Purchasing outside ebay

arkangel · 05-31-2014, 03:03 PM

I wanted to share a situation with my fellow dromers, mostly for advice and opinions....

There's was an auction on ebay a while back where a guy was selling 3 loose figures in a lot. I was only interested in one of them and messaged asking if he would be willing to sell it separately. Seller agreed and it's 100US which I'm happy to pay so I sent him an email letting him know and asked how he'd like to go about it.
So my question is.... Do think it's off-putting of me to ask this? I'm thrilled that he's willing to accomodate me, but the truth is I obviously don't know this guy and a 100US is a good chunk of money. Shouldn't the seller list a private auction so that there is both buyer and seller protection? or should he not simply relist the single figure and let me know when, so I can purchase it through the ebay process (again, both for his AND my protection?) Would "you" send a stranger 100US and assume it's all legit as long as the guy has a good ebay rating? I wanted to ask my fellow dromers for advice/opinions on this..

05-31-2014, 03:03 PM	#1
arkangel Hench Mutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 444	Purchasing outside ebay I wanted to share a situation with my fellow dromers, mostly for advice and opinions.... There's was an auction on ebay a while back where a guy was selling 3 loose figures in a lot. I was only interested in one of them and messaged asking if he would be willing to sell it separately. Seller agreed and it's 100US which I'm happy to pay so I sent him an email letting him know and asked how he'd like to go about it. So my question is.... Do think it's off-putting of me to ask this? I'm thrilled that he's willing to accomodate me, but the truth is I obviously don't know this guy and a 100US is a good chunk of money. Shouldn't the seller list a private auction so that there is both buyer and seller protection? or should he not simply relist the single figure and let me know when, so I can purchase it through the ebay process (again, both for his AND my protection?) Would "you" send a stranger 100US and assume it's all legit as long as the guy has a good ebay rating? I wanted to ask my fellow dromers for advice/opinions on this.. Last edited by arkangel; 05-31-2014 at 05:18 PM.