If Mark has specified only payment via Paypal and the buyer does not pay by Paypal then Mark can cancel the deal for non-payment. If the buyer does send a (valid????) check anyways, it is simple to not risk anything if it is not a guaranteed payment and simply destroy the check, take a picture of the destroyed check just in case and leave it at that. If his bank confirms that he has received a guaranteed form of payment, then it is his choice to accept it and move forward, once he is 100% sure that he has been paid. He can follow his own timeline, for example wait 2-3 weeks before releasing the car, since the buyer did not follow his required payment method. If the buyer becomes very anxious that is an extra red flag.
Canceling the transaction and reporting the buyer is probably the safest approach. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 10:50 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Selling an EV on EBay On 21 Nov 2016 at 13:21, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > I'm curious if this is normal. On 21 Nov 2016 at 13:21, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > I'm curious if this is normal. No, it's not. This guy is trying to rip you off. This sounds like the fake money order / cashier's check scam. Paste into browser: v.gd/3lpdyH I suggest that you cancel the transaction. Paste into browser: pages.ebay.com/help/sell/cancel-transaction-process.html You should also report this buyer to Ebay. Paste into browser: pages.ebay.com/help/buy/report-trading.html Unfortunately for sellers, Ebay mostly tends to side with the buyer (which has driven many sellers away in recent years). Your scammer may try to use Ebay against you by opening a non-delivery case. I suggest you move quickly in hopes of preventing this. But I'm not an expert on Ebay selling, far from it, so I hope that those folks who have more experience will add to this. It's something we all face when trying to sell EVs. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
