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Dodgy mobile phone buyer, help needed please
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kels12
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I know this has been done to death but I wonder if you could give a guide of exactly what to do. A girl on another forum has asked if I could help. This is the text of her post:
"I posted yesterday regarding an item I had sold, which received a last minute bid and won, they had no rating and where in france and I had said uk post only. Listened to the warnings on here sent them a messagem, that i was going to second chance the item. I have looked in my paypal account and they have paid me £250, when the phone is only £127 the winning bid, they want it posted to nigera. Just like all the scams that are going on, how do I close the bid from them, and get the money taken out of my paypal account. The second chance offer is going to take it up. Do I need to report the dodgy person, can I leave warning message on feedback about them?
All your help would be greatly appreciated"
I'd really appreciate if you could post the steps she needs to take. I think she is pretty worried about the money in her paypal account so at the moment I've told her not to touch it until I've gotten some advice
TIA
Kelsey
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"I posted yesterday regarding an item I had sold, which received a last minute bid and won, they had no rating and where in france and I had said uk post only. Listened to the warnings on here sent them a messagem, that i was going to second chance the item. I have looked in my paypal account and they have paid me £250, when the phone is only £127 the winning bid, they want it posted to nigera. Just like all the scams that are going on, how do I close the bid from them, and get the money taken out of my paypal account. The second chance offer is going to take it up. Do I need to report the dodgy person, can I leave warning message on feedback about them?
All your help would be greatly appreciated"
I'd really appreciate if you could post the steps she needs to take. I think she is pretty worried about the money in her paypal account so at the moment I've told her not to touch it until I've gotten some advice
TIA
Kelsey
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hi
Just refund the paypal payment and in the notes part explain to the person that your auctions are uk delivery only then start a npb with ebay and state the cause as the buyer wants delivery to a country you dont post to. Hope this helps.
allison0 -
Yes, you will never see that £250. Report the buyer to eBay as a fraudster - he will be trying to scam many others.Can I help?0
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Hi
In paypal
click on the actual transaction details
Then click on refund.
Also they will need to claim there fee's back via ebay.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/unpaid_item/transition.html
Also i would block the bidder from any future auctions.
JaffaR.I.P Sam, still in my heart0 -
How do you block a bidder, as i feel a buyer is sort of stalking me.
cheers0 -
HI
Go into buyer requirements its in there under block bidder/ bidders
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/buyer-requirements.html
JaffaR.I.P Sam, still in my heart0
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