Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Hey all,
Some of you know I'm adding drums to my Pearl EXR kit to create a monster double bass kit. Well, I've pulled the trigger today and am awaiting an eBay invoice to pay for it. Since the seller has taken $10 off of the deal for three drums, he's telling me he can't invoice me through eBay.
He did, however, send a regular PayPal invoice that I can pay.
I've been doing dealings via eBay for a while now, but this is the first time anyone has told me they can't do this via eBay (even after I ended the auction on eBay) because of the price difference. Can anyone verify if this is the case? Can't the seller just change his price in eBay and send out an invoice?
Obviously, all the protections I'm afforded via eBay go out the window when you do what would be considered an outside of eBay transaction like this, so I want to avoid that. OR - does PayPal have protections built-in even though it isn't an eBay deal?
I admit, I'm being lazy. I really didn't want to go digging around PayPal and eBay to see what I'm protected against. Anyone here have this happen? I'd hate not to be able to do this deal if the seller just doesn't know what he's doing.
Some of you know I'm adding drums to my Pearl EXR kit to create a monster double bass kit. Well, I've pulled the trigger today and am awaiting an eBay invoice to pay for it. Since the seller has taken $10 off of the deal for three drums, he's telling me he can't invoice me through eBay.
He did, however, send a regular PayPal invoice that I can pay.
I've been doing dealings via eBay for a while now, but this is the first time anyone has told me they can't do this via eBay (even after I ended the auction on eBay) because of the price difference. Can anyone verify if this is the case? Can't the seller just change his price in eBay and send out an invoice?
Obviously, all the protections I'm afforded via eBay go out the window when you do what would be considered an outside of eBay transaction like this, so I want to avoid that. OR - does PayPal have protections built-in even though it isn't an eBay deal?
I admit, I'm being lazy. I really didn't want to go digging around PayPal and eBay to see what I'm protected against. Anyone here have this happen? I'd hate not to be able to do this deal if the seller just doesn't know what he's doing.