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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | I recently sold my Ovation 1758 on Ebay. The auction ended with 3 bids and there was clearly a winner located in CA. However, I never received an email from Ebay telling me "Congratulations, your item sold. Would you like to send an invoice now?".
So I became suspicious and wanted to ask if there are any strange scams going on that fake an auction win. Then you send your beautiful guitar somewhere and find out the "money" in your paypal account is not really there.
OK...I'm probably being paranoid but just wanted to check in with our little family here to get a second opinion. I haven't sold anything on Ebay for a few years so maybe they don't do the acknowledging "Item SOld" email any more.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Jim |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Ebay typically sends out a "Your item sold!" email but if you have't received one I wouldn't sweat it. I've received outbid emails, congrats emails, bid confirmed emails like the next DAY.
Ebay has been a massive bloody trainwreck for me lately. Partly ebay's fault, partly mine. Back in my ebay heyday (2000-2006 or so) I would have 70-80 auctions going at once, and maybe once every couple months someone wouldn't pay. In the last couple months I've only had 20 or 30 small dollar auctions total and I have had to do the 'non-paying bidder' process about 10 of those times. People with zero feedback who bid and then just don't pay because the seller can no longer leave negative feedback on a buyer, period. They change their mind about the puchase and just walk away knowing there's nothing that cn be done about it. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | when in doubt, log into ebay and check your auctions there. I try not to do ANY correspondence outside of eBay for any auction, mine or anyone else's. Any messages sent or received are in your eBay account. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Stellarjim asks: "So I became suspicious and wanted to ask if there are any strange scams going on that fake an auction win. Then you send your beautiful guitar somewhere and find out the "money" in your paypal account is not really there."
PayPal will tell you when you get some money.
But check your actual PayPal account, don't just believe an email.
Also PayPal will let you know when it is safe to ship.
If their address is not registered with PayPal, don't ship.
Work with them, or just refund their money.
It is easy for them to add an address to PayPal, so don't let them use that as an excuse.
And like Miles said, do all your correspondence through eBay Messages.
Everybody starts-out with zero feedback... But always take precautions anyway. |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | I've researched the buyer some more. They are some kind of broker that buys things in America and ships them to waiting overseas customers (especially in Japan).
Thanks for all the advice. I've decided to transfer the money into my personal bank account and then ship the guitar. I figure that once it's there, they won't be able to touch it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by stellarjim:
I've decided to transfer the money into my personal bank account and then ship the guitar. I figure that once it's there, they won't be able to touch it. If your bank account or credit card is linked to your PayPal account, they can still come and get your money.
Even if you remove the link they have it on record.
The only way to do that would be to close your bank account.
And if it is a linked to a credit card... There is nothing that you can do.
If PayPal wants their money they will just come and take it.
They Have Lawyers!
If the buyer is a Professional Broker with any kind of record, he is probably honest.
But if for some reason you don't trust this buyer... Don't Sell. |
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| Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
[QB]if it is a linked to a credit card... There is nothing that you can do.
If your credit card is lost, you can notify the company and they will issue a new card with a new account number. Previous activity will transfer to the new account, but new charges posted to the old number will not. |
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