Nervous transaction through eBay/Paypal.

Diagro · 25 Jan 2013 at 17:01

Welll... I wont get into that lol

norm · 10 Feb 2013 at 18:39

Did it all end well?

Sipha · 10 Feb 2013 at 19:21

Well it's ended !

I filed a case with eBay to investigate the transaction tp see if they thought anything untoward was going on, didnt get a reply.

However I then sent the buyer a message within eBay stating basically that I was unhappy with the transcation as he had made the account hours before making the purchase along with a brand new PP account. So due to the possibly risk of chargeback and high value of the item I would be refunding his 'eCheque' in full. I did however state he could still come and collect it in person with cash and I would give him a £75 discount for doing so, but no response so fair enough.

I then refunded him and asked the buyer to mutually close the case so I could recoup my fees.

The next day I had a note from ebay that the buyer had agreed to mutually cancel the transaction, the fees were refunded and that was that. I had no message from the buyer atall.

So all in all I think I got away lightly, it may have been a scam it may not. I was unhappy with it so I got out when I could.

diamount · 10 Feb 2013 at 19:24

Lesson learned then. If selling something for high value either sell it via cash on collection or do it via escrow.

jaybee · 10 Feb 2013 at 19:41

Sipha said:
I have recently sold my Mac through eBay, all well and good. But the transaction is of a very high value (over £1000) and I'm understandably nervous.

My problem is my Buyer has (0) feedback and joined eBay that same day. HOWEVER,

I stopped reading at that point. Even if it is that 1 in a million legit buyer, you don't take the risk.

Why not block buyers that do not have a paypal account, have unpaid item strikes/disputes and/or low feedback scores? You can do all of this as a seller. I make my auctions as strict as I possibly can including not allowing any country outside of the UK. It's not perfect, but it will stop some of the people that are likely to waste your time.

I wouldn't even deal with that person on a low value item. I would instantly cancel the bid. Let alone a mac worth a grand.

Robbo · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:43

Sipha said:
Well it's ended !

I filed a case with eBay to investigate the transaction tp see if they thought anything untoward was going on, didnt get a reply.

However I then sent the buyer a message within eBay stating basically that I was unhappy with the transcation as he had made the account hours before making the purchase along with a brand new PP account. So due to the possibly risk of chargeback and high value of the item I would be refunding his 'eCheque' in full. I did however state he could still come and collect it in person with cash and I would give him a £75 discount for doing so, but no response so fair enough.

I then refunded him and asked the buyer to mutually close the case so I could recoup my fees.

The next day I had a note from ebay that the buyer had agreed to mutually cancel the transaction, the fees were refunded and that was that. I had no message from the buyer atall.

So all in all I think I got away lightly, it may have been a scam it may not. I was unhappy with it so I got out when I could.

It was a scam. There is no may.

arknor · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:50

Craterloads said:
Which buyer in his right mind would pay direct into to some random person bank account?

I've sold stuff on here before and took bacs payment

also sold an rc car for £300 on a forum where I had about 21 posts yet the buyer had no problem paying into my bank

Magic_x_uk · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:56

sorry, not reading all of this. BUT why did the BUYER not just do a bank transfer and save all this faffing about.

To be, at least that would be a lot easier. for both parties?

arknor · 10 Feb 2013 at 20:58

Magic_x_uk said:
sorry, not reading all of this. BUT why did the BUYER not just do a bank transfer and save all this faffing about.

To be, at least that would be a lot easier. for both parties?

almost impossible to reverse a bank transfer and he could be a noobie following the ebay guidelines by the letter

MrMoonX · 10 Feb 2013 at 21:48

arknor said:
almost impossible to reverse a bank transfer and he could be a noobie following the ebay guidelines by the letter

The Bank will reverse it if its a compromised bank account

diamount · 11 Feb 2013 at 14:19

MrMoonX said:
The Bank will reverse it if its a compromised bank account

Depends. Domestic maybe, but if not it's an international payment.