I recently listed a pair of shoe on Ebay. A potential buyer had bidded on it and then Ebay canceled their bid. The buyer then contacted me and told me that Ebay canceled their bid because her account was somehow linked to her "BF's" account and he had problems on his account and so his account was canceled. She then proceeds to ask me if she can still purchase the item off Ebay. I told her if the item did not sell then I would gladly sell them to her for the listing price and that I would send her a Paypal invoice.
Well the item did not sell, so as promised I sent her a Paypal invoice. She then asks me if she send in 3 installments and that I did not have to ship until the last payment has been made. I agreed.
Well she has made the final payment, but when I went back to my Paypal account, I noticed that the three payments came from 3 different Paypal accounts and had 3 different names/addresses, all of which were confirmed.
Now I'm a little afraid to ship to her because I'm not sure which address is really hers or if any of the Paypal accounts are really hers at all. Maybe she (or her "BF") was involved in some sort of scam and so Ebay canceled her old account and then canceled her bid on my item as well? Did Ebay actually do something right for a change and caught her before she could do it again and I was stupid to agree to it? Ebay sent me a message telling me that the bid had been canceled but did not give me a reason for it.
I also noticed that not only the Paypal accounts were all different, the email addresses were all different, including the ones she emailed me from throughout this selling process (I counted at least 5 email addresses). Seriously who has 5 email addresses, 3 bank accounts, and 3 addresses and 4 different names?
My question is, if I ship it to one of the confirmed addresses would my item still be insured should it get lost in transit or if this was an unauthorized transaction. Further, would Paypal insure me for total amount ($415) or would they only insure me for one of the installment amounts? She paid $215, $100 and $100).
I'm not sure what to do...is there a number I can call or find out why Ebay had canceled her bid? Or if I can call Paypal to confirm that these payments were really authorized?
Help!! I told her I would ship within 1-2 days of payment and she finally paid the last installment yesterday. So if these are her actual accounts, then I don't want to delay shipping the shoes to her!
Well the item did not sell, so as promised I sent her a Paypal invoice. She then asks me if she send in 3 installments and that I did not have to ship until the last payment has been made. I agreed.
Well she has made the final payment, but when I went back to my Paypal account, I noticed that the three payments came from 3 different Paypal accounts and had 3 different names/addresses, all of which were confirmed.
Now I'm a little afraid to ship to her because I'm not sure which address is really hers or if any of the Paypal accounts are really hers at all. Maybe she (or her "BF") was involved in some sort of scam and so Ebay canceled her old account and then canceled her bid on my item as well? Did Ebay actually do something right for a change and caught her before she could do it again and I was stupid to agree to it? Ebay sent me a message telling me that the bid had been canceled but did not give me a reason for it.
I also noticed that not only the Paypal accounts were all different, the email addresses were all different, including the ones she emailed me from throughout this selling process (I counted at least 5 email addresses). Seriously who has 5 email addresses, 3 bank accounts, and 3 addresses and 4 different names?
My question is, if I ship it to one of the confirmed addresses would my item still be insured should it get lost in transit or if this was an unauthorized transaction. Further, would Paypal insure me for total amount ($415) or would they only insure me for one of the installment amounts? She paid $215, $100 and $100).
I'm not sure what to do...is there a number I can call or find out why Ebay had canceled her bid? Or if I can call Paypal to confirm that these payments were really authorized?
Help!! I told her I would ship within 1-2 days of payment and she finally paid the last installment yesterday. So if these are her actual accounts, then I don't want to delay shipping the shoes to her!
