If someone asks you to meet them in a carpark with your ebay item, for them to look at it...

[HelenaBonhamCarter]

...is this really dodgy?

I'm selling something fairly valuable and she's been sort of making vague offers for a couple of days, but wants to see it before she buys it.

She said she'll be coming this way tomorrow and can I meet her in a carpark.

I don't understand why she didn't just ask to come to my house? Or is it safer for me in a car park?

I am thinking maybe she has a plot to steal my car or some undercover detectives coming along to seize the item. Or something.

Help.

It made me snort tea out of my nose and I am still chortling

I love Dunelm
It's not me btw!

Well she's agreed to come here, still a bit about giving my address to a total stranger when she ahsn't actually bought the thing, and knows I have some other similar items.

But she sounds fairly genuine I think.
I have told her I have a husband.

Like that helps.

I would agree to meet with someone in a car park or at my home only if i had my husband home with me ..not a blooming chance otherwise ... Im a scardy cat!!

Hope you meet goes ok x

Well I just checked her feedback and it's great - she buys a lot of this type of thing, so all seems genuine

Now I'm more nervous about it being a mess!!!

Thanks for all the thoughts.

I reckon Dunelm Mill car parks have loads of women with beige coffee mugs in their eyes, and all the blokes have sheer terror!! So no-one will notice if she bats you with a door mat anyway!!

How did it go?

mmm - mmm - gbhf - htfrdsr - aaah that's better

what happened? Who left the door open?

It was Ok thanks. She was quite rich, sports car, posh bag etc and quite old.

She kept trying to get the price down a bit more and I took a bit off for her. we compared notes on a dodgy repair person we both knew so hope that doesn't come back and bite me on the arse.

I still feel really nervous in case she managed to break the thing on the way home and decides to blame me, she said put it in the boot but it looked like it could fall over so I've been edgy as feck since - she seemed the litigious type iyswim.

It would have been hard in a car park.
Thankyou for all the advice. I might just have got a repeat 'customer' anyway.

Glad it went well. You can tell how she got rich. They do love to get a bargain