Sold a PDA on ebay yesterday, sent winning bidder an invoice, and received the payment this morning in my paypal account.

The buyer is verified by paypal, postal address is unconfirmed (no biggie, is in UK), his email address is a xxxxxxxx@yahoo.co.in (india), but he has also attached this note:

Am I right in thinking that items have to be posted to address attached to the PayPal account, to qualify for any kind of protection?

Although it does say at the top that I am "Ineligible" for the "Seller protection policy".

Should I be concerned, should I email the @yahoo.co.in address for verification?

Thanks in advance people!

 

You are correct

 

Yes, very. Paypal is SHIT for sellers - the buyer can easily claim they havent received the goods, and u get ur account debited. Happened to me with a laptop, even though infront of me i have signed proof that the guy got it!

 

Personally anything dodgy I'd walk away.

At the minimum I'd go get a rec. del. slip from the post office.

Tell him you've sent it giving him the rec. del. number and sit on the package for a few days, see what happens.

 

refund the money - and select "buyer wants shipment to unconfirmed address" in ebay to get ur fees back. It's not worth it mate, trust me.

 

I have charged delivery @ Ł12 for next day special delivery though.

 

Looking into it a bit further.....


they have 5 feedback on ebay, one of which from a mobile phone place, and the address they want the pda sending to is only 2.2miles from where they are situated.

Not looking quite as fishy now....

 

paypal and e-bay are just one big lottery,you might get your stuff or not,you might get scammed or not.as long as they make a fortune they don't give a shit

 

Do exactly that m8 it aint worth it

 

i just lost Ł58 trying to sell an amp on ebay. paypal confirmed it so i posted. now a reversal leaving me short! last thing i sell on there!

 

Walk away ......

 

It's a scam. As said before. Walk away. The fact that it came from yahoo.co.in would make me run a mile mate. It's yahoo india. why would someone in the uk have an indian email..

 

thats the thing 99% of people DONT understand. its an instant transaction, but it DOES NOT clear instantly. it takes aslong as a cheque to clear properly

 

HOW can they reverse it?

I can refund from my end, but from stuff Ive paid for before, its not an option to "retrieve money" or every coont would be doing it

 

Easily - paypal can do it themselves - and do, often. Never sell anything high value via Paypal. It's shit.

 

paypal is easy but shit (as said above)

make people send you cheques for payment, you bank them, if they they clear, you post, end of................