selling advice please

frivolous_fay

Dave_Brooker wrote: »

Ignore that, it you own something and you sell it, you can accept payment in what ever form you happen to choose.

So you list WU as a payment option do you?

And really, this obsession with having an address is at best naive, at worst dangerous. Refer to my other thread for 3 reasons addresses won't do you any good.

Tim_Deegan

Dave_Brooker wrote: »

Other than paypal, at least with Western Union you end up with an address, even if it is in Lagos.

The OP is the seller of a mobile phone, so in this instance Western Union is a very safe way for him or her to get paid by johnny foreigner.

Addresses can be for derelict properties. Someone in Manchester tried the same scam with us, but I sussed it out before we delivered.

Dave_Brooker

frivolous_fay wrote: »

So you list WU as a payment option do you?

And really, this obsession with having an address is at best naive, at worst dangerous. Refer to my other thread for 3 reasons addresses won't do you any good.

If you buy something from someone, and you have no address for them, then you cannot persue them through the courts to get a refund if it all goes horribly wrong.

Scammers like Paypal because it leaves no trail, just a throwaway yahoo or hotmail address...

Dave_Brooker

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

Addresses can be for derelict properties. Someone in Manchester tried the same scam with us, but I sussed it out before we delivered.

So long as you go to Western Union and draw the cash the address of the buyer does not really matter...

soolin

Dave_Brooker wrote: »

Ignore that, it you own something and you sell it, you can accept payment in what ever form you happen to choose.

Re Western Union and ignoring ebay terms and conditions, have it your way and disregard terms and conditions that you sign up for if you wish but please do not suggest it as a course of action to people asking for serious advice. Western Union is NOT allowed as a payment option on ebay.

I think it probably best if I merely suggest to users of this forum that breaching ebay terms and conditions is NOT a good idea as other users will probably report you and your account will then be at risk of a temporary suspension.

Dave_Brooker

soolin wrote: »

Ok have it your way, disregard terms and conditions that you sign up for if you wish but please do not suggest it as a course of action to people asking for serious advice.

They want to sell a mobile via ebay, given that mobiles are often bid on by scammers, what makes you think that my advice to only take payment by cheque or postal order, or by WU for overseas buyers is not serious??

Have you read todays post from someone who sold a phone on ebay to someone in italy, got paid by paypal and is now looking at losing their funds?

soolin

Please see the quote I was responding to. It was your suggestion that you can accept any form of payment regardless of ebay terms and conditions and related to the discussion on Western Union.

Apologies if that was not clear from my quote I will amend my post to reflect that.

Dave_Brooker

soolin wrote: »

Please see the quote I was responding to. It was your suggestion that you can accept any form of payment regardless of ebay terms and conditions and related to the discussion on Western Union.

Apologies if that was not clear from my quote I will amend my post to reflect that.

Ebay law does not equal real law.

It's better to take payment for at risk from scammer items in a form that cannot be reversed.

You can take payment for *your* belongings in what ever way *you* wish.

soolin

As I said before I will stick to placing a warning that breaching ebay terms and conditions is NOT a good idea as other users will probably report you and your account will then be at risk of a temporary suspension.

Dave_Brooker

soolin wrote: »

As I said before I will stick to placing a warning that breaching ebay terms and conditions is NOT a good idea as other users will probably report you and your account will then be at risk of a temporary suspension.

Selling a phone and taking payment via a method wide open to abuse is not a good idea.

I'm only trying to help the OP not get scammed out of their phone.