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Originally Posted by reconboy
Keeping the phone is the easy part, the seller never had possession of the phone in the first place.
Paypal can retract the payment easily as the seller never had anything to sell since it was a scam.
Now granted I may have to pay Asurion 200.00 for the phone but atleast I will or maybe able to keep service on the phone since I DO have insurance. The money I paid the seller would in sense pay Asurion.
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Actually what you are telling people to do is scam Paypal out of their fees and pull a wire fraud. Paypal does not and can not require someone to have a product in hand. I can be your buddy in Texas and you live in Cali and you don't have eBay but want me to sell your phone for you then you ship it. Its perfectly legit. Also many companies such as SMC, Quickstar, Mary Kay etc drop ship your orders and you can take Paypal on your own personal site. If you feel you have stolen merchandise in your possession and refuse to return it then you are what's called "being in possession". What you would have to do is file a claim and return the item and get your funds back. You can not legally be forced to pay and other fees once you severe ties with the item thus voided your contract with that seller. Only the people envolved in doing the "fraud" can be liable. The end user can not. It would never hold up in court. Trust me when I tell you this. My sister is an assistant D.A. in New York and handles criminal cases daily.