mart360

Sold some items last week, clearly stating Paypal only,

most of the stuff was fine aprt from one auction, where i now have the buyer claiming he cant pay with paypal, and would like to send cash..
Now i,m dead against this, for obvious reasons, and i,m not overly keen on a bank transfer either..

any other options available?

i did think of two guaranteed cheques, or postal orders, but again i dont know how safe they are either

Mart

Fatman

In that scenario, if the buyer wasn't close enough to deliver cash, I'd tell him to send a Postal Order. Cash it the same day it arrives at a Post Office and send the goods off while you're there.

acts of kill kill carnage

bank transfers are excellent, although they can take a few days depending on your bank

Her at the back

Are they in the UK if so there is nochex or pppay?

Fatman

Between different UK banks a BACS transfer is 3-days (same bank, same day), although you could pay approx £20 for a same-day transfer between banks. Unless I knew and trusted someone I wouldn't give them my bank details! Stick with Nochex or a Postal Order.

dsmith

"Unless I knew and trusted someone I wouldn't give them my bank details!"

So by the same token you wouldnt write a cheque to anyone you didnt know and trust either ?

Sort Code and Account number is all that is needed for a bank transfer....and they're on every cheque aswell.

island991

bugger them and auction again. if they are not bright enough to be able to read an auction i wouldnt trust them at all!

but then im a forgiving caring sort of person......ha ha

flynnstudio

For future reference - In your preferences you can block bidderss without paypal account - saves a LOT of hassle. Anyone with a bank account or a credit card can get a paypal account so there is no good reason not to have one.

Ask them WHY they don't have a paypal account and watch the 'balloney machine' kick into action!!

Ssending cash thing sounds like a highway to a whole lot of hassle! and I would never reveal bank details unless it's a business account. Also watch cheques they can be disputed by the buyer and cancelled upto 6 months later!!!

If you have any losing bidders( ie second chance) I'd email them and ask them if they're still interested. that's what I did - told the idiot who tried to 'make up his own terms & conditions - ie sending the parcel to a non-confirmed address ( his 'mates' address in Australia!!) to stuff off - he went to extraordinary lengths to get me to subvert the system! Funny thing is he looked 'semi-legit' - had used a loophole in the system on paypal which only showed up after accepting his payment - he was uk paypal with a australian address - ie no protection for me! Lucky for me the same idiot had once contacted me 6 months earlier asking me to sell on his behalf (from my account!) becuase I had specialised knowledge in the things he wanted to sell. I'd sell them and he would post them - yeah right, becuase I want to become a drugs mule by proxy!

I'd suggest you tread very carefully - as soon as you accept payment outside the paypal system your on your own! - cash will never come - guy will demand the goods - etc etc - then he'll have your home address etc etc - and I bet as soon as you 'accept another form of payment' some 'new revelation' that you don't like will be thrust upon you!!
There is a reason these guys DON'T want an audit trail linking them to the purchase - and it's not a good reason!

Fatman

...quite right. Call me paranoid if you like but no, I don't use cheques with people I don't know if there are alternative options.

Sorry for the aside, folks. Right, back on topic...

mart360

they reckon they have a paypal acc, and has sent an invoice request,

there is an address on there too...

i,ll give them the 7 days, then relist / second chance

mart