RE: [OT] Ebay Advice please

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup - I'm trying to chase down a point convergence board paid for by PayPal
that hasn't arrived yet ... Should have left the US several months ago!
PayPal don't seem at all interested in helping resolve it. Ah well - you
live and learn.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rob@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 February 2005 20:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Ebay Advice please
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> Don't touch anything other than cash or wait for a cheque to clear.
> Paypal and Nochex have more "buyer protection" holes than
you
> can shake a stick at!
> If he's honest he will not quibble over waiting for a cheque
> to clear.
> If he happens to live near and wants to deliver cash don't do
> it in a public place, a good number of people have been
> caught by "Grab and Run" tactics. I actually know a guy who
> was caught recently by this. Sold a PDA, met in a Sainsbury
> car park. Guy looked over PDA and then legged it with the PDA!
> Police said "Oh yes. Ebay was it? Never mind Son!"
>
> Nice world we live in!
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 February 2005 20:22
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Ebay Advice please
>
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> I've just sold a projector for a couple of hundred pounds -
> bloke did Buy It
> Now, and has only registered 6 days ago, so no rating. Says
> he will pay on
> Friday as he doesn't get paid to then...
>
> What is best way of accepting payment from him - I'm guessing
> cheque and
> letting it clear properly, if he pays by Nochex or PayPal,
> can I still loose
> the money if he's dodgy.
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> Thanks
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> Dean.
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