I've done a lot of buying and selling via eBay. Recently, I had a seller ask me to leave positive feedback in order to release the funds through paypal. It must be a newish rule.
It might only apply to newer sellers. I wouldn't freak out about it, but due your research and don't just sit around waiting for the funds to "clear". That will get you in to other kinds of trouble,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Toby G
<carpet8@mac.com> wrote:
I've sold a lot of stuff on eBay.
It's normal if you haven't sold much stuff to get a hold put on. However....if PayPal is telling you to ship, DO NOT SHIP until you know you have been paid and you can deposit the money. If it was a 10 dollar item, I'd ship it anyway. But not with a 760 dollar item.
toby
----- Original Message ----- From: "d.nix" <d.nix@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Need some advice please
Seems sketchy to me. No response? No shipment... Most Paypal transactions
are virtually instantaneous. Are you even certain the notice was really from
Paypal?
Maybe advise him nothing is changing hands until the funds are in your
control, see if that doesnt generate a response.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ace Ovil" <aovil@wfubmc.edu>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:36 PM
Subject: Need some advice please
I'm sorry to bother you all, but I figured some of you had bought and
sold some expensive toys over the years and might know about this.
Let me start by saying I am a broke medical student with almost no
online trading experience.
After putting my EDP on craigslist and here on the list for some time, I
finally decided to sell it on ebay. I had never really sold anything on
the bay before.
Anyway, yesterday it closed for what I think is a great sale price
($760). I was pretty happy.
The winning bidder has 0% feedback though and the account was started
in January. (Sketchy?) I sent him a message before and after the sale,
but got no response which made me even more nervous. Today I received a
notice from paypal that the payment is pending in my account but won't
be released for 21 days.
Is this normal? Should I ship the Echoplex? Anyone have any advice to
calm my nerves or tell me what to look out for?
Thank you,
Ace
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