So, I bought an iPhone 6 from ebay.. Maybe?

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Basically, I'd been on the hunt for one of these for the last week to replace a broken screen. Then browsing ebay on Monday night I came accross a seller that was selling 7 brand new phones at £440 each.

So, I bought one, he had enough feedback and a member for 11 years.

All phones were gone within an hour or so but one thing that struck me that the phones would have been dispatched yesterday (if they really have) yet two people left feedback yesterday, one had only purchased the phone that morning!

So currently wondering if I have been stung as the order details was supposed to be a 48 hour service, yet two people claimed to have received them on the day of them being dispatched!

Maybe I'm jumping the gun and those people collected but I must admit, I am a littler worried now :D

Will see if it turns up tomorrow...

For what it's worth, I did request tracking details earlier this afternoon but never got a reply.
 
Basically, I'd been on the hunt for one of these for the last week to replace a broken screen. Then browsing ebay on Monday night I came accross a seller that was selling 7 brand new phones at £440 each.

So, I bought one, he had enough feedback and a member for 11 years.

All phones were gone within an hour or so but one thing that struck me that the phones would have been dispatched yesterday (if they really have) yet two people left feedback yesterday, one had only purchased the phone that morning!

So currently wondering if I have been stung as the order details was supposed to be a 48 hour service, yet two people claimed to have received them on the day of them being dispatched!

Maybe I'm jumping the gun and those people collected but I must admit, I am a littler worried now :D

Will see if it turns up tomorrow...

For what it's worth, I did request tracking details earlier this afternoon but never got a reply.
You paid by PayPal right?? If so you should be safe..
 
I did indeed.

I know I'm safe if all goes tits up, just means I'll find myself phoneless for a while longer!
 
I did indeed.

I know I'm safe if all goes tits up, just means I'll find myself phoneless for a while longer!
Good stuff, I wouldn't worry to much though it can be a pain to go through the dispute process... Usually if its a scam they wont have such good feedback And the price is usually too good to be true. Fingers crossed this turns up for you!
 
Hopefully it'll be ok but selling 7 brand new IPhones does sound a bit suspicious. My eBay account was hacked into a while ago and suddenly I was selling 4 high end electric guitars!

What had the seller been selling in the past?

MAin thing is you didn't deal outside of eBay.

Hope it all goes well.
 
No phone today.. had a message back:

Honestly I don't know what happened during the delivery. The distribution centre is away from my location. I've been chasing them to pass the tracking number to me but have not got it yet. Sincerely apologise for this. For now, all I can do is to ask you kindly do me a favour if you don't mind - let's wait and see until this Saturday (last delivery this week; if still no delivery, the full amount will be refunded to your account by this Saturday night. Is that alright? I am really sorry about this but as far as I am concerned this sales is not a scam.
 
When the person selling them uses the "scam" word alarm bells are ringing. Speaking from experience, I lost £2k to an eBay phone scam over 10 years ago (stupidly paying via bank transfer so had no protection). I would contact PayPal dispute resolution now, I'm concerned he is buying time to potentially relocate or more likely has initiated the PayPal fund withdrawal process his end and waiting for cash to hit his bank account.
 
Selling things he doesn't have?
 
How did you get on? Did you get your phone or your money back?
 
I never got the phone (neither did anyone else) but did receive my refund a couple of days ago.

I didn't use ebay to source one in the end, I bought brand new :/ (at least it was safe)
 
Sounds like a payday loan scam! Least you got your money back thats the important thing :)
 

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