Rant: First transaction over E-bay

I should be kicking myself in the ass right now, for using E-bay after telling myself up until now to now use it. I’m one of those cheap ass Chinese guys that like to feel and examine the item before they buy it. Well since the snowboarding season was coming up I decided to get new goggles (Oakley Wisdoms) I shopped around and asked my friends where I could get the best deals, so this one friend told me that E-bay was great place for Snowboarding stuff. So after much hesitation I started look on E-bay and found a pair of goggles at a reasonable price where the seller had a bunch so it made it more legit. Of course I checked his feedback and asked him a lot of question before I made any bids to ease my mind a bit more. So after a few tries I finally won one of his auctions, I asked him a few more question’s and he replied very quick, so I sent him a money order as he requested since he only took money order and personal cheques.

Four days later E-bay fraud division sends me a e-mail about how this buyers account is compromised and was accessed by a third-party and etc…

I sent the buyer a few e-mails yesterday and called and visited the post office a few times today and asked if I could cancel the money order, I even told them I getting scammed and I was getting frauded, but they told me they couldn’t do anything, now I’m waiting for his reply but I doubt I’ll get one, I’m extremely bitter and feeling helpless and doubt I’ll shop on e-bay again.

Thanks for listening,
Cliff notes: I got Scammed on E-bay!