i wouldn't have known before this that chargebacks was possible on f and f
there is no way to have someone banned on paypal for fraud?
its case-by-case. i didn't do anything with the guy this thread is about, but i still get maybe a few thousand bucks in chargebacks a year from randoms. i have been doing this for a while, so i just factor it into my financials in advance now. i have a big ol CHARGEBACK/ LOSSES spot and i just throw 2k in there and if i'm under that, hey its a good year! its an unavoidable risk of RMT unfortunately.
99.9987% of the people i deal with are straight up regular folks just looking to buy and sell, but even i still get scammed occasionally.
much like dealing with daybreak CSR, it totally depends on who you get. i've called up PayPal and gotten a rep that barely spoke any english and in 30 seconds they just refund all my money, and then the next time i call it is a battle that lasts for weeks. totally random.
being as dumb as possible and sounding as old as possible does help. don't get into what you do. don't bother trying to explain virtual worlds or whatever, just act like a stupid robot that can barely answer questions and they tend to go a lot smoother. YMMV.
if you're using your credit card as a source of funding as you should be, bypass paypal entirely and call them. paypal is a very shady company and they're infamous for randomly locking accounts and freezing funds and stuff. often you'll win your chargeback case and still get nothing because your scammer already paid themselves from the compromised account and they leave it with 0 balance. credit card companies will eat the loss and refund you regardless much more often.