I have to pay with a money order for an auction

[Needanotherbag]

I won my dream bag last night, and it was from a guy selling a bag for his girlfriend thru his account. The bag was verified here as authentic, and he has good feedback from 369 transactions. He is asking I send money order to his girlfriend, and she ships the bag. He does paypal on all his other auctions but since his gf was actually the seller without a paypal account, she needs money order.

i have never paid with a money order before - does it work out ok?

Thank you

 

[Swanky]

does the auction state this?
If not, I wouldn't do it.
If the auction states this then I would do it w/ tracking I guess.

 

[Prada Psycho]

I've heard of situations like this before, but they make ME nervous. Did the listing offer Paypal as a payment option? If it did, then you certainly can insist that you be allowed to pay that way. If it only offered money orders as a payment option, then you are stuck to pay that way. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I don't think you have any protections if you pay with a money order other than filing a complaint through eBay and it seems the have a really low dollar amount that they will compensate you.

 

[sabrinahchan]

sounds kinda fishy... can you ask if you can do an escrow?

 

[Prada Psycho]

^^^Better watch it Swank. We're starting to say the same things at the same time!

 

[Lvbabydoll]

Yeah, that IS weird. Why couldn't he just accept the paypal then get the money out of his own account for his gf? That doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Needanotherbag]

It stated money order in the auction, and he had good feedback so i was ok with it, but then he sent the email with his gf's address instead of his. I sent an email asking why. I'll see if he is open to another alternative...

 

[reddianasaur]

I sent a money order once and never got a video game for my son (seller took the money and ran)we filed a claim and only got back 12.00 and the game was close to 50.00

Watch out much risker than paypal hardly any protection for you

 

[susan-eric]

I agree--you lose your control over the situation, if anything goes wrong.

 

[peacocky]

I would only send it to him. If it's his girlfriend, he can give it to her when he sees her.

 

[marietouchet]

Don't forget, it will cost you $15 to get a MO at your bank (I assume the bag cost is too high to get a postal money ??)

 

[bagsforme]

Sounds odd. Why can't he accept the money and ship out the bag? I wouldn't do it..

 

[pugsonpurses]

I wouldn't do it either-there is no earthly reason for this extra "twist"-why shouldn't it be just a normal PayPal transaction, when he gets paid he distributes $ to whomever. You would not be amply protected and, dream bag though it may be, I wouldn't do it...

 

[Tura**Satana]

I would ONLY do that if I knew the seller. I definitely wouldn't send the money to his gf.

 

[Needanotherbag]

I'm going to let him know I only feel comfortable sending it to him, or offer to pay his paypal fees if I can use paypal - it was his feedback I was making this decision on, not his girlfriends. does this sound ok?