Although it Really Is Sometimes Better to Get Ebay Items Posted I Sometimes Have to Go and Pick them up
Being an ebay seller and purchaser I always had an issue with the way the issues are done. Usually after we buy something we pay through paypal and pay ebay postage after that recieve items via post. This is the usual manner my purchases have taken place. Until I was looking for a brand new couch for my new flat.To find a perfect sofa for yourself is hard on ebay because you aren’t getting to sit on it and check the relaxation level, however luckily I found a similar couch which I saw in a furnishings store and wasn’t able to afford it there. On ebay the couch was lower than half of the value of that being displayed in the shop so I went to purchase the couch. The sole difference was that it came under the ebay collection and in that I had to go and pick up my purchase for myself, they will not send it. There was another option avaliable of a private courier, however it was a waste as it’s cost was same as that of the sofa.The address of the seller was specified so I agreed to pick up the couch, it was also said that it will be good to bring a proper receipt of the purchase, I agreed to pay via paypal as the seller said. I paid the money and we agreed on a date and time for the pick up of my new sofa.I was excited, the day of the couch pick up had arrived, I drove about a hundred miles to Wrexham and arrived at the address I had been given. I stood in front of the address specified to me, it was looking like a warehouse, I got confused as the vendor had informed me that it was his house. I pressed the buzzer however it appeared as though there was nobody in the warehouse so I waited and tried to keep patient.Nobody turned up as it was looking like, so I called my companion to give me the phone number of the vendor, but the contact details had been deleted and the account was suspended. I had been scammed it was obvious, no sofa and together with the gas I was £450 out of pocket.The good news was that I had paid through Paypal and so I had a little security.I filed a dispute with them and was able to get my money back, but it is very simple for that person to easily open another account with completely different identify and card number and do the same thing again with someone else. Lastly, I was advised one of the best thing to do is either pay on delivery otherwise pay on pick up and to get the receipt signed by the vendor.