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Post by timewatcher on Mar 19, 2015 7:33:09 GMT -8
I am selling a couple of my watches to help pay a bill or two and I have a couple for sale on the Bay but what I dont understand is this..........
One of the watches has a bid on it already which is fine but the reserve price on it has not been met yet.
I got 2 Emails last night from a prospective buyer (NOT the one who already bid on it) who has yet to bid on it and he wanted to buy it and send me a Money Order. (I never replied back to him to verify) and within minutes of the first E-mail I received another from him asking me if I would end the auction as payment had been sent already?
WTF? The reserve hasnt been met yet and is clearly below what I am willing to sell it for!
When the MO arrives do I simply send it back and tell him No Thank you or what do I do?
How also would he know where to even send the MO to?
I'm confused!
TIA
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Post by estrickland on Mar 19, 2015 7:59:09 GMT -8
Sounds like typical eBay clientele.
If I were you, I would tell him there wasn't an agreed upon price, so nobody should be paying anybody just yet, so he should cancel his money order (whether or not it even exists) and that on arrival you will destroy the physical copy.
No reason for you to deal with the extra hassle/expense of shipping his money order back to him, implicitly accepting ownership of the funds in the interim. Let him deal with the mess of his own making.
I'd do it as pleasantly as possible to protect your reviews and more - presumably this guy knows where you live.
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Post by timewatcher on Mar 19, 2015 8:07:14 GMT -8
Sounds like typical eBay clientele. If I were you, I would tell him there wasn't an agreed upon price, so nobody should be paying anybody just yet, so he should cancel his money order (whether or not it even exists) and that on arrival you will destroy the physical copy. No reason for you to deal with the extra hassle/expense of shipping his money order back to him, implicitly accepting ownership of the funds in the interim. Let him deal with the mess of his own making. I'd do it as pleasantly as possible to protect your reviews and more - presumably this guy knows where you live. I have his so called phone number he left on his E-mail and I just texted him a few minutes ago so we shall see what happens I think I will call him as he lives in Ca. and see what he has to say about it! Maybe he thought he was bidding on something else but I doubt it as he directly linked the watch in question in his mail. I'll take a pic (if and when such MO arrives) of the MO and simply scratch across the front of it with a pen and send it back to him! |
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Post by cd_god on Mar 19, 2015 8:08:22 GMT -8
Unless you gave him your address or put it in the auction description he has no way to send you a money order.
Add him to your blocked bidder list and ignore him.
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Post by timewatcher on Mar 19, 2015 8:10:59 GMT -8
Unless you gave him your address or put it in the auction description he has no way to send you a money order. Add him to your blocked bidder list and ignore him. Address was never given out. I think its a scam. Should I call him? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 8:13:29 GMT -8
Unless you gave him your address or put it in the auction description he has no way to send you a money order. Add him to your blocked bidder list and ignore him. Address was never given out. I think its a scam. Should I call him? It has scam written all over it. Ignore him. If he did any of this messaging through eBay; report him. |
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Mar 19, 2015 8:51:13 GMT -8
Unfortunately he now has your cellphone No. !!  |
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Post by timewatcher on Mar 19, 2015 8:53:37 GMT -8
Unfortunately he now has your cellphone No. !! He couldnt have it as I never called him back but I did text him! Does my cell number show when I text someone? |
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Post by solex on Mar 19, 2015 9:15:09 GMT -8
I would do what was already stated
(1) be polite
(2) only use eBay messaging
(3) do not contact directly
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 9:22:37 GMT -8
Unfortunately he now has your cellphone No. !! He couldnt have it as I never called him back but I did text him! Does my cell number show when I text someone? Of course it does. And with your phone number he can find out where you live...unless you use a burner phone which I highly doubt.Were the original e-mails through eBay or did you put your e-mail address in the auction? Always use messaging thru eBay. |
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Post by tritto on Mar 19, 2015 10:13:56 GMT -8
Scammer for sure. Chances are that if you ignore him he'll go away. Best case, he just wanted to fool you into ending the auction early by saying he'd already paid.
Worst case?
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Post by jringo8769 on Mar 19, 2015 13:47:57 GMT -8
there is no way her has your address unless you gave it to him...turn it over to ebay ....IT IS A SCAMMER....i just had my own recently and the best thing to do it let ebay handle it..do not end your auction...
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Post by mar52 on Mar 19, 2015 13:49:26 GMT -8
SCAM!!!
Bad Money Order but you don't find out until after you've sent watch.
IGNORE!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 14:19:20 GMT -8
there is no way her has your address unless you gave it to him...turn it over to ebay ....IT IS A SCAMMER....i just had my own recently and the best thing to do it let ebay handle it..do not end your auction... John, Once he has the phone number, he can do a 'reverse lookup' to get the address and name of the caller/texter. |
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Post by Myles on Mar 19, 2015 14:25:47 GMT -8
there is no way her has your address unless you gave it to him...turn it over to ebay ....IT IS A SCAMMER....i just had my own recently and the best thing to do it let ebay handle it..do not end your auction... John, Once he has the phone number, he can do a 'reverse lookup' to get the address and name of the caller/texter. This isn't possible with cell (mobile) phone numbers (in the US, anyway). |
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Post by jringo8769 on Mar 19, 2015 15:47:56 GMT -8
well cell service here will not do that....i am not sure how it is anywhere else...i never take money orders...i truly prefer paypal just because it protects everyone...and when i get emails like that...i turn them over to ebay right away...i used to sell on craigslist here alot and we used to get ones like that all the time...most i just ignore...better to be safe than sorry... there is no way her has your address unless you gave it to him...turn it over to ebay ....IT IS A SCAMMER....i just had my own recently and the best thing to do it let ebay handle it..do not end your auction... John, Once he has the phone number, he can do a 'reverse lookup' to get the address and name of the caller/texter. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 17:04:52 GMT -8
well cell service here will not do that....i am not sure how it is anywhere else...i never take money orders...i truly prefer paypal just because it protects everyone...and when i get emails like that...i turn them over to ebay right away...i used to sell on craigslist here alot and we used to get ones like that all the time...most i just ignore...better to be safe than sorry... John, Once he has the phone number, he can do a 'reverse lookup' to get the address and name of the caller/texter. I guess all those tv cop/criminal investigation shows have it wrong then  You'll notice they can never find the owners of 'burner' phones; those ones you buy at the convenience store with a minumum amount of prepaid air time. But people who have cell pone contracts/plans are registered and their info is just as easy to look up as a land line. Perhaps you and I don't have clearance to do that but the authorities do...they were given those rights by the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act :-/ |
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Post by tritto on Mar 19, 2015 21:14:41 GMT -8
Yep, the authorities can do it, but I doubt your average scammer can.
I'm about to test PayPal's buyer protection over an ipod I got sold after putting up a WTB. I realised too late (after paying) that the seller's pictures didn't match his text (I now think they were web pics). Three days later and they haven't provided a tracking number, answered or returned my calls, or responded to texts. Since they agreed to express post it should have been here by now.
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