Watch, ebay, Portugal...

[Lefty]

I've got got a watch for sale on ebay at the moment with a start price, no reserve and a buy-it-now. Got an email from somebody in Portugal who has >700 positive feedback who wants to buy-it-now but says he can't "because he's in Portugal".



Sounds odd to me, is there any reason that he wouldn't be able to do this?

Ta,
Lefty

[aitch2]

Strange, how has he got 700 feedbacks then?

I live in Portugal and use ebay regularly with no problems

[Lefty]

Presumably from buying from the Portugese ebay? I don't know.

He has suggested using ebay is not a problem, just using "buy-it-now".

I've used ebay and paypal for about 5 years now without any problems (have >300 positive feedback). I've heard lots of peiople complaining about paypal. Once you have received a payment (for an ebay item) is it possible for it to be reversed?

[MacGee]

get him to send money as BT and then send him the goods...

[nw28840]

be very careful......

[williaa68]

If he has "stolen" the identity of the portuguese ebayer then yes, paypal will be reversed. Fraud risk is on the seller under ebay's T&C's but that applies wherever he is located.

[Lefty]

Have checked his ebay user id and he has bought a lot of watches from Uk sellers.

I've emailed one of the sellers to ask about the transaction...

Cheers
Iain

[toohuge]

It could be that you have set the auction to UK buyers only or something like that. I registered on ebay whilst in Australia and my address was registered as australia, there were many UK auctions that I couldn't bid on till i changed my address.

[LDN]

toohuge said:

It could be that you have set the auction to UK buyers only or something like that. I registered on ebay whilst in Australia and my address was registered as australia, there were many UK auctions that I couldn't bid on till i changed my address.

Yes... I has something like this where someone abroad couldn't buy my listing as I had somehow not allowed sales to that country... some setting somewhere. It sounds legit as long as the eBay account hasn't been hacked by some sod.

[nyxster]

i was selling a watch recently on ebay.

got a email from someone in the united states, even though i made it clear on listing i would only sell to a UK buyer. sent them a email explaining this

they sent back an email saying they wanted the watch posting to spain, using an escrow website based out of brussels.

as jack said in the departed, NO TICKET, NO LAUNDRY

[Lefty]

Problem solved (well, it solved itself when a chap from Cambridge hit buy-it-now and screwed poor old Jorje from Portugal.)

Anyway, I obviously didn't ask enough for it - £750 buy it now for a Sinn U1 SDR.

Thanks for your help though good people.