Advice please about a request from overseas buyer about payment

heskpesk

I sold a t shirt and on the listing stated for non Uk buyers to contact me for postage costs before bidding. The winning bidder was from Germany and did not contact me. Anway no problem so I sent an amended invoice to reflect the extra postage costs. My listing also states PAYPAL only but the buyer has sent me a message stating that he does not have a Paypal account and asking me to do something that I do not understand:

" hi. Michal here from germany. I dont't have paypal but send an paypal money order to: [EMAIL="xxxxxxxxxx@web.de"]xxxxxxxxxx@web.de[/EMAIL] and you get your money! Please send it as an small paket! thx. "

I do not understand what he requires as have always only accepted PAYPAL and im guessing the info in blue is an email address but it looks really strange at the end ( I have hidden the start for security ). What is a Paypal money order??

It all seems very completed and im annoyed he did not contact me for postage costs but even more angry he ignored the PAYPAL only statement.

Can I cancel the transaction as he cannot meet my payment criteria?

Thank you all for any advice

I think I will add non UK postage costs in listing in future but regardless he still has no paypal and my listing states Paypal only.

frivolous_fay

Didn't you have a lot of trouble with overseas buyers before?

Send him an invoice. No payment - open a NPB.

cyberbob

Set your preferences to paypal only if thats all you wish to accept

lisawood78

Its a German e-mail Address. The .de is instead of our .co.uk or .com

But yeah, i'd send him a paypal invoice as normal and if not do a NPB.

heskpesk

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Didn't you have a lot of trouble with overseas buyers before?

Send him an invoice. No payment - open a NPB.

Thanks FF I have already sent him an invoice and the message shown above was what followed. Not quite sure what he is asking??

vaio

as a seller bank transfer is hard (as in impossible) to beat and is common in Germany

soolin

heskpesk wrote: »

Thanks FF I have already sent him an invoice and the message shown above was what followed. Not quite sure what he is asking??

I think he just wants to use paypal from another email address. I suspect if you send a paypal invoice to the email he gave you a normal paypal payment will follow. It sound slike he doesn't have a paypal account but someone he knows does.

heskpesk

soolin wrote: »

I think he just wants to use paypal from another email address. I suspect if you send a paypal invoice to the email he gave you a normal paypal payment will follow. It sound slike he doesn't have a paypal account but someone he knows does.

Thank you soolin I think this is a good idea. How do I send an invoice to a different email address I am just used to sending invoice via the normal means?? Thank yu

vaio

does a payment to a third party paypal account affect seller protection?

My guess would be yes, try and get a bank transfer

soolin

vaio wrote: »

does a payment to a third party paypal account affect seller protection?

My guess would be yes, try and get a bank transfer

OP is the seller so would be receiving the payment not sending it to a third party.

You are fine as long as you ship to the address given on the paypal confirmation page. It doesn't matter who pays you, my son has in the past bought items on ebay and I've paid for them, so my addresses would not match up.

Yasmine1984

I think he will pay from someone else's paypal account?
The e-mail address is correct like someone mentioned before DE=Deutchland=Germany.