Offering to sell by post/paypal and buyer wants collection

JimmyTheWig

davenottingham wrote: »

If I want to give the buyer the option to pay by cash on collection:
- do I have to change my advert to include an option for this? Or is this an option a buyer will have if they win the auction?

You don't need eBay to help them turn up at your front door at a mutually convenient time with some cash. Just tell them they can collect if they pay cash and then arrange it once the auction has finished.

- is there not a risk of agreeing cash on collection and then they don't turn up?

No more than the risk of them bidding and then not paying by Paypal.

ballisticbrian

Don't get me wrong, I agree with cash on collection and was refering to selling the usual junk, not laptops. People should be aware of the common scams:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/common-internet-scams.html
But in all my years of selling collection only have never encountered the *pay by paypal and collect* scam, and if someone tried a career of it, I can see their paypal account being lost pretty sharp.

theonlywayisup

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, I agree with cash on collection and was refering to selling the usual junk, not laptops. People should be aware of the common scams:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/common-internet-scams.html
But in all my years of selling collection only have never encountered the *pay by paypal and collect* scam, and if someone tried a career of it, I can see their paypal account being lost pretty sharp.

More often than not, the scammer has hacked a perfectly normal Paypal account, not their own.

They carry out the collection, then the owner of the account is alerted and the money reversed.

davenottingham

Thanks JimmyTheWig
If the buyer pays by cash on collection will they also get invoiced by Paypal automatically?

theonlywayisup

davenottingham wrote: »

Thanks JimmyTheWig
If the buyer pays by cash on collection will they also get invoiced by Paypal automatically?

If they pay by cash, they won't have anything to do with Paypal.

They will get an Ebay invoice, but that will include your postage.

If they turn up and pay cash, just mark the invoice on your Ebay as paid.

zerog

davenottingham wrote: »

Thanks JimmyTheWig
If the buyer pays by cash on collection will they also get invoiced by Paypal automatically?

you never get invoiced automatically

i've paid by paypal gift on my phone when collecting in the past. This was when paypal withdrawals still took 5 days.

ballisticbrian

More often than not, the scammer has hacked a perfectly normal Paypal
account, not their own.

So they would have to hack a Paypal account with an address near to yours or come up with a !!!! and bull story about how they are travelling to your area - or change the paypal address and that willleave it unconfirmed, in anycase changing your paypal address might invoke extra security questions. So it's not as easy as some people might think.

theonlywayisup

ballisticbrian wrote: »

So they would have to hack a Paypal account with an address near to yours or come up with a !!!! and bull story about how they are travelling to your area - or change the paypal address and that willleave it unconfirmed, in anycase changing your paypal address might invoke extra security questions. So it's not as easy as some people might think.

It's easy if you know how. People are still very naive when it comes to dodgy emails/malware/bad links etc.

And no, most don't need to live nearby, why would they? It's totally irrelevant.

Unconfirmed Paypal addresses mean nothing....they don't need to be confirmed or verified....

Have a look at the threads on here and google and you will see the MO.

A good friend of mine had the auto trader scam via paypal and almost fell for it, but for ringing to ask me what to do.

It is rife but mostly on certain goods.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/askhj/answer/18846/selling-a-car-on-autotrader---is-this-a-paypal-scam-

ballisticbrian

OK I'm going to re-phrase my advice... if you are selling a pink pair of used slippers, a chewed cuddly toy, a cheap ornament or similar and someone from down the road sends you a friendly email asking if they can collect it, you will probably be ok.


The original poster did say "The item may only fetch say £20."

davenottingham

Thanks ballisticbrian.
I'm happy to say I'm not selling any of the items you describe!