Is it safe to ship to Guam (Ebay sale)???

[spartacuskzm]

The auction was for a brand new, sealed Verizon Cell phone - LG VX-6000. Winning Bid wass $340 (includes shipping, taxes, insurance).

The buyer paid me w/ Paypal - but it was a credit card payment (and I hear those can be reversed).

His address (the shipping address) IS VERIFIED to match the credit card, however the "Sender of the Payment" is Not Verified. The names on both are the same.

As I'm reading it, the seller protection applies to sending it to Verified Addresses, so I think I should be safe. Guam is considered a territory and has US Post offices & Zip codes.

Anybody w/ experience, please chime in.

TIA,

Derek

 

[Vette73]

Hold the money for 90days. After that is should be safe, before that NO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dman]

Wouldn't take paypal from someone overseas. However, I have done it (for $50) and not had a problem with someone from Romania. However, I told them I'd only ship to confirmed address in paypal and it had to be a US Address. They found a 'friend' to ship it to, had them pay via confirmed address and I was fine with it, no problems from there.

Had a second auction, someone from Canada. Same story. Couldn't do it via paypal. He sent me a money order and I sent to a US PO Box to his preference. That went fine as well.

I would NOT send out overseas using a PayPal Payment, even to a confirmed address. If they contest the shipment you'll eat it. If they pay via money order, cash it before shipment. Once it's cashed you are good--but otherwise it's possible they sent a fradulent MO too. You could wait 90days, as mentioned above, but I doubt the buyer would want that, and if they did back out on day 89 you lost all that time to sell and the phone will probably be worth less then.

Bottom line is, if they are overseas, you have little recourse if they do pull something on you. So get your payment first and send or get them to use a confirmed US address (with delivery and signature confirmation) and let them worry about getting it from the US to their location.

 

[rudder]

Guam is practically a U.S. state. But I would still excerise caution.

 

[Ameesh]

i wouldn't Guam is shady.

 

[spartacuskzm]

Originally posted by: rudder
Guam is practically a U.S. state. But I would still excerise caution.

Just got off the phone- it is NOT covered by seller protection.