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selling to Bangkok

mr_green_3
mr_green_3 Posts: 50 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
I have just been asked about selling an item direct to Bangkok
Any advice on this would be appreciated
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Depends on the item. If it's high value (£100+) I'd say noooooo wayyyyy.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    Sent a few cheap items there myself with no problems, but I wouldn't send high value items abroad.
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • syanide
    syanide Posts: 357 Forumite
    dont do it.. high chance of being scammed..
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  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    If you are unhappy selling to Bankok I assume that you are thinking Paypal. If the seller is genuine explain your reservations and suggest an alternative payment method. Best of all would be direct bank transfer or altenatively you could suggest Western Union (don't think ebay like it nowdays though).

    The thing with these methods are the buyer has to trust you and not visa versa. At least you are protected then, obviously these terms will not appeal to any scammer and they will run a mile. Might also scare off the genuine buyer but better than losing everything.
  • mr_green_3
    mr_green_3 Posts: 50 Forumite
    Thanks everyone, I have not yet replied and now I have an e mail from him asking again. I will have to assess it again
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,002 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    If by chance it is a phone then it must be a definite no as they cannot be insured if sent by Royal mail.

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  • jen1
    jen1 Posts: 182 Forumite
    Hi i didnt relise selling to Bangkok is such a problem, Anyway i hope not as i have just sold my daughters leappad to someone in Bangkok. I did pay fir international signed for do you think it will be ok?
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    jen1 wrote:
    Hi i didnt relise selling to Bangkok is such a problem, Anyway i hope not as i have just sold my daughters leappad to someone in Bangkok. I did pay fir international signed for do you think it will be ok?

    How did they pay?
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • jen1
    jen1 Posts: 182 Forumite
    paypal postage cost me more than i thought so i hope its ok!
  • adam2484
    adam2484 Posts: 436 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    look to see where hes registered, tell him to pay by paypal and see where that's registered..

    I did this and found a guy who wanted me to ship to lithuania. ebay registered in USA and paypal verified in wales lol. (he had loadsa brothers or something.) I used local listings to ring the paypal address up and they said their cc had been used fraudulently.

    I suspected something was up but still kept in contact with the him, and said i'll post it if he paid me. I don't why i did it, suppose it was just to see how he'd get me to post the item.

    Anyway now im lumbered wit ova £300 and i can't leave it in me paypal account.

    I asked about this here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=258120

    but nothing happend
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