Contact on eBay looking to trade

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

Here is what you do if someone contacts you to trade:

You tell them to ship first, once you have received inspected and approved their end of the trade you will ship your end.

Remember, they reached out to you not vice-versa. They need to issue payment before you ship the card. If that is payment via US Mail and trade, then so be it.

Anyone who trusts a random e-bay member to ship at the same time is ASKING to be ripped off. I see posts about it constantly and ask where did their logic go? You have a buyer asking you to ship items before payment. Treat it as such.

I must have missed where the potential buyer asked to be shipped to first or even at the same time?

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Leon

I must have missed where the potential buyer asked to be shipped to first or even at the same time?

You missed nothing, I was simply setting some guidelines how Greg should approach the trade from someone who conducts thousands of transactions a week. He was approached, the other guy goes first.

I do not think there is any reason Greg should not give the trade consideration, simply make sure he has the items in hand to spec before shipping his end.

[jimivintage]

Certainly reason to be skeptical, but at the same time, I have had several successful "EBay trades/deals" off of EBay. Maybe I'm too trusting, but if a guy has 100% feedback with high volume of transactions, then I guess I haven't had an issue going for it. I'd like to think that our hobby doesn't have TOO many crooks in it! LOL

[bgar3]

I just completed a successful off ebay trade for an item I first saw on on ebay. The major difference was that I knew I was dealing with someone on Net 54, so I felt comfortable offering to send my end first. It might be worth while asking if the person is a member here, you never know. I almost always prefer to trade.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I have had many successful transactions that began on eBay but culminated privately. The most recent being last night. Obviously you need to be cautious but it is worth pursuing to see where it goes. Good luck.

Just my 2¢.

Jeff

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by jimivintage

Certainly reason to be skeptical, but at the same time, I have had several successful "EBay trades/deals" off of EBay. Maybe I'm too trusting, but if a guy has 100% feedback with high volume of transactions, then I guess I haven't had an issue going for it. I'd like to think that our hobby doesn't have TOO many crooks in it! LOL

I agree and have done several "off ebay" transactions. T206 collector? Surprising that he isn't already on Net54.....

[lug-nut]

i agree that payment and/or cards need to be sent for inspection..I had a deal that once i agreed to meet with the guy (he was local) to exchange cards, he no longer emailed me...scammer down!