Is this dodgy or am I being paranoid!

needing-help

One of my items didnt sell and I have had a message off someone saying he wants to buy it for what I wanted. He said he will pay by paypal and doing it that way will save fees.

Am I right to be cautious or will it be ok. I think its parlt because the item didnt have any watchers at all so wondering where he appeared from lol

lindseykim13

Nothing dodgy about that, bite his arm off. They and you will still have the same safety guard of paypal as you would have done if it had got bidded on. However you don't have to pay ebays final value fee.
If they offer to pay with paypal gift as payment even better for you as you avoid paypal fees too. Although they will then loose any buyer protection.

Crowqueen

Relist the item. Then you will be doing it within the rules and getting a sale out of it. As long as the price is right then go for it - what is stopping you?

soolin

Actually I think I would just accept the PayPal payment. If you relist then you have to wait for auction to end again and time might be of the essence here.

Many people who ask about buying afterwards never actually get round to bothering, so raise a PayPal invoice, if he pays all well and good. If he doesn't then you have lost nothing and can just relist at your own convenience.

freddysmith

Thay are asking you to sell outside of Ebay and saving you Ebay fees.
Is it a high value item?

needing-help

Brilliant thanks for the advice. I read so many horror stories I just wanted to check. It's only £10.

xx

Crowqueen

soolin wrote: »

Actually I think I would just accept the PayPal payment. If you relist then you have to wait for auction to end again and time might be of the essence here.

Many people who ask about buying afterwards never actually get round to bothering, so raise a PayPal invoice, if he pays all well and good. If he doesn't then you have lost nothing and can just relist at your own convenience.

I would relist it as a BIN, personally. I do find the more serious people tend to approach me with the best price via email.

Even if they don't rebid etc then the item is still available for sale in the normal way at a price people are prepared to pay.

macfly

There is no benefit whatsoever in relisting. Apart from voluntarily paying an unnecessary fee. And in the process maybe putting this buyer off. Poor advice.

porto_bello

A similar thing happened to me the other week. After an item went unsold, a woman contacted me to say that her husband had noted it and she wanted to quietly buy it for Christmas for him.

She expressly asked me not to list it on eBay, so that he couldn't see it or bid on it and it could be kept as a surprise on Christmas Day. [We arranged this via email addresses, rather than eBay messaging, obviously]. She lived only a few miles away, paid cash and collected. And as she paid the full price, I added another item that was connected, so everybody was happy... well except eBay maybe!

JimmyTheWig

It's against the rules of eBay, but if you're happy to do this then it would be easier. I would imagine that most people would do it, even though it is against the rules.

lindseykim13 wrote: »

If they offer to pay with paypal gift as payment even better for you as you avoid paypal fees too. Although they will then loose any buyer protection.

Personally I would draw the line at this. While, as the seller, you wouldn't face any problems for doing this, it is such a bad idea for a buyer to do I wouldn't let them! It's the equivalent to sending cash through the post to someone who you don't know.

macfly

It's not breaking any rules. The listing has ended.