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Quick Ebay Question
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Mr BM is just buying some stuff on ebay - its very heavy so he has phoned the seller. The seller wanted him to pay over the phone. Now its my card and I refused and says it has to go through Ebay.
Mr BM says it is still covered by Ebay (he ebays a lot whereas I just buy the odd bit of material or silver on there which I always do by the book). I say it isn't so that if there is a problem we have all manner of nonsense to sort out and we are on our own.
Now he has thrown a hissy fit because he can't buy now because there is no courier cost on there and he is insisting he phone the seller back and make the payment.
I think he is wrong wrong wrong. We don't have this seller's address just an ebay business and a mobile. Please someone back me up (if I am wrong, I shall buy them immediately and suffer my penance of "I told you so" with good grace).
And I cba to read Ebay's terms and conditions.
Mr BM says it is still covered by Ebay (he ebays a lot whereas I just buy the odd bit of material or silver on there which I always do by the book). I say it isn't so that if there is a problem we have all manner of nonsense to sort out and we are on our own.
Now he has thrown a hissy fit because he can't buy now because there is no courier cost on there and he is insisting he phone the seller back and make the payment.
I think he is wrong wrong wrong. We don't have this seller's address just an ebay business and a mobile. Please someone back me up (if I am wrong, I shall buy them immediately and suffer my penance of "I told you so" with good grace).
And I cba to read Ebay's terms and conditions.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You are absolutely right BM. If the payment is not recorded through the ebay system then you will have no claim with ebay if anything happens.
You should certainly not give him your card details.
If the seller wants payment now over the phone then he must know what the courier costs are going to be and he could just as easily accept payment by paypal.
I buy on ebay quite a lot and have always followed the rules. On both occasions when I have had problems Ebay and/or Paypal have sorted it and I have not lost a penny.
You should certainly not give him your card details.
If the seller wants payment now over the phone then he must know what the courier costs are going to be and he could just as easily accept payment by paypal.
I buy on ebay quite a lot and have always followed the rules. On both occasions when I have had problems Ebay and/or Paypal have sorted it and I have not lost a penny.