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Am I about to somehow get scammed on eBay / Paypal by a wierd buyer?

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pointdablame:
It definitely smells fishy, but it's not in line with most Nigerian scams.

- You're shipping to a confirmed address in the US
- The money is there in Paypal and not some escrow service or crap like that
- The "ATTN:name" wouldn't really affect the delivery status.

I'm not sure what I'd do personally, but I think you could ship it.  Track it, and as long as you can prove it was shipped to the address, you SHOULD be ok.  If it didn't get to his desk but it got to his building, that's not your direct mistake.  I'm not a big fan of Paypal's "seller protection" but I do think you'd be covered.

It's certainly very odd though, and doesn't seem completely on the up and up.   :dunno

quarterback:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 14, 2008, 06:59:30 am ---If the moneys there, why else would you not send the guy the item?
I hate to pay immediately (with paypal) for something I won , then have the guy wait several days before shipping it.
--- End quote ---

FWIW, I am going to ship it today, which is the first working day since its been purchased.   I was just trying to figure out if there was any tangible reason that I should refund his money and relist the auction.

I'm heading to FedEx this afternoon.  I'll be sure and post an update later.

Thanks for all the thoughts.  Here goes nothing!
qb

shardian:
I think I would contact paypal CS and see if there is some new type of scam going on.

JackTucky:
Get the money out of paypal quick!

=J

Jouster:
Dateline did a story on tracking stolen credit cards...scammers in Africa had victims in the US that would receive the goods, then use their own money to ship the stuff to Africa.  So you might be dealing with a stolen card. 

If your Google search produced a second email address for this buyer...you might want to see if you can double check it.  Of course, then again, if some one uses a stolen credit card to buy something from you, and you've checked everything that you've already checked...I can't imagine that anything could be done to you.

Some times good deals feel strange.

Jouster

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