Delayed payment and shipment

[pedzsan]

My buyer is going to send me 25% of the price via PayPal outside of eBay because, as far as I know, there is no standard way to do this within eBay.  If there is, then I’ll do it that way.

He wants me to hold it until late May and send it to him there.  Assuming he pays the 25%, that gives me enough trust that he is legitimate and I’ll not send him the laptop until he pays in full — again probably via PayPal.

What I was planning on doing is marking the item as paid for.  eBay will charge me the sellers fees — fine.  And come late May when I get the final payment and shipping address, I’ll mark it as shipped along with the tracking number.

Does all that sound like the best approach of this odd ball situation?

[mam98031 · Accepted solution]

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@pedzsan wrote:

I get they might send me a bogus email but I can go to PayPal, log in, and check ... which I would do anyway.  I don't even click on 99% of the emails I receive.  I go to the web site, log in, and see if what the email is saying is true.  e.g. I just got something from Microsoft about Office 365.  Something about "Simplify your log in experience" ... And I bet it is legitimate but I'm never going to trust it -- especially if it was from Microsoft -- the ultimate scammers of the universe.

But... I really do appreciate your replies.  It heightens my suspicions.

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You are missing the bigger point.  IT IS AGAINST THE EBAY RULES.  You would be risking your ability to even sell on this site.  If this one sale is that important to you, the great.  As long as you are aware that you are risking Ebay taking away your selling privileges here FOREVER.

Maybe the buyer is trying to scam you maybe they aren't.  That would be the LEAST of your problems if you handle a transaction this way.