Paypal - How safe is it?

tomstickland

This item is going to my son who is currently in is university in Nigeria.Iwill be paying you for this deal to be conclude very fast with my paypal account and you will receive your payment confirmation immediately.I would have love to send the item to Nigeria myself but i'm not presently in US.Pls i know you stated UK specifically but I scout for young players and i'm presently in india to be precise.Please let me have the total cost of the item...SHIPPMENT INCLUDED VIA REGESTERED ROYAL MAIL, which I found to be more secured and efficient.

It just shouts "scam scam scam"!

Kevicho

Damn beaten to it lol

Stick to your policy of only shipping within the uk, that way you narrow down the potential of scam artists, not completely, but once your item leaves these shores you can wave goodbye

If it stays in the UK you have some way of recovery

melancholly

would you be able to offer the item to the next highest bidder (assuming they want it and that someone else placed a bid)? then you would get some money from it and not have to faff about with relisting etc....

never_again_2

UPDATE

I emailed ebay last night and forwarded the email from the buyer - no reply yet. Today, so far, I have received four emails from buyer chasing me to send the item - even through I told him yesterday that it will take me a couple of days to find out the postage cost (he added £30, nice of him!) and I had an email from PayPal(?) telling me that he had made payment this morning- funny the money is not showing in my paypal account when I got to the site my self. He is really pressuring me to send the item as he has said it is his son's birthday soon.

I have offered it on second chance offer - but they didn't take it. I'm really pi55ed off how much time and effort this is taking. :mad: