese native and the account had an VERY american name. Yet, they did pay me the money. However, I declined every offer since it sounded like a scam. I'm not sure if you can get your money back from paypal through selling virtual goods but I want to know if it is possible?
Like say, I get paid a certain amount (e.g., $800) and I hand over the character that was purchased from me. And then, if the account wasn't theirs, will I still be able to retain the money or will it all be transferred back to the original owner? What I did was like over 3000$ sit there while I watch it get rebounced. In the end, I never traded nor did I keep the money.
I felt as if it was stolen $$$ in the first place and even if I did, I wasn't sure if after using the money, I will have to cover the costs of it since it was not approved by the original owner of the money.
On the other hand, I'm sure there are virtual goods being sold through paypal a lot each day. Can the seller accept the payment but not hand over the item and still find a way to keep all the money? Since it doesn't have any tracking number? :|
The paypal account information and voice did not match. The buyer sounded like a Chinese native and the account had an VERY american name. Yet, they did pay me the money. However, I declined every offer since it sounded like a scam. I'm not sure if you can get your money back from paypal through selling virtual goods but I want to know if it is possible?
Like say, I get paid a certain amount (e.g., $800) and I hand over the character that was purchased from me. And then, if the account wasn't theirs, will I still be able to retain the money or will it all be transferred back to the original owner? What I did was like over 3000$ sit there while I watch it get rebounced. In the end, I never traded nor did I keep the money.
I felt as if it was stolen $$$ in the first place and even if I did, I wasn't sure if after using the money, I will have to cover the costs of it since it was not approved by the original owner of the money.
On the other hand, I'm sure there are virtual goods being sold through paypal a lot each day. Can the seller accept the payment but not hand over the item and still find a way to keep all the money? Since it doesn't have any tracking number? :|
