E bay, is this a scam?
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I have sold a leather jacket on ebay for £317, I had a message from e bay saying it had been bought by an overseas buyer and that overseas shipping costs and taxes would be dealt with between e bay and the buyer and that I should ship to a iuk address (I think it was Milton keynes or Dunstable )
The buyer (from Romania) claims to have tried to pay through e bay but wasn't able to and has requested my PayPal details, my question is how do I stand if he pays directly to my PayPal account rather than the same process through e bay?
Thanks
G
The buyer (from Romania) claims to have tried to pay through e bay but wasn't able to and has requested my PayPal details, my question is how do I stand if he pays directly to my PayPal account rather than the same process through e bay?
Thanks
G
t? I doubt it's a scam although it might be easier to relist it or offer it to the next highest bidder.
The overseas postage thing is something ebay now offers, so whether or not you are willing to post abroad ebay will list it on foreign ebay sites and they charge the overseas buyer extra postage. You only need to post it to a UK ebay warehouse and they send it on from there.
I have been the buyer in this situation when I bought something from the USA, the buyer hadn't listed overseas postage but ebay had. Unfortunately ebay also added stupidly high import taxes so I contacted the seller and paid him directly to his paypal account, package arrived after i had paid the correct import duty which was about a tenth of what ebay tried to charge me!
The overseas postage thing is something ebay now offers, so whether or not you are willing to post abroad ebay will list it on foreign ebay sites and they charge the overseas buyer extra postage. You only need to post it to a UK ebay warehouse and they send it on from there.
I have been the buyer in this situation when I bought something from the USA, the buyer hadn't listed overseas postage but ebay had. Unfortunately ebay also added stupidly high import taxes so I contacted the seller and paid him directly to his paypal account, package arrived after i had paid the correct import duty which was about a tenth of what ebay tried to charge me!
gareth h said:
The plot thickens!
I told him he had to pay through e bay, I then received a message from him saying payment had been made, and 2 e mails from paypal confirming payment, however when i checked my paypal account no payment received.....
It doesn't thicken....hes just scamming youI told him he had to pay through e bay, I then received a message from him saying payment had been made, and 2 e mails from paypal confirming payment, however when i checked my paypal account no payment received.....
gareth h said:
The plot thickens!
I told him he had to pay through e bay, I then received a message from him saying payment had been made, and 2 e mails from paypal confirming payment, however when i checked my paypal account no payment received.....
It's a scam. No plot. Fake scam, who would have had your paypal details had you used his links...I told him he had to pay through e bay, I then received a message from him saying payment had been made, and 2 e mails from paypal confirming payment, however when i checked my paypal account no payment received.....
It is probably not a scam - it is ebays stupid global shipping program, which they have enrolled everyone into last week (even those of us who had opted out previously 
) and is causing issues for many sellers.
I had the same issue with a buyer earlier this week, and only realised I had been enrolled (again) when it wouldn't let me send an invoice with shipping costs.
The buyer messaged me saying he was having trouble paying - well established, with high feedback, so no reason to suspect anything. I dealt with him directly off ebay instead, which he was happy with as it saved him money as ebay were raping him for shipping + customs fees- clearly they are skimming off the top with that too.
You have to opt out of it if you want to avoid it in future.
) and is causing issues for many sellers.I had the same issue with a buyer earlier this week, and only realised I had been enrolled (again) when it wouldn't let me send an invoice with shipping costs.
The buyer messaged me saying he was having trouble paying - well established, with high feedback, so no reason to suspect anything. I dealt with him directly off ebay instead, which he was happy with as it saved him money as ebay were raping him for shipping + customs fees- clearly they are skimming off the top with that too.
You have to opt out of it if you want to avoid it in future.
Edited by GCH on Wednesday 21st October 12:59
Just dont use ebay global shafting shipping programme. Total disaster and buyers cant pay invoices until ebay sends them. Best opt out each time as it gets out of your control. I had several items sold to Europe and the faffing around when the listings ended not being able to send an invoice and buyer not being able to pay was ridiculous
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