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Not Sure If This Is OK Here, But Here Goes

I'm selling a pair of Magnepans on Audiogon and as usual, have had no response. Yesterday, a guy from Argentina (allegedly) contacts me and says he'd like the speakers and gave me an address and phone number of a guy in Miami to ship them to and he'll forward them on to the end buyer.

At first glance, this doesn't pass the smell test. However, he did give me a phone number, which I may call later today. The other issue I have is that I have little to no experience with PayPal. How hard is it to defraud PayPal and leave me without my  money and the lose of my speakers?

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mrklas
441 posts
 

OP, the situation would give me pause.  And if you want there's likely a way to conduct the transaction.  I would only consider doing the transaction payment in advance and the buyer pays and provides shipping labels.

The buyer can insure the product and they take ownership prior to shippiing.

@nonoise Thank you for your humor!  I didn't think Shaq ever said 'no'

elrod
231 posts
 

Normally a foreign buyer would have an intermediary in the U.S. buy the item for them and then ship it to them. The intermediary in Miami is the one who should be buying your item with their PayPal account and address.

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millercarbon
12,531 posts
 

Flip the tables. Ask the buyer to pay using Friends and Family. That way you have the money he has no recourse and the only burden is on you to ship to wherever he wants. 

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mwasilow
47 posts
 

It's a scam! I have been thru this scenario twice before on ebay and elsewhere and got screwed don't do it!!

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