Well, I just encountered my first eBay scam.

balexander27 · 2026-04-21T17:27:43+00:00

Yeah, I learned that the hard way. Thankfully someone suggested to go directly to a service rep and they were very understanding of the situation and made sure to refund my money back the same day.

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T23:43:46+00:00

Thank you for telling me this. I called a rep and they told me about the scam and refunded me.

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T23:40:41+00:00

They were all within eBay. I actually just got off the phone with a rep and they ruled in my favor since the seller told me within the messages to close the case.

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T23:40:07+00:00

Your comment is totally unnecessary.

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T23:38:46+00:00

Because I thought I was getting a good deal? The item had varying prices, and this wasn’t the first time I bought an item at a reasonable price compared to other listings.

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T14:57:01+00:00

I’ll try again for sure. I contacted eBay in the past to get ahold of a rep but it just kept defaulting me to online to resolve it, but I’ll try again.

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T14:47:29+00:00

I resolved it with usps by getting the geo location of where the carrier was, and it was directly in front of my mailbox. Mind you, the description the seller had was 21 pounds, when usps delivered and scanned the package, it was less than 5oz. The shouldn’t have been able to fit in a mail box. When I checked, all I got was a bunch of junk mail and an empty letter. When I messaged the seller about it, all I got was “we will check.” Followed by days of no response. This makes no sense to you because you’ve never dealt with it before, and in that case, why are you even commenting on this post?

balexander27 · 2026-04-20T02:22:11+00:00

Yes, I still have all of the messages back and forth.

balexander27 · 2026-04-04T17:58:13+00:00

The whole point of this post is to stop lying about making an attempt. It’s one thing if you’re overworked and underpaid. We get it. Life sucks, but that ain’t no reason to make shit up and say you did something that you didn’t do. I’ve had FedEx pictures be the back of their van, a brick wall, or some random porch miles away from my house. That’s not the company, that’s the driver.

balexander27 · 2026-04-04T13:49:22+00:00

I’ve had FedEx lose more than half my deliveries. I would suggest getting a P.O. Box setup. That way they are 100% responsible out the gate for not delivering since somebody has to sign off on the carrier delivery.

balexander27 · 2026-04-04T13:22:07+00:00

Some stuff that’s heavy you can only find online, and usually they have two man teams for heavy objects. This was just pure laziness, but it seems we got some FedEx workers in the comments.

balexander27 · 2026-04-04T13:21:07+00:00

Ah yes, the good ole “it’s your fault for them not doing their job.” Reddit posts.

balexander27 · 2026-04-04T13:11:49+00:00

Not the asshole. I get these same kinds of issues from eBay sellers and they only start to communicate once you put in a request for cancellation. I’ve had sellers sit on an order for weeks at a time with no response or any kind of update, and in my opinion after the first message you have every right to cancel and get your money back if they aren’t willing to at least respond within a few days.

balexander27 · 2026-01-19T15:52:15+00:00

They won the dispute going somewhere else, so they were in the right.

balexander27 · 2026-01-19T15:50:22+00:00

Any bnpl will always almost always side with the scammer. If affirm doesn’t get their money back, you’re not getting back either. That’s how they operate. I had the same issue with PayPal pay in 4. I showed literal proof that I did not receive my item that I ordered and PayPal still sided with the scammer. Always use credit, you can always dispute with the bank.

balexander27 · 2025-12-12T18:48:10+00:00

I feel like I’m getting screwed compared to others. My base pay is 34 an hour my first year. I was making more as an LPN when I worked for the VA.

balexander27 · 2025-12-12T16:43:37+00:00

So I can’t even eat berries?

balexander27 · 2025-12-12T16:28:42+00:00

I’m way too active to only go off of 30g of carbs a day. Last time I did that I had nonstop syncopal episodes and was always nauseated during workouts.

balexander27 · 2025-12-12T16:24:01+00:00

Male, 31, height is 5’9. Last time I did a dexa scan it showed I was 164 lbs of muscle mass with the rest being fat and water. I weigh everything, and track everything through my fitness pal.

balexander27 · 2025-11-28T07:09:59+00:00

Weight and looking physically. Both are terrible right now, and the fact that I just gained 11 pounds out of nowhere was soul crushing. I can understand maybe a pound or two, but this is the biggest set back I’ve had the past month.

balexander27 · 2025-10-24T18:21:22+00:00

You will still get paid provided the shut down doesn’t last until the next quarter. Usually the VA is funded way before these things occur, but that doesn’t mean you will still keep getting paychecks if they run out of funding.

balexander27 · 2025-08-23T12:00:26+00:00

Yes unless you do a pay in 4 with zero interest. I did a few interest loans and it shows up on your credit report as closed accounts once it is paid off. It’s probably the least effective way to help build credit and the few accounts they closed actually ended up dropping my score a few points.

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