Bought a frame through eBay for £600. if I pay for it within eBay and via paypal (after clicking through from Quidco) I get around 40% of eBay's revenue from the sale back (so I'd guessed around 3-4%, £18-£24 or so). Unfortunately, the seller has some sort of issue with the paypal account that he linked to the auction (an old account or something?) and has asked me to pay to a different paypal account, which I can only do direct through paypal and not within eBay... so this means I miss out on the cashback... have advised the seller of this and his response is essentially 'too bad', he isn't offering to reduce the sale or provide some sort of compensation to balance things up... which has me annoyed 👿
Sounds dodgy.
it is up to him to change the pay pal account if there are issues, if you pay with directed means as specified on his account it is his fault
Do [i]not[/i] complete this outside ebay unless you have the frame in your hand already. Sounds dodgy.
Also bear in mind if you pay directly through paypal, your not covered by ebay in case of any problems. Surely the seller can amend their paypal details for ebay?
That's that repaired frame you won? personally I wouldn't bother and spend my money on a New toy!!
Surely the seller can amend their paypal details for ebay?
He says it can't be done after the auction is finished? Pretty sure the chap is a Doctor (has a @doctors email address anyway), so hoping he's trustworthy, though not much feedback on eBay...
I think on paypal you can select it is an ebay item and then just enter the number - not sur ehow much protection you get.
I would explain there is a trust issue as his paypal address is different and you are reluctant to complete outside of ebay if they are legit they will come up with a solution. If dodgy they will give you spiel about how trustworthy they are and how this is all beyond their control etc.
On balance no from me given amount of purchase and cost to you as things stand.
Ask for his name and GMC number and check him out on the GMC website
I'm a quack and I know plenty I would not trust.
Classic scam, offereing a nice safe payment method then when you come to actually pay it suddenly stops working.
Email adresses are easy to fake so i wouldn't put any faith in that.