Quick Ebay Question

[Barmaid]

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.

[Barmaid]

I've have put my card in a safe place so its kinda a choice of paypal or nothing.......

[humbersloop]

you're bang in the right with this BM

and, being suspicious, did mr BM have to ring the seller to get carriage details, or was it at his own behest? If it was the former, it really sounds like scamming

[tonyav]

oh gawd.

[Barmaid]

I'm not entirely sure Sloopy. Mr BM tends not to read things very well and will just "react". He's been stung twice so you'd think he might have learned (although I subsequently arranged for him to be unstung). I've got enough sodding work to do without sorting out his cock ups.

[humbersloop]

wot's up soul boy?

[tonyav]

Righto then gals, BM has done her job and put the block on Mr BM's shady transaction lol, now leave the poor bloke alone !.

[humbersloop]

pulling that sort of stunt - even if it wasn't a scam - ought to get a seller turfed off ebay, imo, people put a lot of faith in a system that's pretty transparent and essentially runs on trust

[tonyav]

Very true, hippy chick ^^^^^^^