scoob fae ork Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 HI guys to cut a long story short i sold a power steering pump on e-bay and i only work with pay pal for money transfers so i have this as my only option for payment. The guy who was the winning bidder is telling me he has no pay pal set up and is having problems doing so there for he is asking me to e-mail or phone him with my bank details which he is not getting. What do i do with him now ? Link to comment
paul555sti Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 HI guys to cut a long story short i sold a power steering pump on e-bay and i only work with pay pal for money transfers so i have this as my only option for payment. The guy who was the winning bidder is telling me he has no pay pal set up and is having problems doing so there for he is asking me to e-mail or phone him with my bank details which he is not getting. What do i do with him now ? What about getting him to send you a postal order for the value? Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 What about getting him to send you a postal order for the value? Yeah that would be an option right enough Link to comment
scouk Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I tend to take care with eBay.. If somethign doesn't seem right it's probably not! One of the main things about eBay now is that sellers MUST offer PayPal.. Main reason for this is that both seller and buyer has protection.. if you choose, to do a deal outside of eBay and it goes wrong you have little protection.. It may well be genuine enough, but if it were me I'd not carry on with the sale.. The listing clearly state the payment methods allowed.. If a buyer is unable to make payments that way then you shouldn't be bidding... Just my view... Link to comment
rig-pig Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 defo NO bank details, i would go with postal order if i were you m8 o and whats his feedback score Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 So could i cancel the sale and put the item back up for sale with out landing my self in poop ? Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 defo NO bank details, i would go with postal order if i were you m8 o and whats his feedback score He is only about 22 but with 100% feedback Link to comment
StewartyBoy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 You've listed the item as Paypal only and he has bid on the item knowing he has no access to Paypal. You are well within your rights to refuse sale and re-list the item as you have clearly specified as this being your only method of transaction. Link to comment
marko72 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) Or get a postal order , cheque if you can be bothered. Or offer it to the next highest bidder if there is one. Good luck. Mark ( with 500+ 100% pos feedback on tha bay ) Edited April 4, 2010 by marko72 Link to comment
scooby doom Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 (edited) If he's been in contact then I'd at least give him the option of another payment method (cheque or postal order) cos let's face it the whole point is selling your item. The option of second chance or relisting could be considered quite quickly if no payment is received, as it'll only take a day or two to send it 1st class, so nothing lost really. It's quite obvious that the buyer is an eBay noob with such a low feedback score and could have as easily have misread the listing (or just be stoopid) than be a scammer. I just think back to when I first used eBay with little or no FB and avoided the "buyers with less than 10 or whatever FB's need not bid" sort of listings to save having to convince the seller I was a genuine buyer - that said we all had to start somewhere. Pete (been eBaying 5 years - 831 FB's @ 100%) Edited April 5, 2010 by Scooby Doom Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 I E-mailed him last night to tell him i was not willing to give my bank details but if he was having problems with setting up paypal i would be happy to wait but i did forget to say about a postal order so just waiting for a reply now. Link to comment
st3ph3n Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Could offer Nochex too maybe? I used them many years ago before paypal was the monopoly. Link to comment
rig-pig Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 i would send him a e-mail about postal order and if you dont hear anything back in 24hrs i would put it back up for sale, 22,FB at 100% is quite good tho, have a look at the profile and see what he has been buying Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hi guy's i just sent the guy another e-mail as i have not heard from him since sunday. I told him about the postal order but i also told him if i dont hear from him by Friday night i will re-list the item. Is this fair ? Link to comment
rig-pig Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 yes as you stated payment by paypal Link to comment
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