Ebay advice please

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:16

Just sold my laptop on ebay, but it now. The perosn who purchased it made their account today and has requested payment details on a buy it now? surely they could just pay like you normally woudl do through buy it now?

Bit of help because i havnt sold many items on ebay.

the_r_sole · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:18

can you not just send them an invoice for it?

roguekiller2323 · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:20

tell them to click on the left 'Purchase History' in the 'My Ebay' section, there they will see the item(s) they have purchased or won, they can pay for it from there using paypal or one of the other methods that you might have aloud them to use.

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:23

See im not sure on this invoice stuff, my other purchases were as follows:

Listed item
opened email after a period of time, emai lreads "you have recieved payment for blah blah blah" then followed the other stuff and printed the label ect and sent it off.

But what worries me most is that they ask how much they owe me? but the price is right there in fron of them

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:27

Hi seller am very glad that i won your item on ebay i like to see the claer picture of the item also get back to me with your paypal money request or paypal email address so that i can make the payment as soon as i receive your paypal email address send it to my paypal account [email protected] best regard

does that look odd to you?

roboffer · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:28

TheYoungster said:
Hi seller am very glad that i won your item on ebay...

Those two words smell of a dodgy transaction by themselves.

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:30

I know, im kinda bricking it right now, im not doing anything untill i get a reply

the_r_sole · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:30

could just be because they are new, just tell them to pay through ebay directly, if you send them an invoice there will be a pay now button on that

PhillyDee · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:38

Do not ship with anything other than full tracking.
Do not ship to nigeria, or anythign else. It is very very odd that the account was created that particular day, and the email just looks like randomly generated rubbish.

It does sound very didgy, but could be legit.

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:46

ok then, ill wait till i hear from them, then if its legit send a invoice, send full tracking , address is lincolnshire

BTW: this is them: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/olalekangoothxx/

look at the member since info

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:52

What service should I use? im not sure which has full tracking ect

muon · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:53

TheYoungster said:
What service should I use? im not sure which has full tracking ect

RMSD.

Also, send an invoice.

PapaLazaru · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:55

If you ship your laptop to them then more fool you.

I would be going nowhere near them.

kmufc77 · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:56

TheYoungster said:
Hi seller am very glad that i won your item on ebay i like to see the claer picture of the item also get back to me with your paypal money request or paypal email address so that i can make the payment as soon as i receive your paypal email address send it to my paypal account [email protected] best regard

does that look odd to you?

This looks like a typical email usually from Nigeria (The wording).

I could be wrong though.

A2Z · 16 Aug 2011 at 17:57

I can tell you right now the seller is dodgy, do not send, forget about the listing.

I havent sold on ebay for ages, as it has got really ****, but I do know when you create a listing you can make buying preferences, I think theres one that blocks people registered for less then x days.

Re list the item and make sure you put the buying preferences on to stop bogus bidders like this one. You can create a non paying dispute later to get your final value fee back.

kylew · 16 Aug 2011 at 18:11

TheYoungster said:
What service should I use? im not sure which has full tracking ect

Use a courier that provides enough insurane and tracking. Don't use RMSD it's a massive rip off.

TheYoungster · 16 Aug 2011 at 18:26

Right, phoned up ebay customer support, what a massive load of good that was, tried phoning this guy, no answer, dont even think its a real number. Waiting for a reply, then re listing it

Temi_D · 16 Aug 2011 at 18:31

Just to warn you the name IS infact Nigerian - Olalekan is a Nigerian name.

Schizo · 16 Aug 2011 at 18:33

just relist it,sounds very much like a scam to me.

relist it and make sure you make it clear that anyone without 20+ feedback not to bother.

new member today and they buy your laptop !

scam written all over it.

PhillyDee · 16 Aug 2011 at 18:37

Set your buyer requireents in your eBay preferences. Make sure it applies to all listings when you actually list the item.