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.

For that sort of money I would collect and pay cash

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

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!

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 !

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

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!)

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??!!