Potentially Sold Bike on eBay - need advice please....

[Sham]

I've been offered the full buy it now price for a bike I'm selling on the 'Bay. However the buyer is German, and has said he'll arrange pick up and will pay by international money transfer.

The guy seems pretty genuine, and has good feedback.

Is there anything I should be wary of at all, or is this a perfectly normal situation when selling bikes in this fashion?

Help/advice greatly appreciated.

[DrDonnyBrago]

Happens fairly often that buyers come from abroad and import bikes from the UK.

However without cash in hand I wouldn't even consider it as there are FAR too many scams around involving international money transfers.


Cash on collection or buyer can fook off IMO.

[pinkyfloyd]

Whole minefield when it comes to international buyers on Ebay. Best thing you could do is make sure you get the money before releasing the bike and make sure the guy picking it up has the authorization in writing and you get a copy and signed recipts to show you've sold the bike and the collecter has picked it up on behalf of the buyer.

Then you've documents that cover in event of a scam.
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[c_dug]

Cash on Collection

My ZZR went off to Poland, there was a slight hiccough with the original collection but we re-arranged it and it was collected within the week.
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[Sham]

He's saying he'll pay full amount to bank a/c which avoids PayPal, but can only collect the bike in four weeks...?

It just makes me a bit nervous, maybe it's unjustified, but can't help thinking I could get ripped off....it's £6k, so quite a lot of cash....which I most certainly cannot afford to loose.

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[Ichy]

Is there anything in his feedback that suggests a big gap of account usage or that he buys bike related stuff?

Its not unusual for scammers to hijack accounts.

Has he suggested a particular type of money transfer? Bank to bank is very common in Germany.
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[Conon]

Ask him for his full name and address, and home telephone number, and his place of employment. Check all this out with International directory enquiries, and phone his work to verify. Google all the information he gives you and see what comes up. Also check his address on Google street view and see what his house is like. If he's genuine, he wont mind you being cautious, if he's scamming he'll be evasive.

[calyx]

Bank transfer is the best option.
He'll need your swift or iban number. Don't worry he can't rob you with that number
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[Sham]

Thanks for the advice so far guys, I'll do some digging.....

[b0ss]

Cash only. I sold my Honda S2000 to some German guy a few weeks back. He flew over with the cash, we both went to a Lloyds TSB branch near the airport and cashed the money in. He drove home.

[Ichy]

[nighthawk250]

It sounds fine to me, bikes are getting expensive in europe compared to UK, you will have the money cleared and still have the bike, so the risk is all his. A new Burgman Exc is 13000Euro's in France.

[TheDonUK]

Take the 6 grand into your bank account, and then who gives a fuck if he comes or not...
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[c-m]

Perfectly normal. We live in an open market afterall.

No reason to treat it any differently than a UK sale. so just take the usual precautions
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[chris-red]

Cash or GTFO.
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[Sham]

Some great tips here chaps, thanks. I've spoken to him already, seems ok and all above board. He's having a 'think' about it, which is fair enough.

Once again - thanks!

[hmmmnz]

its funny how paranoid the brits can be giving out there bank accounts, here in nz thats the only way we pay people for products bought on auction sites,
its probably more, that its only an over night thing here where it takes a week in the uk,

anything is better than letting those dodgy paypal bastards get some free money for doing jack all,

once the money is in your acc its not coming back out,
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[Ariel Badger]

Cash and in a currency you recognise, I would get my friend at Morrison's to scan every note.
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