Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently sold a lot of stuff, some of it went to Asia and I had to ask one of my Chinese students to write the addresses ? the same problem might occur with Russian. OTT Ebay leaves the buyer a long time to claim their money back - and at least here, you can't withdraw the money from your pal account for month. Hope this helps Philippe Le 6 juin 2015 ? 00:06, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > To be fair to eBay, I've never had a problem with it and I've even sold to > the US. You must stipulate PayPal, and do the transaction through eBay. As > mentioned by someone else, make sure that the buyer is responsible for > return costs. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 2:25 PM > Subject: [Leica] eBay scam? > > >> Hello all? >> >> Sorry for being a bit OT, but I'm hoping to make use of the group?s >> experiences. >> >> I have an item (not photographic) listed on eBay. I just received an >> inquiry from a person in Moscow claiming that he wants to buy the item at >> the Buy It Now price, which I would be very happy to get, and wants to >> know how much it would cost to ship it to Moscow. And no, he did not >> offer to go outside of eBay and send me a bank check for more than the >> purchase price and ask for the remainder in cash! There was no mention of >> anything irregular, just the inquiry about shipping costs. >> >> I have no prior experience with selling on eBay. I do realize there are >> all sorts of scams run through the site, but I believe the situation has >> improved since they began requiring all payments to be made thru PayPal. >> My question is: It seems to me that if a seller ships only after >> receiving payment thru PayPal, he is insulated from being defrauded?but >> can PayPal claw back a payment to an eBay seller if the buyer?s payment >> turns out to be fraudulent? Does PayPal, which presumably vets the >> buyer?s form of payment and has his money securely in hand before paying >> the seller, assume the loss if later turns out that the buyer somehow >> defaulted or scammed PayPal? PayPay presumably is pretty sophisticated >> and exercises due diligence?is it even possible to scam them? >> >> Are there any other dangers involved in this type of transaction? For >> example, what would happen if Russian Customs refuses to allow entry of >> an item, or the buyer backs out when he finds the import duty excessive? >> >> Thanks for your advice, >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information