Would you buy something for £200 from a new seller

[minko]

who only takes cheques? What do you do if your goods don't arrive? The seller is in Brighton. I'm a bit new to Ebay y'see... thanks for any advice.

[Thelittlesoldiersmummy]

For that sort of money I would collect and pay cash

[Lakota]

Hi Minko

I would be very very careful. The Annie is a beautiful bag but the RRP is £595 - see Mulberry website. It is a brand new range, there is no way anyone with a genuine one would sell it for £200. Sorry. Mulberry bags are an investment and the seller sounds like a con artist to me

[Lakota]

I would also want to see a receipt from somewhere like Selfridges and I would expect it to be full price. Please don't get ripped off!

[yellowrose]

NO DO NOT TOUCH WITH BARGE POLE
Sorry for shouting, but got stuffed buying something for around £270 off a seller (not even a new seller) who said he would only take cheques and guess what ? the item was non-existent and when i reported to the police it turned out the same seller stolen from from several others and was on the run -
the bastard - i eventually got £100 back from paypal as compensation for fraud, but still lost over £170

and i consider my self a street-wise lawyer - was very very angry esp. as police fart arsed around for over a year before approaching him and by then he had moved !

[yellowrose]

ps - i wanted to buy a designer bag once (a Dior) seller would only accept cheques - so i asked if i could pay cash and collect - guess what ? - she never replied - sure sign of a fraud

[tinkerbellie]

hi i would never never never buy anything and and pay by cheque as ebay doesn't cover for more thans £100
i bought a psp of a seller with good feedback (98%) at the beginning of last year, afetr four weeks i still hadn't received it so asked where it was no response to any of my emails util i reported her to paypal and i got my money back, but otherwise i wouldn't have

also you need to be really careful with designer stuff , i have bought a few suspect items (it's so hard to tell who is genuine and who isn't, especially if it comes from hong kong!)

[SoupDragon]

I'm always mildly suspicious of people who have to put "genuine" or "authentic" in the title. Always makes me think it's anything but.

And £5 P&P for a shirt??!!