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January 23, 2014, 12:38:59 PM |
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I offered 1mBTC and 1cBTC on Ebay for a Paypal payment, I am very afraid the best bidder is a sc.ammer because he registered on Ebay after I posted my sell, there is less than 12h left, how can I avoid giving money to a scamm.er that is probably going to use the chargeback option on Paypal. I read about not selling bitcoins with Paypal after I posted my adds, it is not a lot of money but it isn't good to give money to spammers because he is going to look for more and scam other people, does someone has an idea what I can do? http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321303142517&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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I offered 1mBTC and 1cBTC on Ebay for a Paypal payment, I am very afraid the best bidder is a sc.ammer because he registered on Ebay after I posted my sell, there is less than 12h left, how can I avoid giving money to a scamm.er that is probably going to use the chargeback option on Paypal. I read about not selling bitcoins with Paypal after I posted my adds, it is not a lot of money but it isn't good to give money to spammers because he is going to look for more and scam other people, does someone has an idea what I can do? http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321303142517&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649You're worried about being scammed for 1mbtc? Just cancel the auction or refuse to sell/send him the coin.
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January 23, 2014, 03:04:05 PM |
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1cBTC, the guy registered on Ebay after I listed my add, it feels scamm.y I can't cancel the sell because someone bid and there is less than 12hours left
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January 23, 2014, 03:09:10 PM |
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1cBTC, the guy registered on Ebay after I listed my add, it feels scamm.y I can't cancel the sell because someone bid and there is less than 12hours left
Don't send him the coins, but if he does scam you you've hardly lost anything anyway.
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January 23, 2014, 03:28:13 PM |
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Why you sell btc at ebay ? Why not sell here ?
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January 23, 2014, 03:34:56 PM |
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Thought of a way: Do any of your friends/family have an ebay account? Just outbid them on it and then cancel the auction afterwards. Why you sell btc at ebay ? Why not sell here ?
He'd probably get scammed here too
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January 23, 2014, 03:37:34 PM |
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Thought of a way: Do any of your friends/family have an ebay account? Just outbid them on it and then cancel the auction afterwards. Why you sell btc at ebay ? Why not sell here ?
He'd probably get scammed here too But less risk here as he can see the trust people already trade pp to btc
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January 23, 2014, 03:46:05 PM |
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Hello Boumalo,
Just pay someone you trust to buy the coin(s). Problem solved.
In your position, I would write it off as a loss. It's less than $10, and not worth the time to chase after.
Add, your account looks like it is around 6 years old with no history, so I wouldn't be too worried about negative feedback. At this stage of the game you're either cutting your losses, trusting a stranger, or contacting someone you know to try and buy it out.
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January 23, 2014, 03:50:36 PM |
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Hello Boumalo,
Just pay someone you trust to buy the coin(s). Problem solved.
In your position, I would write it off as a loss. It's less than $10, and not worth the time to chase after.
Add, your account looks like it is around 6 years old with no history, so I wouldn't be too worried about negative feedback. At this stage of the game you're either cutting your losses, trusting a stranger, or contacting someone you know to try and buy it out.
Good Luck, HJ
Are you already calculate the price he sell at ebay ? He sell 7 euro. 10mBtc much lower than that price
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January 23, 2014, 03:57:30 PM |
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Are you already calculate the price he sell at ebay ? He sell 7 euro. 10mBtc much lower than that price
Hi Blue. I'm actually very new to this whole thing. I was actually considering bidding on Boumalo's auction to help him, but then I checked the rates, and 0.01BTC is trading at about 6.097 EUR average - yet the eBay bid is at 7 EUR (unless I misread something). This is the site I used to calculate the aggregate rates: http://preev.com/btc/eurIf I made some mistake, please tell me, but as I see the math, it looks correct to me. 1 BTC = 610 EUR 0.1 BTC = 61 EUR 0.01 BTC = 6.1 EUR From what I see, if I purchased the 0.01 BTC, the bid eBay requires me to place is 7.5 EUR. So I would lose 1.4 EUR - plus the consideration of my time.
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January 23, 2014, 04:03:27 PM |
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Are you already calculate the price he sell at ebay ? He sell 7 euro. 10mBtc much lower than that price
Hi Blue. I'm actually very new to this whole thing. I was actually considering bidding on Boumalo's auction to help him, but then I checked the rates, and 0.01BTC is trading at about 6.097 EUR average - yet the eBay bid is at 7 EUR (unless I misread something). This is the site I used to calculate the aggregate rates: http://preev.com/btc/eurIf I made some mistake, please tell me, but as I see the math, it looks correct to me. 1 BTC = 610 EUR 0.1 BTC = 61 EUR 0.01 BTC = 6.1 EUR From what I see, if I purchased the 0.01 BTC, the bid eBay requires me to place is 7.5 EUR. So I would lose 1.4 EUR - plus the consideration of my time. That what I tell you. He sell very expensive even for 0.01 BTC. The price should be lower than that. That was the price for bid, not direct buy
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January 23, 2014, 04:11:42 PM |
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That what I tell you. He sell very expensive even for 0.01 BTC. The price should be lower than that. That was the price for bid, not direct buy
Ok, I understand now I wrote in my original post that an eBay account of 6 years age with no history was also equally suspicious as a scam, and that posting here might just be a way to get someone to 'help' him out by buying his BTC. Then I deleted it - mostly because I did not want to start a flame war or insult someone who might have made a genuine mistake. At least publicly, I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Thanks for adding to the topic and making sure I understood. It is much appreciated
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January 23, 2014, 04:16:12 PM |
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No worry. We help each other here. Just tell the problem
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January 23, 2014, 04:28:18 PM |
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Are you already calculate the price he sell at ebay ? He sell 7 euro. 10mBtc much lower than that price
Hi Blue. I'm actually very new to this whole thing. I was actually considering bidding on Boumalo's auction to help him, but then I checked the rates, and 0.01BTC is trading at about 6.097 EUR average - yet the eBay bid is at 7 EUR (unless I misread something). This is the site I used to calculate the aggregate rates: http://preev.com/btc/eurIf I made some mistake, please tell me, but as I see the math, it looks correct to me. 1 BTC = 610 EUR 0.1 BTC = 61 EUR 0.01 BTC = 6.1 EUR From what I see, if I purchased the 0.01 BTC, the bid eBay requires me to place is 7.5 EUR. So I would lose 1.4 EUR - plus the consideration of my time. People pay a premium price for coins on ebay, so paying a Euro or two extra is still pretty cheap.
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January 23, 2014, 04:47:06 PM |
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I don't think you can cancel bids when there's only a few hours left.
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January 23, 2014, 05:14:28 PM |
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I thought of asking a friend to outbid, I may call one in a minute to ask him. I am monitoring the transaction and if a trusted buyer outbids the alleged scammer I will close the bidding to sell to the alleged trusted buyer I think that there is a small chance that the guy didn't plan to scam but it is small considering he just registered after I posted my add. I don't have any feedback on ebay but I would like to be able to sell stuff on ebay later, I have my two antminers that I need to sell soon so it isn't very nice to start with a negative feedback If someone from here buys at 7.50€ or more I will send 0.011
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January 23, 2014, 05:33:50 PM |
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I don't think you can cancel bids when there's only a few hours left. I'm not 100% but I think it's possible. OP, did you try this?
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January 23, 2014, 05:38:41 PM |
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I can stop the bid but the best bidder will win the bidding and I will have to sell to him or get a negative feedback
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January 23, 2014, 05:39:24 PM |
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Use an Escrow
I am Escrow
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