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I, too, have sold ebay items
where the buyer used Western Union. It was a '72 Ford LTD convertible that
hadn't ran in several years. He sent it through WU to my local grocery
store, where I picked it up and then let him know he could pick up the
car. The cool thing was, he rode a Greyhound down from Seattle, and after
I put some tranny fluid in it (since it wouldn't shift), filled the air in the
flat tires, and he bought and put in a new battery, he drove that sucker all the
way home! And it made it, surprisingly. . . since it IS a Ford. . .
But the point is, with ANY method
of payment, don't release the item you're selling until you can confirm for
yourself the legitimacy of the payment. Waiting for checks to clear, etc,
is no different than getting the cash in hand from a Western Union
payment. You just gotta be careful who you trust in today's world. . .
Mark
mjh
'57 Fury in OR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:49
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Ebay
I recently sold a brake booster to a guy in Sweden and he
used an old fashioned method of sending me the money--he wired it via Western
Union. This very old payment method is almost never mentioned, yet is a
viable way of completing a transaction. It was easy to collect, as the Western
Union office is in a local grocery store. You get paid in cash, so no concerns
about checks drawn against the First Bank of Kenya.
Sorry, but with ebay's fees on the rise, I don't need to
turn over an additional 4.2% to paypal. Don't understand what the big deal
is in writing a check or obtaining a money order, or even using WU.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:16
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Ebay
hello, Jim that has also been a big frustration
for me too....payPal is the ONLY way to go!
As you state more and more sellers refuse to
take payPal (they use it for their buys) but seem too cheap to take it for
their listings.
I believe they are really missing the
boat!
They claim high cost, but in fact that
stand may by costing them money.....I do not bid if I am unable to use
payPal!
(I even take it and have used it to buy and
sell big ticket cars...)
In this world of scams "N" scum, bidders need
the safety that payPal affords.
If you find payPal costly then account for it
in your pricing it is a cost of doing business, just like taking
visa....
postscript; bidpay was slow!!
debenson2
Road2Recovery
Box 43873
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
55443 USA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:13
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Ebay
Yes, it is BidPay
that recently went out of business, without any warning to their
customers.
Quite troublesome
for me as a foreigner who?s only option besides PayPal was
BidPay.
And since more
and more sellers are no longer accepting PayPal I have to let go of some
nice stuff I see on eBay so every now and then. I hate
that?
Jim
Hoekendijk
The
Netherlands.
Van:
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Namens debenson2
Verzonden: donderdag 9 maart 2006
2:19
Aan:
L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: Re: [FWDLK]
Ebay
I believe it was
bid pay that was owned by WU.
debenson2
Road2Recovery
Box
43873
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55443
USA
763/438/6671
612/319/5619 pager & voice
mail
----- Original
Message -----
Sent:
Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: Re:
[FWDLK] Ebay
I heard the
story on the news last week, but apparently it's just certain
aspects of their operation? The news story didn't depict it
that way....
----- Original Message -----
From:
"Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"Bryan Scott" <scott1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
<L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:
Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: [FWDLK]
Ebay
Are you sure? There is no mention of it on their
website, and the
office in my building is still
open.
-Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Forward
Look Mopar Discussion List
[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bryan
Scott
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:31 PM
To:
L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
Re: [FWDLK] Ebay
Western Union recently went out of business and
is no more.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
<L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:
Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK]
Ebay
> We need to beat this dead horse....DO NOT PAY FOR
ANYTHING ON WESTERN
> UNION!!
> It is the payment choice of
scammers. Use them to send money to your
> Mom or a friend, NEVER
to pay for something unless you know the person
> your
paying.
> That's one of the safety tips on all the ebay
sites/warnings.
> Regards, Ray
>
>
> On Mar 8,
2006, at 7:26 AM, Mike Singer / Emporium Secondaries, Inc.
>
wrote:
>
>> I do not want to beat a dead horse but; My
brother was bidding on a
>> panel
>> van and lost. He
received an email Second chance. Drove 35 miles to
>>
Western
>> Union to send out the payment. Western Union called
him later and
told
>> him
>> that it was a fraud.
He was able to stop payment.
>>
>> Please be very
careful when bidding.
>>
>> Mike Singer, 57 Fireflite,
76 Warlock, 94 V-10 & 04 Hemi 2500 4wd
>>
pickus,
>> 05 Magnum RT
>> Mike
Singer
>>
>>
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