Buyer has no paypal account, wants to pay by credit card, has zero feedback...but it was a PP only auction

[spudballoo]

SCREAMS!

I've just sold my Mountain Buggy Double on ebay, a PP only auction.

I thought I'd blocked bids from less than 10 feedback, but the winner is a zero feedback ebayer.

Now he says he has no PP account, can he pay by credit card, can we talk on the phone, he's new to all this etc.

Sigh. What to do? It's £346.00, I don't want to get in to cash on collection etc. Can I insist he get a PP account (how long does it take). Or can I not go through with it and give a 2nd chance offer to the 2nd highest bidder.

SCREAMS!

Please can you help me!

[Piffle]

think spud has told him to sod off. Good plan

[HappyMummyOfOne]

Dont accept paypal if his FIL is coming to collect, you wont have a tracking number in the event he reversing the paypal transaction as goods not received. You should only ever accept cash on collection.

[misdee]

can he give you cash on collection seeing his FIL is collecting it?

[spudballoo]

Well what a surprise. He tried to pay the invoice by credit card, didn't work, his partner's paypal account won't work, there 'must be a problem with paypal'...so can I call him to arrange alternative payment.

SCREAMS.

I told him no, paypal only auction if he can't pay then the auction is void. I've offered it to the next highest bidder.

Lesson learnt....!

[spudballoo]

Thanks everyone for holding my hand...forever cleaning, your poor friend, that's awful.

I 'think' I just have an inexperienced buyer on my hands. I spoke to him and partner, twins on the way, he's paying the invoice by CC, FIL is collecting it from me in the next few days.

Either they are real pros, or they are just inexperienced.

I feel like such a ninny, I'm an experienced ebayer but this one threw me. Thanks for all the help.

I cleared my current account...just in case....no point having lots of cash sitting where it doesn't earn interest anyway!

[misdee]

he cannot get any details paying from a cc to your paypal.

the only way your account gets highjacked is if you give him your sign in details inc passwords, or your pc gets high jacked.

[forevercleaning]

there was a thread about it recently.

[forevercleaning]

don't worry. These things are rare, but worth knowing about. You have x amount of days to report if money goes missing and paypal insures you up to so much.

This happened to my friend because she only used the account for her ebay bits every now and then, collecting up a little holiday fund . Once she noticed it missing it had gone passed the amount of days.

I am getting more and more fed up with ebay, what with the feedback no longer able to leave a neg, and then I learned that the buyer can get their money back again once they have paid through paypal, awful.

[spudballoo]

oh no...i just sent him a paypal invoice. Crap, am feeling sick now....h.e.l.p...

There is about £5 in my paypal account but a considerable amount in my current account.

Damn. I'm so stupid.

[misdee]

just send hi ma paypal invoice and see if he can pay with his card.

or ask him to send you a cheque or postal order. once its cleared then you send it out.

its a PITA i know, but better than paying paypal fees on that amount.

[wheresthehamster]

That's a good reason not to send cheques any more. I hadn't thought of that!

[misdee]

tbh you are safer senidn g him your sort code, account number, bank name and your name.

afterall that all appears on any cheques you send out.

[forevercleaning]

sorry about typos above - blowdrying hair and eating sweets as well as typing - not a good mix!

[forevercleaning]

i am really concerned as my friend had her paypal account cleared out through a scam, not only that but it went through to her bacnk account (luckly only ebay funds in it) and cleared that too.

And gues what, paypal didnt want to know because he hadnt reported it quickly enough. As she only looked at paypal and that bacnk account when buying or selling something and not for weeks in bwtween. £500 quid gone, and she wont touch ebay with a barge pole.

I still do it but only very occasionally now.

[bundle]

say no to credit card, I mean

paypal easy to set up. ask for it to be cash-funded too otherwise won't you end up above the limit and pay fees?

[misdee]

i assume you get the4 usual sellers protection. i have no idea though.

[forevercleaning]

is that sae though misdee? Dont you have to give him certain details for that?

When its straightforward paypal to paypal i think there is some security, but not sure if he is just using a credit card. He is able to get it back again isnt he once the item has been sent?

[misdee]

he can pay with his card via paypal

[forevercleaning]

no no no way give him any banking details.

By the way have you got all his address details too?

[spudballoo]

hamster...yes I was thinking, oh he can do a bank transfer...and then I thought...hmm no don't want to share my account details....

Piffle, can you? I will have a quick squiz at PayPal.

Thank you...

[spudballoo]

Oh, more messages. I 'think' I should just pull out, and go with the 2nd chance offer. If he messes me around with getting a cheque to me etc then I stand to lose the 2nd chance person to another buggy. Plus I have it clean and ready to go and it's taking up space in my living room!

Hmm.

[Piffle]

I think you can invoice him via paypal and he can pay without needing an account

[wheresthehamster]

What he'll be asking for next is your bank account details so he can pay into it. Avoid

[misdee]

if he has a credit card, then i think he can pay through paypal.