Selling on Ebay

davy66 · 12th February 2008, 05:45 PM

Hia i have just to day sold my phone on ebay but the person that bought it is from germany i was just wondering is it safe to post it when the person is a private ebyer with no fedback?

**Dice Man** · 12th February 2008, 06:03 PM

Yeah as long as they pay you first.

**tfeilding** · 12th February 2008, 06:06 PM

The only safe way is to get paid by cheque and wait for it to clear. Paypal isnt safe cos even after the money is paid it can be taken back out of your account.

Personally I wouldnt sell anything to someone from another country and if it is a big ticket item I'd insist on a cheque.

**DannyC** · 12th February 2008, 06:22 PM

Even cheques can take a long time to process though, I personally would send him an invoice to sign a deceleration of sale, then give him your bank details to do a bacs transfer, THEN once payment is received send him a receipt and keep a copy yourself of the receipt and invoice.

Don't worry about your bank details as there is nothing he can do with them, as long as you give him the right details, Phone your bank for confirmation of what details to give...

davy66 · 12th February 2008, 06:53 PM

Cheers i have since stated to the winner that poatage to germany would be £9.50 and i have had no reply i have now offer a local man a second chance offer for £43 which he should accept so its all worked out cheers for your help everybody.

**CitrusSR** · 12th February 2008, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by tfeilding

The only safe way is to get paid by cheque and wait for it to clear. Paypal isnt safe cos even after the money is paid it can be taken back out of your account.

Personally I wouldnt sell anything to someone from another country and if it is a big ticket item I'd insist on a cheque.

Is that right?! I didn't know that... how do they do that?!

**Raiser** · 12th February 2008, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by CitrusSR

Is that right?! I didn't know that... how do they do that?!

yeah i got fucke dover big time because of this... ebay are ****s!

I now owe them £3 and i refuse to pay them - they even had the nerve to send me letters from a debt collection agency - ****s can see me in court

**Johnny5** · 14th February 2008, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by Raiser

yeah i got fucke dover big time because of this... ebay are ****s!

I now owe them £3 and i refuse to pay them - they even had the nerve to send me letters from a debt collection agency - ****s can see me in court

that happened to me when my debit card expired and i had to pay sellers fees they couldnt take the money. I got 2 letters from a debt company but its worth paying as they could black list your house, not really worth it for the sake of 3 quid IMO!

**waltypies** · 14th February 2008, 12:38 PM

I am banned from Paypal because of something like this! LOL

Its very easy to get the money off a card and reverse the whole transaction so you keep the money but paypal are left you chase you.

Also alot of people pay for goods on ebay and ask for you to ship them over really quickly as its for a family members birthday or something. The moment your quick enough to ship the goods over the whole transaction gets reversed and you lose out on your money and the goods!!

Scams FTW

davy66 · 14th February 2008, 03:07 PM

Yea i have send the email i recievd to paypal spoof email nd they replied/////Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails.
The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team
is working to disable it.

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