So after winning the auction and convincing the seller that I’m not a scammer or identity thief (due to being in China), I paypal the seller $110, $78 of which came from my credit card and $32 from my paypal account. I receive confirmation that the transfer was accepted, $78 off my credit card, and then a retraction five minutes later.

We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

Then I log into paypal and it says I need to confirm my credit card information. I do that and the account is still restricted and I can’t send the money until paypal manually reviews my account.

Damn you, China.

So in the process of trying to acquire an expansion card for my MPC 2000XL on ebay I’ve been pinpointed as a scammer and/or identity thief. Through my own mistake my shipping address in China was automatically included in the post-auction email that was sent out, so when I sent another message saying to ship it to another person (Mark) in Los Angeles the seller asks me to mutually withdraw the transaction in fear of me robbing him or stealing his identity. lol oops. I understand how it must look, I have 100% positive feedback on ebay but because it’s all from years ago. If I could find this thing on taobao (the Chinese ebay) it would save me a ton of hassle but sadly it is not. Here’s a link to the auction – it’s an 8-output sound card.