Miguel the Penguin Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Right, so I finally cleaned my bike!It is now listed on the various sale sites and I had a query from someone on Ebay last night asking if it was still for sale and what my best price was. I replied to the email address they had given me in their query and they have come back with this:"Thanks for your swift response,I'd like to know the rock bottom price you willing to take and also i will be paying by PayPal as it is attached to my bank account. It is safe and secure way to make payment on eBay. I hope you accept my payment method? If you do,can you just send me the email you associated with your PayPal account (Paypal ID) in order to make the payment now, about the collection; have got a Freight company that will come for the collection as soon as you confirm the payment via PayPal so no shipping included and if you dont have a paypal account, you can easily go to http://www.paypal.com and sign up. its very easy. I await your reply asap"I don't know why but it just feels a bit dodgy to me. I don't want to be paid by Paypal by someone who doesn't come to collect the bike because I think it would be too easy for them to put in a dispute/freeze the payment. Plus I don't want to pay the 10% Ebay fees!! The fact it's badly written also sounds warning bells to me, although that could just be me being a bit of a pedant What do the more wise and experienced of you out there think? Scam?Thanks in advance! Quote
fullscreenaging Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Dodgy as f**k. Steer well clear and report to eBay Quote
KTM21 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 If you're not happy then just say you want cash only. If he doesn't want to pay cash then just wait for the next person. I don't like the idea of selling to someone who doesn't come and look at it anyway. If they turn up and sign a bit of paper then there's nothing that can go wrong. Quote
Guest Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Some scammers are so stupid but theyll try anything lol Quote
eastanglianbiker Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 delete the email its a scam in fact its one of the oldest in the book you give them your paypal they then hack it and clean out anything you got in there and have access to your linked bank account Quote
jamesrb90 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 They basically get the bike and then the money back Quote
Miguel the Penguin Posted July 17, 2015 Author Posted July 17, 2015 I knew my Spideysenses were right! Thanks guys. He has been told to bugger off. Fingers crossed for some genuine interest Quote
Decor58 Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Definitely a scam, the next email you get will say they've sent the money but can you pay the freight company using western distribution... Quote
bronze84 Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 More dodgy than Katie price reciting wedding vows... Quote
klingelton Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 They will send you through payment in the form of travellers cheques and ask you to cash them. there will be a little more as well if you could hand that back in cash... Quote
Joeman Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 I could write a much better scam email!These people are amatures. Quote
Miguel the Penguin Posted July 22, 2015 Author Posted July 22, 2015 They seem to have backed off after I emailed them to get lost. Some genuine interest would be good though... I thought July would be a good time to try to sell a 125! Quote
MrBrightside Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I'd say scam also.But if you'd like me to check for you, please supply your account number and sort code and I'd be happy to help Quote
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