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iPad on eBay.....

  • 17-04-2012 8:19am
    #1
    notaplumber
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    Hi all,

    Sold an iPad on eBay. The buyer insists on meeting and paying cash as he needs it today Apparantly. His eBay profile is good etc, so I don't think he's going to try to scam me.

    However do you know if to pay cash for something you purchased on eBay is above board and 'as per the rules' etc.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,330 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Its outside the rules your in no way protected. You could get mugged or it could go smoothly. Your call.


  • #3
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    Ask to meet him in the lobby of a garda station.


  • #4
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Meet him in a public place and check the notes carefully. Have a friens waiting nearby if you want to be extra safe.
    If something's not right walk away. If he asks you to come with him to the ATM/house etc. walk away.


  • #5
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Seeing as you're the seller and not the buyer I don't see the problem, this is generally how goods were bought and sold in the ''olden days''. :D


  • #6
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    Its outside the rules your in no way protected. You could get mugged or it could go smoothly. Your call.

    LOL, Like the Seller is protected when he posts it???? I don't think so.

    see this..... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66587896


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  • #7
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,533 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Sorry but what are people afraid of here?

    That he'll get mugged? Don't you think there would be easier ways?

    I've sold plenty of oversized items that couldn't be posted, met the buyer and he had a quick look and received cash. No problem!


  • #8
    siobhanoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭siobhanoh


    I sold my iPad on adverts. I was passing by Blanch where he lived so met him in one of the car parks. I had my friend with me but he was a lovely man and handed over the cash without hardly looking at it.


  • #9
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Have sold a bunch of stuff on Adverts like this. There's no difference really. Bring a mate if you're bothered.

    Not sure how the whole eBay getting their pound of flesh works, though.


  • #10
    brophs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭brophs


    Surely he could pay today via paypal and you could hand it over in person?


  • #11
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    brophs wrote: »
    Surely he could pay today via paypal and you could hand it over in person?
    This, as soon as the money is in your account just hand it over?


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  • #12
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,533 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Dades wrote: »
    Have sold a bunch of stuff on Adverts like this. There's no difference really. Bring a mate if you're bothered.

    Not sure how the whole eBay getting their pound of flesh works, though.

    They charge the seller for putting the ad up and also Paypal take a percentage of receipt.
    If I sell on Ebay I prefer to get cash as the Paypal fee is quite high!
    Cost to buyer is nothing.


  • #13
    AboutTwoFiddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭AboutTwoFiddy


    biko wrote: »
    This, as soon as the money is in your account just hand it over?

    I wouldn't do that, he'll have no proof of delivery and the buyer could say he never received the item.

    Meet the buyer in a public place as others have suggested and do a straight swap for the cash, chances are he's just excited about his new iPad and wants it in his hand ASAP. I've done similar myself a few years ago with a mobile phone, never a problem.


  • #14
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    AboutTwoFiddy wrote: »
    I wouldn't do that, he'll have no proof of delivery and the buyer could say he never received the item.
    True, I suppose he could just ask for a receipt from the buyer or some similar acknowledgement.


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