Buyer from Indonesia?

A while back on ebay I had a person from Indo message me on 6 different cues wanting to pay by credit card.. Claiming he owned a small billiard shop and wanted to purchase cues for it. Clearly didn't speak english very well on how he typed.. I said no and he kept writing me on other cues saying he really wanted the cue. That's why I always like to go with the money order deal.. Avoids the stolen accounts..
 
TATE said:
Just be careful of counterfeit checks and money orders too. Done properly, it takes weeks for them to get returned.

Chris
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Chris

Righteeeo. Ask your bank some time to process an International cashier's check or bank draft for clearance. The time period is at least 60 to 90 days (and the expense is prohibitive).

Just as an aside, the folks that suggest setting up a dump account to process credit card or PayPal transactions are misinformed. The bank or PayPal doesn't need to have access to your funds in the case of a chargeback in order to have legal rights to the money. If the bank or PayPal has legal rights to the money they will take action to get it, regardless of what account or pillow or tin can it might be stuffed in.

Kevin
 
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trueblu8 said:
Okay, I issued the refund and told him to send a money order instead.
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If he is legit...Western Union is the easiest and fastest way to get your CASH!
You can have him wire it to the location nearest you. It is almost immediate. You can go there and pick up your cash. Once you have cash in hand you have nothing to worry about. I've heard of bogus money orders and cashiers checks coming from that area also. Be careful and good luck!
 
trueblu8 said:
Okay, I issued the refund and told him to send a money order instead.
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listen ,this is 95% a fraud and scam. they even send fake money orders. what happens is they send you money with money order for more then you asked , then they email you to just send the item and money difference to them , well you take money order to bank , then you put in your account , then you send them the difference and item , then in about 3 to 4 days your bank notifies you the money order bounced and was fake . now you are out more money and item and they get cash and free cue. i have folks try thsi scam with me 3 times. do not do it dude.
 
Don't follow through with the transaction

I lost a few thousand a while back becasue i ignored th signs. I was weary, but i followed through sent $2500 worth of cues. 2 weeks later he wanted more, I figured there was no problem so it was a good buyer and i sent another package.

Turns out everything was paid for with stolen credit card numbers and all the cash was taken out of my account. He had the cues I had a bill, the problem was it took 30 days for the bills to come out and the actual owners to find the bad charges.

I got lucky, one of the packages with some rare cues was returned because they said it was undeliverable.


I actually just had a negitive feedback on ebay, because a buyer from a country i wont ship to won an auction. I returned the money and said thats not a country i ship to. My listing said i only ship to the cont. US.
Ebay said they couldn't do anyhting about the feedback. i'd rather have a neg feedback. than loose $500.

Good luck
 
CGiuli said:
I lost a few thousand a while back becasue i ignored th signs. I was weary, but i followed through sent $2500 worth of cues. 2 weeks later he wanted more, I figured there was no problem so it was a good buyer and i sent another package.

Turns out everything was paid for with stolen credit card numbers and all the cash was taken out of my account. He had the cues I had a bill, the problem was it took 30 days for the bills to come out and the actual owners to find the bad charges.

I got lucky, one of the packages with some rare cues was returned because they said it was undeliverable.


I actually just had a negitive feedback on ebay, because a buyer from a country i wont ship to won an auction. I returned the money and said thats not a country i ship to. My listing said i only ship to the cont. US.
Ebay said they couldn't do anyhting about the feedback. i'd rather have a neg feedback. than loose $500.

Good luck
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You can edit your eBay seller preferences so the system won't accept bids from countries you don't ship to so you'll never have that feedback problem again.

Kevin
 
Hey,
Drop him like a rock! I fell into the same trap a few years ago. He is using a stolen credit card. The Indonesians are notorious for this.
 
this is a definite bs payment. only ship the cue if you are ready to lose cash and cue. never ship to indonesia. i wouldnt even ship there if they paid cash. fraud capital of the world. just my .02.
 
I was selling some golf clubs on e-bay hoping to get $350. some clown from indochina offered me a $1000. Thay get the goods and you get the
SHAFT. Funny how it works towrads there favor. There slould be a LAW
against that. I hate a THIEF
 
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