Okay, have to let this out as i'm already losing sleep because of it. Brief background:
Found this bag on ebay and fell in love with it (LV Manhattan). Seller specified that it was a USA auction only (i live in OZ) so my darling husband emailed the seller to find out whether she would agree shipping it to Australia, explaining that we have a confirmed address with Paypal and have purchased 3 other LV bags in the past 10 days or so from international sellers. Hubby wanted this particular bag for me for our upcoming wedding anniversary (yes, he's a sweetheart!) So were really chuffed to hear back from the seller saying that it's ok, she will ship internationally in this particular instance as she felt the "genuineness" of the request. So hubby had gone ahead to pay for the bag thru the BIN option, but a message appeared to say that the item cannot be sent to an address other than the US therefore we cannot proceed with the payment. Emailed the seller about this and suggested to change the listing to accept international bidders so hubby can pay for it. She emailed back to say that she cannot change her listing at this stage as there were already bidders on the item. She then said that she will just send us the invoice thru paypal and pay thru there. And so she ended the auction on ebay and sent us the paypal invoice. Hubby was so excited and paid for it then and there without realizing that we actually completed the transaction outside of ebay! He was forced to tell me what happened (as opposed to it being a surprise originally) as i think he also secretly got worried about it! So i emailed the seller to find out when she will mail out the bag and have not received a reply. It might be early days yet (i know it's still the weekend in the US)..but can't help getting concerned.This happened on Friday. My question is, are we still protected by ebay and paypal if something happens? Funds came out of our bank account and not thru CC.
It was a careless decision on our part i guess, and it really boils to down to hubby's excitement of finally getting this bag for me. I would feel so sorry for him if something goes wrong! I have kept all email correspondence between us and the seller, kept the details of the listing, even printed the auction so i have it in hard paper. On the other hand, maybe we are just worrying too much, maybe the seller is honest and have just been busy to reply to our emails. What are your thoughts? I feel so much better already for sharing this with you all. thanks in advance for your input.....
Found this bag on ebay and fell in love with it (LV Manhattan). Seller specified that it was a USA auction only (i live in OZ) so my darling husband emailed the seller to find out whether she would agree shipping it to Australia, explaining that we have a confirmed address with Paypal and have purchased 3 other LV bags in the past 10 days or so from international sellers. Hubby wanted this particular bag for me for our upcoming wedding anniversary (yes, he's a sweetheart!) So were really chuffed to hear back from the seller saying that it's ok, she will ship internationally in this particular instance as she felt the "genuineness" of the request. So hubby had gone ahead to pay for the bag thru the BIN option, but a message appeared to say that the item cannot be sent to an address other than the US therefore we cannot proceed with the payment. Emailed the seller about this and suggested to change the listing to accept international bidders so hubby can pay for it. She emailed back to say that she cannot change her listing at this stage as there were already bidders on the item. She then said that she will just send us the invoice thru paypal and pay thru there. And so she ended the auction on ebay and sent us the paypal invoice. Hubby was so excited and paid for it then and there without realizing that we actually completed the transaction outside of ebay! He was forced to tell me what happened (as opposed to it being a surprise originally) as i think he also secretly got worried about it! So i emailed the seller to find out when she will mail out the bag and have not received a reply. It might be early days yet (i know it's still the weekend in the US)..but can't help getting concerned.This happened on Friday. My question is, are we still protected by ebay and paypal if something happens? Funds came out of our bank account and not thru CC.
It was a careless decision on our part i guess, and it really boils to down to hubby's excitement of finally getting this bag for me. I would feel so sorry for him if something goes wrong! I have kept all email correspondence between us and the seller, kept the details of the listing, even printed the auction so i have it in hard paper. On the other hand, maybe we are just worrying too much, maybe the seller is honest and have just been busy to reply to our emails. What are your thoughts? I feel so much better already for sharing this with you all. thanks in advance for your input.....