A Question concerning Ebay's Buyer Protection Policy -- seeking some advice :)

[bnorth]

Personally I would send them an eBay message telling them to fix there mistake with the eBay/paypal email address. I would never pay the way you are being asked. I do not use eBay much but this sounds very fishy. Hopefully someone with more experience can help you. Good Luck.

[DerekMichael]

that would make me nervous as hell to be honest

Derek

[ctownboy]

I would call eBay or PayPal (or both) and ask them about this seller. I would tell them the story and then offer to send them the e mail or other info you have.

David

[thecatspajamas]

You're right that you won't have any Buyer Protection through eBay if you pay that way (because as far as eBay is concerned, you didn't buy anything through eBay). Depending on how the seller invoiced you, you might still have a recourse through Paypal to reverse the charges if the deal doesn't come through. It's not as straightforward a process though, and if they just sent a "payment request" rather than an "invoice" through Paypal, you still might not have any recourse.

Basically, if it makes you uncomfortable dealing with anyone outside of eBay, don't do it. That's not to say that there is anything inherently wrong with doing business off-eBay, but if you're used to letting eBay's Buyer Protection promises override your Spidey Sense when doing deals on eBay, you need to start paying attention to it again when you step outside of that protective bubble.

Edited to add: There's nothing wrong with playing dumb or scared in a situation like this either and telling the seller you can't get the payment to work through eBay. If it's a legit sale and he wants to get paid, he'll figure out a way to either fix his eBay profile information or re-list the card with a BIN just for you. Ebay won't punish you for not following through with a purchase that the seller tries to take off-Bay.

[insccollectibles]

I wouldn't pay using that method. I would aslo contact ebay to make sure you dont get an unpaid item strike on your account.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ins02

I wouldn't pay using that method. I would aslo contact ebay to make sure you dont get an unpaid item strike on your account.

I agree...tell them you can only pay through the ebay item through paypal that way.....I wouldn't do it the way they are saying to. No way....

[thehoodedcoder]

sounds to me like you just entered your paypal information into a phishing site, and now that person can login to your paypal account.

i would recommend changing your paypal and ebay passwords.

kevin