Need Some Ebay Advice Please!

WNP22 said:

Any advice would be appreciated. Here's the situation:

Sold a Russell Wilson Auto late on Tuesday for $139 best offer. Buyer messages me early yesterday and says the he'll pay by the end of the weekend, he's been traveling around, busy, etc. Says he can bid from his phone but he's not set up to pay from it (seem weird, doesn't it????). No big deal, told him I was fine with waiting. Now he just sent a message asking me to invoice him directly on Paypal. Said his ebay account is on hold because of a bill that his partner ran up and now he just wants to "pay off the $800 in cards he won this week" w/ the money in his Paypal account.

Am I being paranoid or does something seem kind of sketchy here. What would be the issues if I invoiced him directly though Paypal? Am I still fully protected, or should I just consider canceling the transaction and avoiding the headache? Help me out here guys!

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Pine Tar said:

Just send him the invoice from eBay.
Just like you do for every auction Then he pays like everyone else does using PayPal. No need to send him anything from PayPal only.

Otherwise cancel the transaction because it does seem weird he is asking for things not the normal route.

After every successful sale on eBay you can send the buyer a invoice which is where they will go through PayPal. Didn't you do this yet?

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WNP22 said:

You know, the more I think about it, I think I'm changing my mind towards this. And yes, I have invoiced him.

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