Selling something - cash on collection
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I have something I want to sell. It's a Pinball table, so large, quite expensive and lots of moving parts so lots to be potentially wrong with it.
I've trawled through the eBay Ts and Cs, and it doesn't look like I can do a classified ad, so that leaves me with "Buy it Now" and then allow offers. What I can't figure out is whether going down this route allows me to insist on payment (by bank transfer) on collection. I very much suspect that it doesn't, and that a buyer will be able to collect it, pay through eBay, take the machine away and then 2 weeks later say it's broken and eBay force me to give a refund and then I have to visit the buyer and collect what they say is the same thing I sold them.
Assuming my suspicions are accurate, what other marketplaces are there? I'm not using facebook.
I've trawled through the eBay Ts and Cs, and it doesn't look like I can do a classified ad, so that leaves me with "Buy it Now" and then allow offers. What I can't figure out is whether going down this route allows me to insist on payment (by bank transfer) on collection. I very much suspect that it doesn't, and that a buyer will be able to collect it, pay through eBay, take the machine away and then 2 weeks later say it's broken and eBay force me to give a refund and then I have to visit the buyer and collect what they say is the same thing I sold them.
Assuming my suspicions are accurate, what other marketplaces are there? I'm not using facebook.
omniflow said:
I have something I want to sell. It's a Pinball table, so large, quite expensive and lots of moving parts so lots to be potentially wrong with it.
I've trawled through the eBay Ts and Cs, and it doesn't look like I can do a classified ad, so that leaves me with "Buy it Now" and then allow offers. What I can't figure out is whether going down this route allows me to insist on payment (by bank transfer) on collection. I very much suspect that it doesn't, and that a buyer will be able to collect it, pay through eBay, take the machine away and then 2 weeks later say it's broken and eBay force me to give a refund and then I have to visit the buyer and collect what they say is the same thing I sold them.
Assuming my suspicions are accurate, what other marketplaces are there? I'm not using facebook.
Your suspicions are not accurate.I've trawled through the eBay Ts and Cs, and it doesn't look like I can do a classified ad, so that leaves me with "Buy it Now" and then allow offers. What I can't figure out is whether going down this route allows me to insist on payment (by bank transfer) on collection. I very much suspect that it doesn't, and that a buyer will be able to collect it, pay through eBay, take the machine away and then 2 weeks later say it's broken and eBay force me to give a refund and then I have to visit the buyer and collect what they say is the same thing I sold them.
Assuming my suspicions are accurate, what other marketplaces are there? I'm not using facebook.
EBay is a t
t, as you can be totally honest, get the cash and a day later the buyer can decide there is something wrong and it all goes south quick
Gumtree or create a disposable Facebook account
I used to sell a lot of old belongings on on eBay but got done over by some cretin
EBay took their side and refunded them. Their loss I guess
t, as you can be totally honest, get the cash and a day later the buyer can decide there is something wrong and it all goes south quickGumtree or create a disposable Facebook account
I used to sell a lot of old belongings on on eBay but got done over by some cretin
EBay took their side and refunded them. Their loss I guess
If you want to sell a pinball table, then I'd highly recommend that you take a look at pinballinfo.com. The forum has a lot of knowlegeable people, and you should get some reasonable advice on price and the veracity of potential buyers. You do need to make a donation to the site to place an ad, but it's well worth it.
Out of interest, what pinball are you looking to sell?
(I might know of some potential buyers - feel free to PM me if you prefer)
I've personally bought 2 machines through the site without problems, as it's a fairly tight community.
Out of interest, what pinball are you looking to sell?
(I might know of some potential buyers - feel free to PM me if you prefer)
I've personally bought 2 machines through the site without problems, as it's a fairly tight community.
Edited by C n C on Saturday 24th August 22:12
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