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help please RE ebay and pay pal..

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dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
Sounds like a scam to me.  I accepted Paypal payment for a Saab a couple of years ago.  The buyer paid, then came to collect, two weeks later complained to paypal - it took me three monthys to sort out and get the money.  Never again!  Ok it was only £1500, but as has been said, Paypal 99% of the time side with the buyer.

And no way would I pay his shipping agent - thats one of the longest running scams on Ebay.

I'd get him to pay the agent, and then the agent can pay you cash on collection.  That shouldn't be a problem if the agent is his regular one.

Singalong to Monty Python - Scam, scam,scam,scam.....

Baby_Rhino:
agreed! sounds dodgy!

someone tried to do the same thing with a mobile fone i was selling, and asked me to ship it to his father in nigeria, even sent me loads of fake "post office" emails claiming he had sent me a postal order and arranged a delivery number for me to send the mobile with...

reported to ebay, they took one look and blocked him and refunded my listing fee  :D  DODGY!

tonycougar:
Sounds suspicious to me too. Similar to a reply I had for my landy(which is still for sale by the way).
Have to agree with the others ......cash only

the loon:

--- Quote from: "bezzabsa" ---well payment has been received, and he has also been paypal verified.. so we'll se what happens now!
--- End quote ---


out of intrest is the buyer the one who has paid or his "agent"
What are there feedback scores like?
Have they only just registered with ebay in last few months or have they been inactive for some time (item numbers will be greyed out if items are over 6(?) months old in feedback pages)

I had similar type of things prev when I sold my 90 and before that when I sold a car on ebay had emails from an potential bidder in india with an "agent" in uk wanted to pay via cheque/international money order.
Told them that it was fine providing (1) they sort shipping (2)Nothing would be released/signed untill funds where in my bank account(3)would not meet anywhere but at my home address to hand vechicle over.

I really wasnt supprised when they never bothered to bid.

Dont let it put you off they may well be a genuine overseas bidder after your motor but from past expeariance I wouldnt bother selling a vechicle outside of UK

Damonski:
Once he has sent the payment in your paypal it will change to cleared status, indicating valid and accepted funds, any other status and you shouldnt let the goods go. You will also have his paypal rating (similar to eblags) especially if he is a verified paypal user, more guarentee.

Also if in doubt as soon as the money arrives in your paypal withdraw it to your bank account and get him to wait the 5 days for it to arrive in real cash then.

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