Sold 6 items today BIN going to Malysia! Is this a bit Iffy?

IHopeSo

Hi All, OK i have sold 6 BIN items today to 3 different people from Malaysia, only a small time seller & have never sent to Malaysia before also none of them have actually paid yet, i have had a note from Ebay saying they will be posting postal order or bankers draft ( bet it comes in Malaysian currency!) Should i be weary? & why all today? the goods total about £180, how is the postal sevice in Malaysia, Thanks in advance for replys

soolin

As you allow non UK bidders how were you intending to post the items out then when you listed them?

Goods up to £46 are covered standard airmail assuming they are lost if you puit in an RM claim, you'd obviously lose a paypal claim though. Items over £46 or mobiles would need to go via courier.

Most sellers tend to limit non UK buyers to using paypal only so I'm not sure what is likely to happen if they attempt to send any other sort of payment although it is worth noting that they must pay you in sterling if you listed on ebay.uk. In the old days before seller preferences could be set tightly I did end up with a few US and Canadian cheques, all of which would have cost me more to change than the item was worth, and which would have taken weeks to clear.

IHopeSo

Hi Soolin, thankyou for your reply, i have charged postage for internationally signed for with extra insurance, i didn't realize you could say paypal only for just the international buyer ( i put in my policy gumf that i only accept paypay in UKP from international buyers) but i accept other methods of payment from UK) but nothing reinforces this at point of sale, really i welcome foriegn buyers as this is where most of my sales lie at the moment, just abit taken aback that they were all from Malaysia today! I also years back had a postal order in a foriegn currency also didn't realize this was not allowed now, Thankyou

soolin

IHopeSo wrote: »

Hi Soolin, thankyou for your reply, i have charged postage for internationally signed for with extra insurance, i didn't realize you could say paypal only for just the international buyer ( i put in my policy gumf that i only accept paypay in UKP from international buyers) but i accept other methods of payment from UK) but nothing reinforces this at point of sale, really i welcome foriegn buyers as this is where most of my sales lie at the moment, just abit taken aback that they were all from Malaysia today! I also years back had a postal order in a foriegn currency also didn't realize this was not allowed now, Thankyou

If you have actually stated that you only take paypal from non UK buyers then invoice them again and insist they use it, any other form of payment is going to be unworkable for you

As for postage International signed for is unlikely to track out side the uK

Are all International Signed For™ items electronically tracked when they are delivered?
We track all International Signed For™ items until they leave the UK and then the item is handed over to the destination country's postal service as a priority item. However, we can’t track your International Signed For™ item all the way to delivery in every instance.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1;jsessionid=G3GWHEGCJ1DMMFB2IGDEOSQUHRAYUQ2K?mediaId=22700576&catId=400035#13300242

so is unsuitable if you ar elooking to prevent a paypal chargeback, so as per my post above airmail up to £46 or a courier if above that.

IHopeSo

Yes will email buyer regarding paypal payment, i really only sent Internationaly signed for to gain the extra compensation value, thanks again!

slkh

IHopeSo wrote: »

Hi All, OK i have sold 6 BIN items today to 3 different people from Malaysia, only a small time seller & have never sent to Malaysia before also none of them have actually paid yet, i have had a note from Ebay saying they will be posting postal order or bankers draft ( bet it comes in Malaysian currency!) Should i be weary? & why all today? the goods total about £180, how is the postal sevice in Malaysia, Thanks in advance for replys

I honestly would not accept anything but paypal from anyone outside of the UK. If I was you I would contact the buyer and stipulate the fact you will only accept paypal, there is just to much room for things going wrong otherwise. Have you checked you have charged them the correct postage for all the items? Are they large or heavy?

withabix

This shouts SCAM to me.

I suspect they are all actually the same scammer and will shortly be offering to 'pay' you over the odds and ask you to send them the 'change' by Western Union, or something along those lines.

What are the items and is it plausible for so many people in Malaysia to want them?

IHopeSo

withabix wrote: »

This shouts SCAM to me.

I suspect they are all actually the same scammer and will shortly be offering to 'pay' you over the odds and ask you to send them the 'change' by Western Union, or something along those lines.

What are the items and is it plausible for so many people in Malaysia to want them?

I have no idea what Western Union is! but won't be doing that, i will be emailing and stating only paypal (thanks for the Advice) the items are not heavy - plush disney toys, so will wait and see ..

CouponWoman

IHopeSo wrote: »

Hi All, OK i have sold 6 BIN items today to 3 different people from Malaysia, only a small time seller & have never sent to Malaysia before also none of them have actually paid yet, i have had a note from Ebay saying they will be posting postal order or bankers draft ( bet it comes in Malaysian currency!) Should i be weary? & why all today? the goods total about £180, how is the postal sevice in Malaysia, Thanks in advance for replys

Something doesn't sound right here, 3 different people buying 2 items each from Malaysia in 1 day.

Be very carefuly OP, don't like these kind of "coincidences"


Take care
CWxx

IHopeSo

All 3 have different adds, 1 has said sending payment, i have also just had a message ( although i cannot access my messages on ebay at the moment? only retrived it through email saying they can't access their paypal account and hope to pay soon? all abit strange, the other person bought 4 items which was the biggy!

soolin

I have had co incidences like this before and have posted about them on here. Suddenly having everything going to a certain country like Finland on the same day springs to mind.