nice to see some honest people out there

[sofa----king]

done a deal with a lovely guy on ebay today,,,ive never sold anything on here before as i dont trust em....

im selling something for £10k starting bid,,, anyway he rang me up and offered me £15k ok i said where do we go from here,,,,?
im going on holiday in the morning for a week, so he said i tell you what mate i will chapps/bax transfer £5k into your account today(he even paid £30 for it asap) when you get back in a week gimme a ring and we will sort the rest out and i will come and pay you cash for the item and collect....just checked my bank account and there we have it £5k deposit......wow...this guy dont even know where i live /work/nothing at all about me,i can see how people get stung,,,,but fair doos to him hes sounds a man of his word and so am i so i will honour my end of the deal and help him anyway possible,,,its nice to see there are some genuine old school dealers out there where there word is as good as it gets nice one ebay.....

[Jim-D]

See Britain aint all that bad mate!

[bolt pp]

Theres a lot of coups that go on e-bay so watch out.

I cant remember the particulars of the scam but i think Nigerians were offering above the asking price then sending payments that were showing up in principle, cancelling the deal and being refunded there money by the seller only for the seller to find out that the initial payment hadn't cleared and being left out of pocket for the sum of the item.

be a bit suspect if he cancells the deal unexpectedly and check all the finances involved being refunding the dough

[boldie]

wow, that's an expensive pair of Sunglasses!

[tikay]

done a deal with a lovely guy on ebay today,,,ive never sold anything on here before as i dont trust em....

im selling something for £10k starting bid,,, anyway he rang me up and offered me £15k ok i said where do we go from here,,,,?
im going on holiday in the morning for a week, so he said i tell you what mate i will chapps/bax transfer £5k into your account today(he even paid £30 for it asap) when you get back in a week gimme a ring and we will sort the rest out and i will come and pay you cash for the item and collect....just checked my bank account and there we have it £5k deposit......wow...this guy dont even know where i live /work/nothing at all about me,i can see how people get stung,,,,but fair doos to him hes sounds a man of his word and so am i so i will honour my end of the deal and help him anyway possible,,,its nice to see there are some genuine old school dealers out there where there word is as good as it gets nice one ebay.....

Yup, some nice peeps in the UK.

It's probably a kid.......

[brummieboy]

Sounds like money laundering to me..

[jizzemm]

Does sound a bit fishy to me 2.. Be carefull

[Claw75]

Sounds like money laundering to me..

that's what I thought - be careful sofa - sad to say it but sometimes putting faith in people's good nature can backfire.  Hope it's all genuine though.

[sofa----king]

thanks all for your concerns this is why i put it up to see if it sounds dodggy but the guy got nothing to gain only lose,,,he put £5k in my account i can see it there on online banking,,i go away for a week and then come home,i make sure the
£5k deposit is still in there and then he comes down to pick up item and weigh in the rest,,he really seems genuine as they all do lol,,,,im sure 100% its ok ,,i will let you know...thnx

[Graham C]

One of the well known scams is to claim you never received what you paid for so then they claim the money back.  I'm sure it's above board as 99.99% of ebayers are honest, but for such a large sum, you can't be too careful.

[Ironside]

thanks all for your concerns this is why i put it up to see if it sounds dodggy but the guy got nothing to gain only lose,,,he put £5k in my account i can see it there on online banking,,i go away for a week and then come home,i make sure the
£5k deposit is still in there and then he comes down to pick up item and weigh in the rest,,he really seems genuine as they all do lol,,,,im sure 100% its ok ,,i will let you know...thnx

he can still cancel the bank transfer and it can take upto 1 month to show on your account

[sofa----king]

thanks all for your concerns this is why i put it up to see if it sounds dodggy but the guy got nothing to gain only lose,,,he put £5k in my account i can see it there on online banking,,i go away for a week and then come home,i make sure the
£5k deposit is still in there and then he comes down to pick up item and weigh in the rest,,he really seems genuine as they all do lol,,,,im sure 100% its ok ,,i will let you know...thnx

he can still cancel the bank transfer and it can take upto 1 month to show on your account

not if you take the £ asap can he?

[kinboshi]

He doesn't know you - and £5K is a lot to trust you with.  Sounds dodgy to me.  If he knew you, he certainly wouldn't have transferred it over!

[Bongo]

thanks all for your concerns this is why i put it up to see if it sounds dodggy but the guy got nothing to gain only lose,,,he put £5k in my account i can see it there on online banking,,i go away for a week and then come home,i make sure the
£5k deposit is still in there and then he comes down to pick up item and weigh in the rest,,he really seems genuine as they all do lol,,,,im sure 100% its ok ,,i will let you know...thnx

he can still cancel the bank transfer and it can take upto 1 month to show on your account

not if you take the £ asap can he?

Best bet would be to ask your bank!

[Claw75]

the other thing I don't quite understand about it all is why he's ringing you up offering to pay £15k for something rather than just putting in a bid for £10k