Have any of you been ripped off by sending to a Non confirmed address?

RoyaleMale

I have recently sold a laptop for £300, the buyer has a non confirmed address and feedback of 1. He has paid by paypal and wants me to send to his work address.

Paypal do not offer me protection even if I send the item insured with tracking.

At the moment I am still Umming are Arring as to whether accept his payment and send him the goods.

Have any of you been conned by non confirmed address buyers? I take it some buyers do a credit card chargeback to get their money back after they recieve the item.

frivolous_fay

RoyaleMale wrote: »

the buyer has a non confirmed address

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RoyaleMale wrote: »

feedback of 1.

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RoyaleMale wrote: »

He has paid by paypal and wants me to send to his work address.

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RoyaleMale wrote: »

Paypal do not offer me protection even if I send the item insured with tracking.

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Tell me OP... is there a single safe thing about this transaction?
I can think of at least 3 ways you could lose your £300.

Hintza

Send a nice email and explain the problem and ask if he is willing to pay buy an alternative method.

Alternatively you could risk it but do some research as to correct address check the likes of 192.com. Contact him directly by phone etc. all this is of course at your own risk.

But the accepted wisdom is not to send to a non confirmed address.

Trouble is newbies will probably not have a confirmed address and he will (jusifiably) be unwilling to pay by say bank transfer. So it will probably end in stalemate unless you can arrange collection and a cash payment (NOT payapl)

ormus

return his PP money and ask him to pay via bank transfer, then you will send it anywhere he wants.
or tell him to pay cash on collection.

mrcow

I once sent to a non confirmed address......I didn't realise the risk I was running at the time. Luckily the user was genuine (was nothing like a laptop though).

Would never do it again.

RoyaleMale

The thing is though can I refund them and report them as a non paying bidder to get my fees back?

There sure are a lot of alarm bells ringing I am tempted to accept their payment but losing £300 at Christmas would really ruin me.

Avoriaz

£300 bid from this 1 feedback ebayer probably equals scammer.

He probably wants you to send it to his work address so you don’t know his home address.

Stop humming and arring and insist that he pays by bank transfer or cash.

Send him a nice email explaining your concerns and the risks you are taking.

If he is genuine he will understand.

If he is a scammer, well who cares? The worst he can do is give you a negative. That is far less painful than losing £300.

If you get a negative, wear it with pride.

You could give him the link to this thread.

RoyaleMale

His email address is hotmail so he would have needed a credit card to register with ebay.

frivolous_fay

RoyaleMale wrote: »

His email address is hotmail so he would have needed a credit card to register with ebay.

I think that would depend on how long ago he registered.

soolin

I routinely send goods to new users with little or no feedback and unconfirmed addresses, however, I would not under any circumstances send a laptop. My limit for such sales is around the £30 mark otherwise I would ask for either a confirmed address or a different method of payment.

RoyaleMale

Appreciate all the great advice guys.

I have refunded him and asked if he would pay by other means, I won't hold my breath.

He registered in Jan 2006. I'd rather lose a sale rather than £300.