what precautions should i take if i sell my laptop worldwide over eBay.

[Leros]

there are plenty of people in the US who would buy that laptop, why sell it internationally?

 

[demenion]

ugh.. just a quick update

the person who ended up winning my auction was a stolen account

asked me to ship to nigeria. :/

how i probably have to wait months for ebay to refund listing fees.

sigh

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: demenion
ugh.. just a quick update

the person who ended up winning my auction was a stolen account

asked me to ship to nigeria. :/

how i probably have to wait months for ebay to refund listing fees.

sigh

Listing/final value fees are refunded in about two-three weeks. Listing upgrades (Bold, Gallery, Featured) are not refunded.

Link to the auction?

 

[Skeeedunt]

Yeah. Ebay blows.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: adagar121987

Originally posted by: tagej
If you have the buyer pay through Western Union, you can be assured that you will have the money in hand before you ship anything. Perfectly safe. Outside of that, I would not ship anything overseas, the risk of getting scammed is waaaay to big, and you'll have no recourse.

For that matter, even inside the US I would not use paypal, that's pretty much scam central USA, but that's just my 0.02.

I'd trust paypal over Western Union. With cashiers checks, they don't find out they're fraudulent until a few weeks later, at which point YOU'RE responsible.

Don't ship to Nigeria. Apparently a lot of old ladies buying laptops for their grandsons live there.

a direct wire xfer from Western Union would be the safest. Western Union Money Orders can be trouble (any money order can) stop payments are common amongst scammers. But if the person does a direct xfer of cash, you can go to any WU location and pick up cash on the spot. Don't see how that could go wrong.

 

[demenion]

link to auction

email i got after sending invoice

Theresa Terry <terry_smt1@yahoo.com>
to me

8:04 pm (33 minutes ago)


Hi Seller
I am very happy to be the winning bidder of this great item of
yours, actually i won this item for my son who is presently in
an Africa country for an exchange programme. and it wil last for
some months to make it up with the programme. i want this item to
be shipped to him and i am offering $200.00 for the shipping cost
USPS GLOBAL EXPRESS so i will be making the payment
tommr with paypal and i am also adding the offer to the money.
I want you to get back to me as soon as you are contacted by paypal
that the payment has been made. Thanks and i promise that you won't
regret dealing with me
Here is the shipping address
NAMElalekan Samuel
ADDRESS :No 30 abeokuta rd ilr-epo bus-stop odo-ona,
CITY:ibadan
STATEyo-state
COUNTRY:NIGERIA
ZIP CODE:23403.

 

[PokerGuy]

Yep, pretty much all the classic signs of the scam. As soon as you see "the item" or "your item" in the first couple of sentences, you know it's a scam. International is only OK if they send WU wire transfer. You go to the office, get your money and you are assured not to get scammed.

In US or outside, paypal is the easiest way to get scammed. I don't do paypal.