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07/11/2016 22:39
07/11/2016 22:39
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ali_hire
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I've just sold the wife's old iPhone on eBay and the winning bidder has just messaged me immediately after the auction to say, "please post to Ukraine."
Now, I'm all for giving people a chance but are my immediate apprehensions warranted here?
I didn't actually stipulate that I wouldn't post overseas, so I arguably only have myself to blame, but I did state the shipping cost and that it would be Royal Mail Special Delivery.
Assuming they pay via PayPal before I post, what am I leaving myself open to? Anything?
Edited: The buyer has 100% positive feedback wth over 300 reviews mainly as a buyer. Doesn't appear to have done any eBay business in the last year though.
Last edited by ali_hire; 07/11/2016 22:44.
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Re: eBay
[Re: ali_hire]
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07/11/2016 23:20
07/11/2016 23:20
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As long as it's via a tracked and fully insured service then I'd do it.
I'd double check the cover with it being a mobile however as I sold one recently and was told that it wouldn't be covered in the result of a claim. This may be just because I was shipping second class (within the UK) and as it was a low value spare I didn't listen too hard and sent it anyway.
Up yours Photobucket.
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Re: eBay
[Re: ali_hire]
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08/11/2016 07:27
08/11/2016 07:27
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magooagain
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Tell the buyer and eBay that you have found the phone to be faulty.
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Re: eBay
[Re: ali_hire]
#1588124
08/11/2016 20:37
08/11/2016 20:37
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oxfordSteve
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No, if a stolen card has been used to fund the payment, Paypal can (in some circumstances) take the funds back.
In any case, I think you re only covered if sending to the buyers confirmed address, and last time I looked at this, they didn't confirm any addresses in Ukraine...or Russia or China for that matter.
If it wasn't a hugely expensive item, and you can afford to lose the money, then its ok.
I would take the chance though, especially if there was another bidder in the UK I would offer them a second chance offer to save the hassle.
And I would check the Royal Mail site as to the cost of posting with tracking all the way.....Jeeezus
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Re: eBay
[Re: oxfordSteve]
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08/11/2016 22:39
08/11/2016 22:39
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Ebay and PayPal pretty well always side with the buyer. It's not worth the hassle of sending abroad without going through the eBay global shipping programme I'd not send it for the above reason and cancel the bid. The buyer would have known you weren't willing to send it outside of the UK and went out of their way to bid on the UK side and bid to win. Frankly I think it's too risky. If you relist and want to ship outside U.K then use the global shipping programme.
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Re: eBay
[Re: cyborg7]
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10/11/2016 11:13
10/11/2016 11:13
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I used to have policy of never shipping abroad but now will occasionally and it's been fine. It's only ever with been with people who've contacted me before bidding though and we've had a (fully tracked and insured) shipping price agreed before auction end. If your auction only gives a shipping option within the UK then you'll be fine to cancel if you'd rather not ship outside. There's no obligation for you to honour your UK shipping price to the Ukraine (if I'm reading it correctly). The price of tracked services to Europe can be very prohibitively expensive and it tends to put most off. I quite often get asked "just to send as a small parcel (without tracking) as it only costs £xx.xx to ....." but I always ignore these requests.
My backside fully covered or no sendysend.
If the auction did specifically mention international shipping then it can always get suddenly broken/lost and no longer available. Then just relist it specifically as UK only.
Up yours Photobucket.
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