ebay sale protection?

[notjomommasclint]

i sold a lot to a gentleman stationed overseas. he states he is having problems with his paypal and would like to pay me via a friends account. however he wants me to ship to his addy. will signature confirmation cover my ass in a case? or since i shipped to different address than on account would i lose handsdown? i am just a little leary as the emails seem a touch pushy...

 

[jjj7880]

Make him pay via gift then if your worried.

 

[cmnkb8]

Don't do it, or you'll get burned.

 

[Erich]

DO not do it. You will not be covered.

 

[sebpoo]

DO not do it. You will not be covered.

This.

 

[Groat]

I don't know about the whole pay with one account, ship to another thing. However, it sounds like you'd be shipping to an APO address. If this is an expensive card, I urge you NOT to do this. We've had people on these forums in the past who have gotten screwed by members of the military (bad apples, unfortunately) because they shipped to APO addresses. In one or two cases the outcome eventually turned in the seller's favor, but there's really no way to protect yourself as a seller and ship APO.

 

[Card Magnet]

Relax, don't do it.

I would highly suggest that you politely tell him that it's not something you can do because of PayPal's policies and offer to send him an auction cancellation on ebay so that neither of you are tied up. That way, he cannot leave you a neg or anything if he so chooses down the road.

 

[Groat]

For the record, here is the big post about another forum member getting scammed sending to an APO. You can not get DC and you can not get signature confirmation using APO. If you haven't read this thread before, it's worth going all the way though. The buyer eventually gets his in the end.

 

[Casebusters]

You should ask to send it to his friend and have his friend then ship the item to him and explain the paypal rules to him so he understands

 

[notjomommasclint]

You should ask to send it to his friend and have his friend then ship the item to him and explain the paypal rules to him so he understands

thats what i did first. just told him that i would send to the confirmed address on the paypal account. he declined because his friend is out of country with him. said i needed to send to his address after funds came from different account. this thread has confirmed my thoughts and my fears... i have requested a cancellation. thank you for all the input and thank you groat for the link!

 

[rymflaherty]

I thought PayPal did loosen their stance a bit on the confirmed address thing. From my understanding, and some recent auctions I've run - you are covered as long as you ship to the address provided by Ebay (whatever is given to you in the order details) whether it is "confirmed" or not by PayPal.

Sounds like that still wouldn't be the case in your situation though - so I would not be comfortable sending.
If I was correct in what I said - I suppose you could contact the seller and see if he is willing to change (if possible) the order details....even then though might be a hassle and not worth it.