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Buyer wants to give me more money

turk67
turk67 Posts: 4 Newbie
edited 11 July 2012 at 4:22PM in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
I sold a t shirt on ebay a henleys t shirt which went for 99p but the buyer wants to give me a fiver for it
i thought might be a scam ? has anyone had this before where they have sold somthing but buyer wants you to change invoice so they can pay you more money????

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  • soolin
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    Good for you.
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  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
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    ok, was there a question?
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  • rockin_plumber
    rockin_plumber Posts: 689 Forumite
    Takeaway_Addict wrote: »
    ok, was there a question?

    Maybe the bit with the question marks after it :o
    turk67 wrote: »
    has anyone had this before where they have sold somthing but buyer wants you to change invoice so they can pay you more money????
  • soolin
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    rockin_plumber wrote: »
    Maybe the bit with the question marks after it :o

    Recently edited- the question was not there previously.
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  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
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    rockin_plumber wrote: »
    Maybe the bit with the question marks after it :o
    As Soolin said, it has been edited after I posted.....:cool:
    Don't trust a forum for advice. Get proper paid advice. Any advice given should always be checked
  • Okydoky25
    Okydoky25 Posts: 1,139 Forumite
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    I won a brand new armchair for £2.20 I gave the fella £20 when I collected it as I felt like I was ripping him off..still Did only paying £20 tbh
  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    I'm not sure how someone giving you five pounds could be considered a scam.

    Raise a new invoice through Paypal; when they pay you can mark it manually as payment received in eBay. They would still have buyer protection if they paid for it as goods, and ethically you should not ask them to send it as a personal payment, but that's only reasonable when buying something online. Meanwhile you get £5 but only have to pay fees on the closing eBay price.

    A bit of a grey area, and obviously if you want to pay eBay a bit extra then that would only be fair, but I don't think in itself I would be too suspicious.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

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  • porto_bello
    porto_bello Posts: 1,828 Forumite
    I can see why being offered £5 for something you actually want under £1 for might get the radar twitching! Probably the buyer has just wanted the item for a long time and is pleased to find and obtain it.

    I once won an eBay auction for a drawing by an artist for £8, but paid her £20 because I felt it was an appropriate price to pay her for something that had clearly taken some time to complete. She thought I was up to something until she read the explanatory note.

    ...Several years on and she's now exhibiting in London with price tags of £400 - £1,000 ...so I don't have any regrets!
    "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
    ...If you can fake that, you've got it made."
    Groucho Marx
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