"Tony Raven" <
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> 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