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Sobs! E-bay tragedy?
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Author:  vanvlak [ Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:08 pm ]
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Hi all, I'm renowned locally for my pessimism, and I hope this is another example. Yesterday I bid for the first time on ebay, and won (!) 4 plastic titans and a bundle of plastic marines and rhinos. BUT - the seller advertised payment by paypal, or by local (UK) or foreign cheques, and as my bank's got a problem with paypal (I'm not too keen either) I bid with the intention of paying by bank draft.  I tried emailing the seller, just to make sure, but with one hour to go I didn't get an answer - possibly my email messing in a thunderstorm (this happens with our server at times - so I bid and won. Now the seller has no problems with Malta, and has sent me the shipping cost which is ok - I replied to ask about the draft - and no answer (9 hours later) - ok, I guess I'm counting broken eggs before they're dropped, but I've a bad feeling about this.... any words of wisdom?  :(   :(   :(   :(
Author:  netepic [ Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:20 pm ]
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Give it a few days - I am sure it will all be groovy :D
Author:  penal battalion [ Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:34 pm ]
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If it's not too much I could send a UK cheque for you?
Author:  darkone26 [ Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:43 pm ]
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either that or I pay via paypal for you, its not a problem :cool:
Author:  dafrca [ Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:48 pm ]
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Yah, I would not worry at this point. You have had contact and the seller knows you are interested etc. Hang in there.

dafrca
Author:  Cuban Commissar [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:06 am ]
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Yeah a little more time.  Worst comes to worst you got peolpe here willing to back you up and use theirt paypal account on your behalf.  

Take Care
Author:  vanvlak [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:33 am ]
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Hi all,
still no response. :( :(
Author:  Tas [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:50 am ]
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My paypal account stands ready to assist you comrade! :cool:
Author:  Justiniel [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:52 am ]
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I think everybodys does!
Waht a brilliant forum, how many other places exist where people are willing to pay for something for basically a complete stranger (not complete, but you know what I mean) :D
Author:  Warmaster Nice [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:57 am ]
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Paypal can be a bit weird when you're not from a large country. The problem is that the confirmation code which is supposed to show up on your bill just isn't there. Instead the bank only registrers that a withdrawal in a foreign currency has been made so there's no way to activate your paypal account :(  I can't use Paypal either which I guess is both good and bad. I'd probably be spending waay too much moonney if I had it :p )

Anyway: If it is a normal friendly seller he'd too be interested in working things out. Most people are pretty flexible -the transaction conditions are often just a formality to ensure that the seller has some level of control of the situation. I've even had a seller who sent me the goods before I'd even sent the cheque -I think he was going on holliday or something...

Anyway to end my babbeling: Most people are actually pretty friendly and just don't want the very few a**holes arround to screw up the deal. If he's got overall positive feedback it shouldn''t be any problem. As a houose rule I allways read what negativee feedback a seller has before bidding. You can often judge by the languuagee used if he's the kind of person you'd want to do business with.

Cheers! :)
Author:  vanvlak [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:55 am ]
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Hi all,
now that's the problem - new seller (although he does have several items on sale, they're his first on ebay). I risked this bec. 4 Beetlebacks + several rhinos and marines for 25.50GBP isn't bad at all. Now I'd like to believe there won't be any problem, but he's not answered yet - except initially to confirm the cost of shipping to Malta.
More importantly, thanks to all you guys for the support and encouragement. I might have to take up an offer to go by someone's paypal. As Justiniel said, this is a great place!
Author:  netepic [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:13 am ]
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And... a great deal :)
Author:  darkone26 [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:52 pm ]
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I just pm'd you vanvlak... hope that helps.. let me know
Author:  CyberShadow [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:56 pm ]
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Hope that this works out for you, and I am in the UK with both a cheque and PayPal if needed. EBay generally gives at least three working days for the reply of any email, so I would not start to worry about anything until five days without contact.
Author:  vanvlak [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:18 pm ]
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Hi Darkone26 -gotcha - and replied.
Thanks to all for support, guys. :D  :D  :D
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