way to not get ripped off?

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:47 am

I'm in talks with a new member off edition 38, he notcied my thread in the 'wanted' section and posted about a turbo he has in his garage, it was going to be used for a mk2 conversion but now he doesnt want it.

He said he will send it included in the price which is a really good deal....

the only thing is because he isnt a regular member he could easily just run off with the money???

is there any way i can get some sort of security so if i send him the money & its screwed or he doesnt send it i can claim it back?

I always collect when doing this but the guy lives in glasgow
James

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:17 pm

Paypal has some security features and always seems to side with the buyer in disputes (not always a good thing if you're selling something!)

This is probably going to be your safest option i think.

I've had such a bad week of trading with people on E38, a guy agreed to meet me at no rice tonight to sell me his rear lights, then yesterday he swapped them with someone for some different rear lights and claimed he forgot I was meant to be having them. Stupid thing is, now the guy he swapped with is selling the original ones so I'm hoping he'll sell them to me!

Also got messed about on some wheels I was meant to be picking up this week, guy just decided he wanted to sell them to someone else!

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:20 pm

buying off forums is a pain

, hopefully thing swill work out for you

I'll ask him about paypal, and maybe creating a private listing on ebay..if he agrees, otherwise i need to find someone regular & trustworthy on here who lives nearby and is willing to take a look at it

anyone? i'll give them a tenner lol

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:27 pm

Yeh paypal is nice a secure for things like that,

Also setting up a private eBay sale would be a really good idea too, Then pay with paypal! secured twice then

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:34 pm

The only thing with ebay is there will be more fees involved. A lot of the protection offered by ebay is mirrored in paypal so just using that should be ok.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:05 pm

True true, fees for security is worth it though

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:28 pm

yes, but I don't think if would offer much different security to paypal so I'm not sure if it would be worth the extra fees thats all.

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:39 pm

considering ebay owns paypal the security is level throughout. This kind of scenario is difficult - if you do pay and he doesnt provide, a dispute through paypal for that much money can be very very difficult. Ive had the pleasure of battling for over Â£100 back after an issue with a sale i was involved in. It took 4 months to get the money back to me!!

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:05 pm

paypals crap but will do the job....

do a 0.01p buy it now listing and he can invoice you the rest as postage charge, thats way no final value fees just the 15p listing...

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:51 pm

get his phone number 1st, den u can stay in contact which helps, u will have his house details, its just a trust thing really ive been robbed by some1 but is was only 15quid

which isnt the point but thats some people hey

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:15 pm

yeah get him to make a private listing selling the turbo at 1p there'll be hardly any extra costs, and its much safer. the guarantee with ebay is it gives a record of the transaction, confirms the sale and the product exists etc, with payapl he cld just say "i never agreed to give him anything!" or send u any old crap and then your buggered, ebay just verifies everything. thats your safest option

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:16 pm

the guy suddenly isnt replying

lucky i made some effort to sound like i wasnt ready to get screwed over

cheers peeps

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:20 pm

shantybeater wrote:the guy suddenly isnt replying

lucky i made some effort to sound like i wasnt ready to get screwed over

cheers peeps

ahh nice!

If your relaly keen though, what about collection? or is it too far?

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:08 pm

I don't think a 1p listing would work. if you bought it and never got the item you would probably only get compensation for the item. i.e. one pence.

and often the max compensation depends upon the list price.

just be careful. I wouldn't bother unless you could pick it up.

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:40 pm

I stay in Glasgow, go ask me to look at it