Damn Lithuanian trying to scam me on ebay?

Gustov · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:47

Hi guys

I listed my PC on eBay and it's UK sale only. Some guy from Lithuania with 3 100% feedback has bid on it at quite a high price (not sure it'll sell for more, which means, he'll cost me a lot of money if he wins it!)

I'm guessing he's going to win it and then file a complaint with paypal saying the PC never arrived despite me saying that it's a UK sale only

Looks dodgy?

Morgoth · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:48

cancel his bid?

Biz.Kid09 · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:52

Well if he wins and pays then send it royal mail recorded...take pictures of receipt etc and you should be fine if a claim is put up.

eatcustard · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:53

Cancel his bid

It will end in tears

waso_dude · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:53

Edit the listing and say no paypal to overseas buyers.

Gustov · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:53

Morgoth said:
cancel his bid?

I can do this

InvaderGIR · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:53

Cancel his bid and fix the listing so that it only allows UK buyers?

I only ever have my auctions set to UK (not just 'I will only sell to a UK buyer' in the description) via the options when setting up the auctions. Stops them pesky none UK scammers from bidding.

Greenlizard0 · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:55

It sounds like even though you've stated UK only bidders, you still need to set it such that your listing only appears in this country.

Gustov · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:57

Canceled his bids. Will he be able to bid again?

InvaderGIR · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:59

Edit the auction and set it to 'UK only' then he won't be able to.

Vampire · 25 Aug 2010 at 14:00

Gustov said:
Canceled his bids. Will he be able to bid again?

Pretty sure you can block specific accounts from ever bidding on your auctions, I haven't done it for a while though.

apatia77 · 25 Aug 2010 at 14:30

No person would buy a computer from Lithuania, I can smell a scam. Do you actually think they have no computers in their own country that he could get for less?

Insured recorded postage itself would cost a fortune.

Cancel his bid as other advised.

RandomNoob · 25 Aug 2010 at 18:07

If you cancelled his bids he wont be able to bid again.

grudas · 25 Aug 2010 at 18:27

apatia77 said:
No person would buy a computer from Lithuania, I can smell a scam. Do you actually think they have no computers in their own country that he could get for less?

Insured recorded postage itself would cost a fortune.

Cancel his bid as other advised.

the prices are a bit inflated in lithuania really so it might be possible

but yeah you might as well stay on the safe side and cancel it :O

Destination · 25 Aug 2010 at 18:42

He might be lithuanian and resident in the Uk without having updated his ebay address. There are stacks of them around...

grudas · 25 Aug 2010 at 18:48

Hikari Kisugi said:
He might be lithuanian and resident in the Uk without having updated his ebay address. There are stacks of them around...

not really STACKS lol.. the whole country has just over 3mil people i can't see how STACKS of them have moved to uk

but you might be right.. about the address..

Skyrunner · 25 Aug 2010 at 18:54

I'd cancel it and set the auction to UK only to be on the safe side, I've heard some bad stories regarding international buyers and Paypal!

Destination · 25 Aug 2010 at 18:58

grudas said:
not really STACKS lol.. the whole country has just over 3mil people i can't see how STACKS of them have moved to uk but you might be right.. about the address..

Heh, I didn't mean stacks in a bad way, the ones I work with are excellent at their job roles. It is also area dependant, certainly within Norn Iron, there are some areas with high Lithuanian density and regions with zero.

Just meant is might not be uncommon for one to be bidding and not have changed address.
Either way OP, cancel the bid if it worries you and reset your auction to actually stop bids form outside Uk, instead of just stating it.

franco_22 · 25 Aug 2010 at 19:04

Is it just me who finds this thread a little racist? :rolleyes:

finga · 25 Aug 2010 at 19:19

A Lithuanian wants to pay for your pc and you think hes going to scam you? why dont you think the other bidders are going to do the same thing?

find this pretty dumb tbh, whats the problem, he pays, you use recorded delivery, hey presto, no problem, do you think they can just whip the money back off you without going through the dispute procedure first, just dont be as dumb as your post and you will be fine

shipping prices to Lithuania are a different story though, but that doesnt seem to be your issue