What would you do Ebay

bullshooter69

bullshooter69

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Just curious what would you do if...
I had a cue for sale on Ebay at a Buy It Know price. The cue sold and the buyer contacted me and said he was having problems paying through Ebay. He requested my Paypal address and said he really needed the cue fast. I sent him a invoice after that and have not heard from him since. That was Sunday night. Ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute. One other thing the buyer has zero feedback. Opinions please on this.
 
I would just wait a week and re-list the cue. I wouldn't fool with filing a claim on someone with no feedback rating.
 
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The part that gets me other than not paying for it, is that he needed the cue "fast" with no mention or attempt at paying "fast".
 
m79a said:
I would just wait a week and re-list the cue. I wouldn't fool with filing a claim on someone with no feedback rating.
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But if you contact Ebay about it you can probably get out of paying anything to re-list it.:thumbup:
 
YOu answered your own question: ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute

Wait your week and relist. Ask about a free listing.
 
bullshooter69 said:
Just curious what would you do if...
I had a cue for sale on Ebay at a Buy It Know price. The cue sold and the buyer contacted me and said he was having problems paying through Ebay. He requested my Paypal address and said he really needed the cue fast. I sent him a invoice after that and have not heard from him since. That was Sunday night. Ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute. One other thing the buyer has zero feedback. Opinions please on this.
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When your item sold you were charged a "final value fee". If you don't file an unpaid item report you won't receive this fee back.
 
Since the buyer has entered into a transaction with you. You can get his contact info. thru ebay. Phone number, email, address etc. Try contacting him. The account might possibly have been hijacked. good luck
 
bullshooter69 said:
Just curious what would you do if...
I had a cue for sale on Ebay at a Buy It Know price. The cue sold and the buyer contacted me and said he was having problems paying through Ebay. He requested my Paypal address and said he really needed the cue fast. I sent him a invoice after that and have not heard from him since. That was Sunday night. Ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute. One other thing the buyer has zero feedback. Opinions please on this.
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Considering E-Bay owns Paypal, given the circumstance of "having a problem paying through e-bay" I would actually now be very concerned about going through with the transaction because this sounds like he's setting up a scam.

If you actually get paid, I would give any payment a reasonable time to clear and only ship to a confirmed address. I would make an efffort to verify the buyer's identity as well. Get all the info you can. So many stolen credit card numbers floating around and Paypal can charge you back much later.


Here's a pretty good link to Paypal's policies - it's worth reading if you do much on E-Bay at all.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/securitycenter/sell/UnauthorizedPaymentProtectionFAQs-outside#coverage3


Chris
 
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don't get BS'ed

there are so many thousands of cues out on the marketplace. he doesn't need the cue fast. he wants the cue fast! relist. do the paperwork for your listing/final value fee claim. don't get hustled.
ebay wants payment made through paypal. he does NOT need your paypal address to make the payment. paying through paypal on ebay is a seamless deal. get him to pay through ebay's invoice setup. sounds fishy to me at the best.
i hope you don't get took. check contact info for the guy-should have name, street address, city, st, maybe a phone number.
sure sounds shady to me at best! i would run from the deal if at all possible.
 
bullshooter69 said:
Just curious what would you do if...
I had a cue for sale on Ebay at a Buy It Know price. The cue sold and the buyer contacted me and said he was having problems paying through Ebay. He requested my Paypal address and said he really needed the cue fast. I sent him a invoice after that and have not heard from him since. That was Sunday night. Ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute. One other thing the buyer has zero feedback. Opinions please on this.
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Definitely file a dispute against this guy with eBay. It's a process that will take a month to complete, but will go on his record forever and warn others about doing business with him. I've done it.
 
hllwnmagic said:
When your item sold you were charged a "final value fee". If you don't file an unpaid item report you won't receive this fee back.
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Correct! When the dispute is over (with negative ratings for the "buyer"), you will get credited back. Been there.
 
I appreciate everyones advice. I believe i will wait a week and file a claim with Ebay. I really think something is up maybe this person stole someones info or is a fly by night trying to get my cue for nothing. Again thanks for everones input.
 
bullshooter69 said:
Just curious what would you do if...
I had a cue for sale on Ebay at a Buy It Know price. The cue sold and the buyer contacted me and said he was having problems paying through Ebay. He requested my Paypal address and said he really needed the cue fast. I sent him a invoice after that and have not heard from him since. That was Sunday night. Ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute. One other thing the buyer has zero feedback. Opinions please on this.
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I sell quite a bit on ebay and if they don't pay within a week (which I would say one out of a dozen don't) then I relist and file a non paying bidder through ebay.

I have this written into my listing to cover my ass.
 
bullshooter69 said:
Just curious what would you do if...
I had a cue for sale on Ebay at a Buy It Know price. The cue sold and the buyer contacted me and said he was having problems paying through Ebay. He requested my Paypal address and said he really needed the cue fast. I sent him a invoice after that and have not heard from him since. That was Sunday night. Ebay requires one week to file a claim or dispute. One other thing the buyer has zero feedback. Opinions please on this.
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Some people are just not internet savvy and he may have real issues setting up Paypal or there could be another legit reason. I would give him the benefit of the doubt but relist after 3 days of no pay. Give him some red if does not reply at all.


Did you send the cue? That would be a totally different set of circumstances.
 
How long has he been a member of ebay?

Check his "Member since" because some people have ebay accounts but haven't used them...

But yea i'd agree with everyone else... Relist...




- Draz
 
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