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Is this buyer trying to scam me?
 

Hi,
I sold a item yesterday and checked my account today and the buyer who bought the item had left me a messaging asking the item to be sent to a relatives address

There is also a note saying this attached to the payment with the other address.

Just wondering will i be safe sending it to the other address as its not in there paypal but is in a note attached to the payment

:confused:Any advice, Thanks

If you want to be safe and covered by p/p seller protection then refund the payment and ask them to resubmit it with the correct address they want it delivered to.

Obviously send them a message regarding this before you do anything.

you are not covered by seller protection, with the address just on a message - then again it is probably ok in terms of they are not trying to hide address by emailing you privately etc, probably not a scammer move...depends on how much the value is, for low value I would probably send, for higher I would do as noneother said, refund, explain that it needs resubmitting with postal address added properly as gift address.

Which country did he want you to send to? Same country? I will only send item if the buyer address and the relative address are living in the same country

Its the same country its being sent to and the value is around 65 quid ,they have around 100 feedback

oomps is spot on as per

if it was a scammer then they would not attach it to the invoice

but there are dumb scammers too so if you feel like it is too big a risk then just mention you wont be covered and want to send to the registered address

they probably would be okay with it although it will be a slight inconvenience,a decent buyer would completely understand

Thanks ill do that its not worth the risk

i think if the buyer is legit they will completely understand and be cool with it:)

they have no choice anyways,you are well within your rights to cancel

From personal experience, you need to feel your customer out. If they want you to ship to a different country, thats a huge red flag. If they want you to ship to a different address, but is in the same state or city, than probably not a huge deal as people dont know how to change or are too lazy to change information. I have done this countless times and have had zero issues.

Could also be a Fellow Stealther that simply wants to buy your product but has NO access to his registered Paypal/ebay address,,,Could also be a gift,,,,for a 100 feedback account,,and that amount of money plus the buyers approach as OOMPA Mentioned above,,I DOUBT it is a Scammer,,

They key point is that you would not be covered for sending to address not registered to the pp account.

So when we all ask sellers to send to a different address, as so many have said they do, does that mean we are all scammers as well?

Just a thought .....

:ranger:

its all about risk

is it worth the risk

cheap and cheerfull...yeah fck it

expensive goodies...hell no

I messaged the buyer anyway and was proper nice about it and so i took the risk and sent it to his relatives address with no problem at all.

I wouldnt risk it again though,3 times this week ive had people message saying i havent recieved my item ,When ive gone to check the tracking all were signed for over a week ago,If that would of been at a relatives address i would have no seller protection.

There are loads of nice genuine buyers but theres a lot of scaveners trying to get free and discount items everyday

I get buyers like this all the time- from what i can tell no scams so far but then again the items have not been high value.

Usually alright - check their feedback too!

It seemed like a year ago I got more buyers that asked me to send an item to another addy. I never really thought about it and just did it. I don't think it was anything too expensive though. Best of luck. I'm sure it's not a big deal.

I would never ship anything this way, I don't care if it's high or low value items. I mean, come on, we already pay sky high ebay and paypal fees. I just don't like to lose any of my products to anyone and also pay ebay/paypal fees.

I did this for some laptop memory pieces that sold for $8 last month. I refunded the money and asked the buyer to input his address or I would cancel the transaction. One buyer gave me a negative feedback. I talked to a ebay rep and they took it off cuz I was not protected. I quickly relist the item and sold for a little more. haha, jokes on him (buyer).

*just my 2 cuban cents worth

Alot of people will be genuine people/buyers asking to ship to another address so there is someone in to sign for the parcel/letter.

I checked googled about it at the time and it came up about scams which is probably about 1 in a 1000 chance

Sorry if i dont make sense im hammered i just watched United secure the 20th Leugue Title :-)

What did you decide to do OP?

I sent the item to there relatives address and there was no problem at all and recieved feedback the day it arrived

nice one bud

showed a lil faith:thumb:

still be careful,always best to talk to them and see if they sound legit etc

Good stuff to hear.