Use paypal. If something goes wrong, they'll get your money back as long as its within 180 days.
When you win, you're required to pay. You can't win and not pay. It's against the rules.
So be sure to read all the text about the terms and the condition.
If it arrives and it's not in the condition specified, return it. Don't try to haggle, you're better off just returning it.
You'll probably eat the shipping both ways, since the seller is only required to refund the item sale price. So be careful of auctions where the thing is cheap, but the shipping is very expensive. Those are usually scams designed to make it difficult to return.
If you have a credit or debit card, open up a Paypal account, then if you 'win', you use your Paypal account that is linked to your bank account to pay the seller, he only sees your Paypal account & never sees your bank account details, that's why so many people use it. You don't put any money into your Paypal account.
FYI:
One of the moderators stated in another recent thread (where this member Martynas was asking to 'borrow' someone's login credentials for the UU video lessons) that this person is a young child.
If this is the case, maybe they should be asking their parent or guardian for assistance, otherwise we could get in trouble here for trying to help someone underage, without their parent's consent.
Most credit card companies will not issue a card to someone under a certain age, and I'm pretty sire that PayPal has a minimum age to qualify for an account with them.
I'm all for helping out and I could be wrong in my understanding here, but something fishy is going on with Martynas. Just go look at the last 10 or so posts here on the forum from Martynas and see what you think....
Martynas, I apologize if I am incorrect or this makes your life difficult, but we need to be cautious when dealing with minor children and/or potential scam artists.
Can you prove your age to one of the moderators? Maybe send a PM to wickedwahine or buddhu and point them to my post here in this thread.
I feel bad for this, but for all involved, it is better to be safe than sorry.
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So be careful of auctions where the thing is cheap, but the shipping is very expensive. Those are usually scams designed to make it difficult to return.
FYI:
One of the moderators stated in another recent thread (where this member Martynas was asking to 'borrow' someone's login credentials for the UU video lessons) that this person is a young child.
If this is the case, maybe they should be asking their parent or guardian for assistance, otherwise we could get in trouble here for trying to help someone underage, without their parent's consent.
Most credit card companies will not issue a card to someone under a certain age, and I'm pretty sire that PayPal has a minimum age to qualify for an account with them.
I'm all for helping out and I could be wrong in my understanding here, but something fishy is going on with Martynas. Just go look at the last 10 or so posts here on the forum from Martynas and see what you think....
Martynas, I apologize if I am incorrect or this makes your life difficult, but we need to be cautious when dealing with minor children and/or potential scam artists.
Can you prove your age to one of the moderators? Maybe send a PM to wickedwahine or buddhu and point them to my post here in this thread.
I feel bad for this, but for all involved, it is better to be safe than sorry.
FYI:
One of the moderators stated in another recent thread (where this member Martynas was asking to 'borrow' someone's login credentials for the UU video lessons) that this person is a young child.
If this is the case, maybe they should be asking their parent or guardian for assistance, otherwise we could get in trouble here for trying to help someone underage, without their parent's consent.
Most credit card companies will not issue a card to someone under a certain age, and I'm pretty sire that PayPal has a minimum age to qualify for an account with them.
I'm all for helping out and I could be wrong in my understanding here, but something fishy is going on with Martynas. Just go look at the last 10 or so posts here on the forum from Martynas and see what you think....
Martynas, I apologize if I am incorrect or this makes your life difficult, but we need to be cautious when dealing with minor children and/or potential scam artists.
Can you prove your age to one of the moderators? Maybe send a PM to wickedwahine or buddhu and point them to my post here in this thread.
I feel bad for this, but for all involved, it is better to be safe than sorry.
Because ebay does not get a cut of the shipping charge. They only take their percentage out of the sale price. So some sellers tack on a large shipping charge to lower the overhead. They are not supposed to do that, and ebay claims that they are cracking down on it, but ebay is so big that there is no way that they can.I never knew why such high shipping costs at times. Good info, Spook. Thanks for the share.
yes i am teenager and i cant have credit card but my parents can and they dont know a lot about buying stuff from Ebay auctions so why not to ask someone who does?
Oh, also check the seller reputation and feedback.
A bad seller usually has a record of being a bad seller.
Their rating should be like 99.9% positive.
he has 100% (31 positive) and 5 positive comments. and account from 2006. i think he is ok. and thank you guys for your help
I never knew why such high shipping costs at times. Good info. Thanks for the share.