Something fishy with this buyer

bikertim

This guy is great at it
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

lapat

scam
relist and claim your fees back in a day or two when ebay eventually catch up with him

motorguy

Bernie wrote:

I've never had a problem with a newbie!

I do, however, take the precaution of emailing them as they appear in my auctions to politely inform them that I will not accept payment by Paypal (PP) if they win. This is entirely down to the infamous "Chargeback" facility in PP that can be used to withdraw funds after goods are despatched!

I diplomatically explain that because of these sorts of actions by unscrupulous persons who set up ebay and PP accounts simply to steal from sellers, new members have to be treated with a certain amount of caution. I insist on payment by bank transfer or cheque. Once the funds are cleared, I send the goods.

Thus, my relatively few sales to newbies have all gone smoothly (if slowly). I get the money, they get the goods and their first positive feedback.

:beer:

this is all very well, but i have had some moron buy a laptop of mine with 0 feedback, obvious scammer with false address and wants me to ship it to nigeria. Now i have to relist and wait another week for the £500 odd the laptop will make, and go through the NPB process to get my fees back.

No amount of polite emails would have stopped them bidding or buying, and now i have all the hassle.

motorguy

starlight_xx wrote:

If everyone did that NOONE would have any feedback though! At one time someone trusted you enough to sell to you despite your 0 rating.

Personally im more suspicious of 0 rated sellers

Phones, laptops, pcs etc seem to attract these morons and i personally remove all 0 feedback bidders from any items i have in those categories who have not contacted me with full contact details prior to bidding - i put that request in my listing.

I will cheerfully be understanding towards newbies on cheap items, but i wont take a chance when major sums are involved.

Personally i thinks it got that bad that i think people with < 5 positive feedback shouldn't be allowed to bid on items over say £35.