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as a long term e.bay user both buying and selling with a 100% pos feedback over a few thousand items I have seen most attempts at scams , but last weekend I very nearly got caught out selling a 24ct gold and diamond ring for my daughter ..
first off everything I sell that goes worldwide goes by the global shipping program e/bay themselves deal with it never yet had a problem . this item was included .
through the week it had a few bids with someone bidding £160 then someone came in and kept bidding it up till they passed her limit the next day they re-tracted there bids . on Saturday when it sold they then at the last few seconds put in a higher bid than the other buyer ,so far fine a bit naughty but thats business .. ,
they then never paid right away so I sent them a invoice .. being cautious with high value goods I also checked the address on google earth ( no such address) tried apple maps same reply . ALARM BELLS ringing , then I checked buyers name which again was different to the invoice .. DING DONG ALARM this time .
they then actually paid in full by PayPal the only problem being the address was in Southern Ireland , with a fictitious postcode and to get round global shipping and obviously tracking insurance they had simply added United Kingdom to the bottom line of there PayPal address ..
so even if I had sent it special delivery it would have been lost once it left the u.k .. a clever scam but I sussed it cancelled the sale ,refunded there money and informed e.bay sold the ring to the next in line who is over the moon with it .. take care folks the are out there waiting to pounce
first off everything I sell that goes worldwide goes by the global shipping program e/bay themselves deal with it never yet had a problem . this item was included .
through the week it had a few bids with someone bidding £160 then someone came in and kept bidding it up till they passed her limit the next day they re-tracted there bids . on Saturday when it sold they then at the last few seconds put in a higher bid than the other buyer ,so far fine a bit naughty but thats business .. ,
they then never paid right away so I sent them a invoice .. being cautious with high value goods I also checked the address on google earth ( no such address) tried apple maps same reply . ALARM BELLS ringing , then I checked buyers name which again was different to the invoice .. DING DONG ALARM this time .
they then actually paid in full by PayPal the only problem being the address was in Southern Ireland , with a fictitious postcode and to get round global shipping and obviously tracking insurance they had simply added United Kingdom to the bottom line of there PayPal address ..
so even if I had sent it special delivery it would have been lost once it left the u.k .. a clever scam but I sussed it cancelled the sale ,refunded there money and informed e.bay sold the ring to the next in line who is over the moon with it .. take care folks the are out there waiting to pounce