Simon Mason wrote: > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger > for a bike on e-bay. Gulp! Simon I'd cancel it right now. Ebay offers plenty of options for payment including escrow arrangments that mean you don't need to take such a risk. You may be alright but there is many an Ebayer who's never seen the goods they paid for and you will find that Ebay will not accept any liability. Practice safe payment TOny
So your the bloke that has bought my deluxe Asda Special, top of the range 'racer' - £99.99 at the bigger Asda stores. Snigger, snigger.
Tony Raven wrote: > Simon Mason wrote: > >>Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger >>for a bike on e-bay. Gulp! Simon > > > I'd cancel it right now. Ebay offers plenty of options for > payment including escrow arrangments that mean you don't > need to take such a risk. You may be alright but there is > many an Ebayer who's never seen the goods they paid for > and you will find that Ebay will not accept any liability. > Practice safe payment > > TOny > > Thats sound advice, but be careful with escrow, there have been many scams involving these services. They are starngers after all. Fingers crossed for Simon, hope it works out OK. -- Reply To is checked rarely http://www.mseries.freeserve.co.uk
"Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Simon Mason wrote: > > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger > > for a bike on e-bay. > > Gulp! > > Simon > > I'd cancel it right now. Ebay offers plenty of options > for payment including > escrow arrangments that mean you don't need to take such a > risk. You may be > alright but there is many an Ebayer who's never seen the > goods they paid for > and you will find that Ebay will not accept any liability. > Practice safe payment Agreed, but I can't activate paypal until I get my next credit card statement which could be another couple of weeks. I put his postcode into upmystreet and was slightly alarmed at the area he lives in, but then told myself not to be such a snob. Some of the kindest most honest people I've met have lived in "bad" areas and I've been ripped of by moneyed affluent people, so it shouldn't be an issue, but it's still a worry. Luckily I got more bonus than I thought, so if I lose it, it's not the end of the world. Simon
Hello, I buy and sell regularly on Ebay. No real problems, just the odd slow delivery or payment Worldwide. I hope you get a nice bike. John. http://www.pbase.com/john28july "nobody760" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > So your the bloke that has bought my deluxe Asda > Special, top of the range 'racer' - £99.99 at the bigger > Asda stores. > > Snigger, snigger.
Simon Mason wrote: > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger > for a bike on e-bay. Gulp! Simon I've bought quite a bit of expensive (ish) camera equipment on eBay and never been ripped off once in over 40 transactions.
[email protected] (Simon Mason) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger > for a bike on e-bay. Gulp! Simon It is a risk but I think you'll be alright. Assuming you are "lonecyclist" he's got 6 positive and 1 neutral feedbacks selling bike stuff including at least one complete bike for more than you paid. The neutral is a "not as described" rather than a non-delivery. It looks like a nice bike. -- Dave...
"Dave Kahn" <dk[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > [email protected] (Simon Mason) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger > > for a bike on e-bay. > > Gulp! > > Simon > > It is a risk but I think you'll be alright. Assuming you > are "lonecyclist" he's got 6 positive and 1 neutral > feedbacks selling bike stuff including at least one > complete bike for more than you paid. The neutral is a > "not as described" rather than a non-delivery. It looks > like a nice bike. > > -- > Dave... Glad there have been a few more positive responses.I realise it is always a risk, but I buy on ebay regularly and have never had a problem. Jo
"Dave Kahn" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > [email protected] (Simon Mason) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete stranger > > for a bike on e-bay. > > Gulp! > > Simon > > It is a risk but I think you'll be alright. Assuming you > are "lonecyclist" he's got 6 positive and 1 neutral > feedbacks selling bike stuff including at least one > complete bike for more than you paid. The neutral is a > "not as described" rather than a non-delivery. It looks > like a nice bike. lonecyclist was indeed me. Did you see the guy that tried to get it with 45 seconds to go? He ran out of time before he could beat my 500 quid limit. -- Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W http://www.simonmason.karoo.net
"Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > "Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > berlin.de... > > Simon Mason wrote: > > > Posted off a cheque for 500 quid to a complete > > > stranger for a bike on > e-bay. > > > Gulp! > > > Simon > > > > I'd cancel it right now. Ebay offers plenty of options > > for payment > including > > escrow arrangments that mean you don't need to take such > > a risk. You may > be > > alright but there is many an Ebayer who's never seen the > > goods they paid > for > > and you will find that Ebay will not accept any > > liability. Practice safe > > payment > > Agreed, but I can't activate paypal until I get my > next credit card statement which could be another > couple of weeks. Then he could put me up on e-bay as a poor payer. Simon
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:08:32 -0000, "Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote: > lonecyclist was indeed me. Did you see the guy that tried > to get it with 45 > seconds to go? He ran out of time before he could beat my > 500 quid limit. Indeed. He was attempting to snipe but doing it incompetently. If he was prepared to pay £470, or even £520 he should have bid it first time. Again I would suggest that if you had sniped you might have won the auction for considerably less. It's impossible to say for sure of course because the lower bidding might have encouraged someone else to come in. The bidding history is at http://offer.ebay.co.- uk/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=3663373808 for anyone who's interested. -- Dave... Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain
In article <[email protected]>, Dave Kahn wrote: >On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:08:32 -0000, "Simon Mason" ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>lonecyclist was indeed me. Did you see the guy that tried >> to get it with 45 >>seconds to go? He ran out of time before he could beat my >> 500 quid limit. > >Indeed. He was attempting to snipe but doing it >incompetently. If he was prepared to pay £470, or even £520 >he should have bid it first time. Again I would suggest >that if you had sniped you might have won the auction for >considerably less. It's impossible to say for sure of >course because the lower bidding might have encouraged >someone else to come in. The bidding history is at http://- >offer.ebay.co.uk/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=3663373808 >for anyone who's interested. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=366337- 3808 says "Listed in category: Sports > Sporting Goods > Cycling > Bike Parts > Frames" but the description has fork, wheelset, groupset, saddle, bars??
