£200 item paid with paypal. Collection?

gemstars

soolin wrote: »

Out of interest how do you check a signature is genuine or even 'belongs' to the owner of the account that bought the item?

I would ask for ID.

soolin

gemstars wrote: »

I would ask for ID.

Well that would mean I couldn't collect then as my main buying account is in a name that I use but is not my legal name, so I don't have any ID at all.

Also I think you miss the point of the thread. The main worry is not an SNAD claim but an INR claim, and a bit of paper will not protect you from that.

I would urge you to read the sticky postage thread as that explains about seller protection on PayPal.

vtech19

Speaking as a business seller, with plenty of experience - take the cash on collection!!!

Nesty

Another thing which always gets me about these transactions. Why is the buyer insistent on using paypal and collect? Especially for something so high valued.

Anyone who does ebay knows that if you going to collect or item it can't be sent. Then it's unlikely the seller will deal this way, so it's cash on collection and you must forego your paypal protection.

I think people who insisting on dealing this way have ulterior motive. You just can't risk it nowadays

ballisticbrian

I think people who insisting on dealing this way have ulterior motive. You just can't risk it nowadays

You forget that it's dinned into people to not trade off eBay and paypal *protection* blah blah ... most people aren't members of forums and do go any deeper than that level that's dinned into them when they log into the site.

soolin

Nesty wrote: »

Another thing which always gets me about these transactions. Why is the buyer insistent on using paypal and collect? Especially for something so high valued.

Anyone who does ebay knows that if you going to collect or item it can't be sent. Then it's unlikely the seller will deal this way, so it's cash on collection and you must forego your paypal protection.

I think people who insisting on dealing this way have ulterior motive. You just can't risk it nowadays

The listing will automatically show as PayPal preferred, buyers seeing that or going through checkout to try and contact the seller will be faced with the idea that they must pay by PayPal. Others fund larger purchases with credit cards, just read some of the other boards on here as it is very common, so instead of worrying about raising £200 they bung it on a card and pay it off in instalments.

Nesty

ballisticbrian wrote: »

You forget that it's dinned into people to not trade off eBay and paypal *protection* blah blah ... most people aren't members of forums and do go any deeper than that level that's dinned into them when they log into the site.

Even my Dad knows about this rule and he deals with ebay very little!

Debbie_Savard

>Too risky?<

Many factors - what the item is, look at buyer's house in Google Street View, have they uses txt spk in any emails etc

elsien

Living in a less than pristine house in a lower rent area does not make you a scammer (- speaking as someone from a less than salubrious postcode who's never scammed anyone.)