Item Bought??

[murph-gsi]

Hi, I just want to know where I stand on this situation.

I recently bought a set off alloys of a person on fleay. they are costing me 200euro sent to Ireland.

I went to pay for them but there was no system set up. I sent the seller a message and he replied and sent his bank details with EU/SEPA his name, IBAN and BIC.

He has a good rating on ebay but I just dont want to get caught out.

He seems genuine but I dont know why he didnt send me his paypal?

Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

[mk1nova_rich]

I've been done by a high rated seller before...they build up a reputation buying and selling low value items until an opportunity comes along where they could rip someone off for a fair amount of money.

Just something to bear in mind

[Lee-1984]

were abouts are they beingposted from?

[Jack]

I'd reply back specifically asking for paypal if possible, as bank transfer would probably cost more.

I thought all ebay sales had to have paypal as a payment method? Or is that just for new(ish) sellers?

[Old man Jimbo]

On the other hand I used to buy and sell a lot from German Ebay and back then (not so much now) they all used bank transfer only and Paypal was unheard of to them. Was a bit worrying as I was buying abroad without any kind of protection but it all worked out in the end.

Paypal is a double edged sword IMHO good for buyers but very bad for sellers as so many con artist out to funk you over. More and more sellers are just sacking Paypal and Ebay off as it is getting ridiculous now. One seller was complaining about a 20% loss one month with false Paypal charge backs and false claims it's getting unsustainable.

[GGs GTE]

What the ***k pay by pay pall m8 at least if you don't receive the wheels you can claim it back by pay pall or don't buy than at all it's a bit fishy if I may say my self. gaz

[murph-gsi]

The alloys are being sent from Germany.

[Lee-1984]

is this yours murph-gsi? http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2955347

looks clean in the pics for the amount of rain ireland gets...

[murph-gsi]

Ha no isnt mine, I know the fella that owns it is around 15miles away. Is clean but not an original GSi.

[dannymcc]

I was going to buy a new set of rub strips of the German fleabay but the seller didn't want paid through paypal so didn't bother. I don't know why they don't use paypal as it saves a lot of hassle.