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by endofanera_Archive
Teacher's Pet wrote:Not a selling hassle exactly. I'm curious if this sounds like a scam.I bought an small item on eBay (a USB dat logger gizmo). Instead of delivering to the little store next to my house as directed, the USPS delivery was "refused" and headed back to California. I'm not sure why it would have been refused, seems unlikely, but possible.I contacted the seller and offered them another shipping address. Then they sent me this:Hello ,I am wondering whether you are interested in ordering this item free on Amazon.First, you need place an order on Amazon in our store, then we will refund you the half payment via paypal.After getting package, please help us make a review for the data logger, and then we will refund you the rest payment.So you will get this data logger free at last, and we will get your honest review on Amazon.If you are interested in, please let me know. Or I will ship you the package directly to replace the refused one.I'm hesitant to pay twice for an item that hasn't shown up yet.I know that people do value Amazon reviews highly, but this seems dicey, no?People do provide stuff for free to get Amazon reviews. That said, the way this is structured feels, if not scammy, at least weird. Unless you'd be saving major cash, I'd just say "send me the one you paid for."
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