Ebay question / advice

Alz_D

Alz_D

Alz_D

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I've sold a bike on E-Bay and in the advert I've stated I wanted cash on collection. Winning bidder has asked if I have the original receipt from 2015, which I don't (this is post sale), he's now sent me this :

Sorry if there's no receipt then would need to pay something on paypal/credit card to protect consumer rights.
Doesn't have to be full amount, say £100. £320 then in cash after inspection
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I don't want to be putting myself in a position where I can get scammed moving forward, I don't sell a lot on ebay but my past experience has not been great. I'm not sure I understand his explanation. He's buying a used bicycle outside of warranty in sold as seen state.

Am I wrong for wanting to stick to my original cash on collection?

Any advice appreciated.

Alex
 
Sounds to me like he wants to complain afterwards to ebay and reclaim the £100 he paid with paypal.
It's a 5 year old bike with no warranty he will inspect before buying i would hold firm and refuse the paypal payment.
 
silverblack said:
Sounds to me like he wants to complain afterwards to ebay and reclaim the £100 he paid with paypal.
It's a 5 year old bike with no warranty he will inspect before buying i would hold firm and refuse the paypal payment.
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Agree with this 100%. It's a second hand bike, cash on collection. What consumer rights is he talking about? It's a private sale of a 5 year old bike.
 
He wants consumer rights then he should buy from a proper business. This is a personal sale on eBay and does not come with any further rights, it is sold as seen. Tell him to jog on. Then you file a complaint with eBay to get your fees back.
 
The refund is what's worrying me. Ive been scammed before and it's making me nervous. I don't want to put myself in a position where I'll be liable to lose money down the line.
 
If he pays £1 on PayPal and the rest cash does that give him the facility to complain and try and get all the money back or just what's on PayPal?
 
sounds like it could be a pretext to ensure bike is not stolen too,
asking for a purchase receipt, in that respect, sounds reasonable, for a bike which sounds like it was originally heading to £1k,
as a purchaser I'd want a written receipt anyway, and maybe proof of home address.
 
Rannoch said:
Out of interest what his feedback score?
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He has good feedback but I've been caught out with that before. I had someone buy a 980 with a block straight out of my PC in working order, they took it apart, cleaned the block with what looked like a brillo pad, got it wet and raised an ebay complaint when it didn't work.... I had almost 2 weeks or fighting that to get my money back after PayPal instantly took the buyers side. He had a good score but still tried to scam me.
 
LeeUK said:
He wants consumer rights then he should buy from a proper business. This is a personal sale on eBay and does not come with any further rights, it is sold as seen. Tell him to jog on. Then you file a complaint with eBay to get your fees back.
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This, tell him if he wants consumer rights then he shouldn't be so cheap looking at 2nd hand stuff
 
As said above is sounds like the chap just wants some form of proof of purchase in case it turns out the bike is stolen.
Ask him if that’s what his concerns are and if so move forward accordingly with the sale.
 
I've cancelled the order. I don't have the receipt, I've looked everywhere. I've found receipts for 4 other bikes but not this one :o best proof of purchase is an Instagram photo from 2015 :p

Oh well. It's a pain in the arse but not the end of the world!

Thanks
Alex
 
Alz_D said:
I've cancelled the order. I don't have the receipt, I've looked everywhere. I've found receipts for 4 other bikes but not this one :o best proof of purchase is an Instagram photo from 2015 :p

Oh well. It's a pain in the arse but not the end of the world!

Thanks
Alex
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Good move. If it sounds fishy it probably is.
 
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