Sending cash to seller?

lufcgirl

I recently won an auction for an item (only £1.80 including postage).

The seller has as their payment methods either paypal, which I'm not signed up for or personal cheque. I e-mailed the seller asking if it'd be ok just to send 2 x £1 coins taped to some card as payment but have not yet received a response.

Would you guys just go ahead and send it anyway? I don't really wanna do a cheque cos of the amount of time it takes and it's part of a birthday present.

Thanks

cyril82

If it was me i'd send a postal order!

lufcgirl

Don't you then have to pay for a postal order too?! I wouldn't mind as long as it's not double or something

Saffronsmum

I would send cash, i have done it before and i have had customers send me cash , if it was more than a fiver i would send recorded.

soolin

Saffronsmum wrote: »

I would send cash, i have done it before and i have had customers send me cash , if it was more than a fiver i would send recorded.

Recorded is not worth the 75p extra, half the time there is no signature and if it does get lost there is no compensation for cash anyway.

Just offer the seller a direct bank transfer.

lisawood78

Dare I ask (and i'm not looking for a fight!) why bid on something if you are not happy with either of the payment options offered?

lufcgirl

Oh I'm absolutely fine sending a cheque, its just I know how long one takes to clear thats all so was asking for an alternative to this.

soolin

lufcgirl wrote: »

Oh I'm absolutely fine sending a cheque, its just I know how long one takes to clear thats all so was asking for an alternative to this.

Actually lisawood78 is correct, we can't tell you what the alternatives are, only the seller can. Your only chance is to either send a cheque and wait a week or so in case seller wants it cleared first (and many won't bother), or wait and see if seller responds to your request for an alternative payment method.

StaffsSW

How many sellers here would honestly wait for a £1.80 cheque to clear before sending an item?!

It's rare that I get cheques these days, but anything less than around £10 gets sent straight away, and I bank the cheque when I get the chance.

If it bounces, I just represent it - costs the buyer a lot more in fees, than it costs me in losses, and it's a risk I'm happy to take.

soolin

I wouldn't wait for a small cheque to clear, although I have had two under £10 cheques bounce on me before from ebay buyers.

However, my son sent someone a cheque for £2.95 when he had problems with his paypal account (the fault lay entirely with my son BTW not paypal) and he waited 10 days for his goods as seller emailed to say all received cheques had to clear before goods were sent due to previous problems.

lufcgirl

Yeah the guys e-mail says he needs to wait for all personal cheques to clear before sending. I'll give him till the end of tomorrow to respond to my e-mail. If he doesn't then I have no problem sending a cheque.
Just thought sending cash would be quicker all round!