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Hey, selling my bike on ebay. Listed for £970 or best offer. Just received an offer for £870 from aitrading2016 whos been a member since january but has no feedback.
Do you think thats a risk?
Thanks!
Yes..
Offer through ebay?
As long as they pay for it, who cares? 🙂
Yes via ebay offers.
But is it them paying? Lots of scamming around lately. Just dont need the hastle.
Have you messaged the "buyer" back?
See how the conversation flows?
How far away are they from you, blag that you will be near them next week and can deliver for cash transaction etc etc see how they respond.
Or walk away
You wouldn't know anyway. As an Ebay seller you have seller protection anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Just do as they ask, take the money, send it tracked and insured & all will be fine
Well theyre based in the midlands, and theres no way of conversing unless he messages me first through 'contact seller'. My thinking is if its dodgy then why did they make an offer and not just 'buy it now'?
Because the offer is probably less than the buy it now
[url= http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=aitrading2016&ftab=AllFeedback ]http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=aitrading2016&ftab=AllFeedback[/url]
Top right "contact member"
Accept the offer and see what happens next. If he pays via Paypal. Inform him that due to his feedback, delivery may take an additional few days. Immediately transfer the cash from your paypal. Photograph well before sending and after packing the bike. Ask him to photograph the package as it arrives.
Easy.
It's listed as "buy now or best offer" he's made an offer and you're confused as to why.
Hmmmmm.
Sorry, i'm not confused about why they made an offer. But usually if someone is scamming they dont bother with an offer and just click buy it now, but the fact they have no feedback after 6 months rings alarm bells.
Thanks for the link to contact the seller, thats not in the app! Contacted and will see what they say.
Thanks all, may make a counter offer and go (carefully) from there
How far away are they from you, blag that you will be near them next week and can deliver for cash transaction etc etc see how they respond.
Bit of a one way avenue that - "I'm in the outer Hebrides, that'd be brilliant, what are the chances?!"
Daffy - Member
Accept the offer and see what happens next. If he pays via Paypal. Inform him that due to his feedback, delivery may take an additional few days. Immediately transfer the cash from your paypal. Photograph well before sending and after packing the bike. Ask him to photograph the package as it arrives.Easy.
dont think thatd work, otherwise all the scammers would be doing it...
I've had years long gaps on eBay where I've browsed but not bought. He/she was probably just waiting for exactly the right bargain.
I'd ask to deal outside eBay for an extra £50 off - saves the fees and no worries about PayPal stealing the money back.
batteryhorsestapleI'd ask to deal outside eBay for an extra £50 off - saves the fees and no worries about PayPal stealing the money back
And also removes all of the seller protection
If you have the cash in your hand what come back would they have, so why would you need seller protection (for what that's worth) given my experience of eBay siding with a buyer.
Cash would be fine but im in kent and theyre in the midlands...
No reply to my message to the buyer yet.
Send counter offer, and state collection only, cash.
Send counter offer, and state collection only, cash
Is that different to the terms of the auction then?
It's not difficult. Either accept, or email buyer and say "hey, I notice you don't have any feedback, I'd rather go with a proven buyer, sorry for any inconvenience." No need to try and catch them out or lie about excuses.
Presumably you've also said bidders must have positive feedback of >5 on the auction?
I didnt list quoting a number of feedback no, never felt I had to due to no problems. I have still not heard anything back so will let the offer run out if he doesnt get back to me.
What would you have done if he had just bought it straight off with no offer?
Still the same person with the same 0 feedback, would you be cancelling the sale (in which case you would be needing some feedback yourself..)
Feedback as a buyer is pretty worthless anyway as you can only leave positive for buyers so no way of knowing as he may have done some good transactions and some bad ones with just feedback on the good ones.
For £870 minus whatever the fuel bill is I'd deliver it myself for cash on delivery. Treat it as a nice (ish) day out but maybe pack some Bombers, just in case like 😀
edit- we delivered a rare 1994 GT Performer BMX to Norwich last year, £500 COD with the fuel cost and a small deposit paid up front via PP invoice- the fella buying it was fine. Low-ish feedback too.
If they pay via PayPal eBay seller protection isn't worth diddly squat!
It takes a 2min phone call to the card suppler for the buyer to get their money back (charge back), PayPal will refund them straight out of your PayPal account and lock it until they 'investigate'. If you don't have the funds in your PayPal account it'll go into the negative and still get locked.
If youre at all unsure, meet up with the buyer in a neutral place and exchange cash - a bit like we did before eBay.