Hello everyone!
i have listed a camera for sale on quikr. y'day, i received a reply to my listing, in which the interested party writes that he is interested in the camera, and wants me to ship it to USA to his daughter, and its urgent (meant as a gift for her). he asked me to provide my paypal email address to him, to proceed with the payment, and wrote that he is ready to pay an 'X' amount (which is almost double the asking-price including shipping cost, but anyway). he insists on using DHL as the shipper.
now i have once received payment to my paypal account, but that was by an amazon seller from Japan, an year or so back. reading this recent reply, i did a quick search on safety-tips for receiving payment in one's paypal account, and found that there have been several scams, mostly on ebay, where sellers have been duped for expensive items, where the buyer insisted on paying through paypal and either sending someone on his behalf, or himself, to collect the item, and then either put the payment on hold, or retrieve it back. now my case sounds a bit different, where in, the buyer is a co-national, and wants me to send the item through traceable courier of repute only. still, i want to be on a safer side, and hence seek suggestions from members here on how to go about this deal to avoid/prevent any potential risk from manifesting.
as a safety-measure, i have replied to him with my bank-acct. details and requested him to prefer to pay into my bank-acct. directly. should receive his reply later. please suggest what could be done to stay safe.
thanks!
EDIT: after taking his own sweet time, he provided me with this delivery address:
http://wp.superpages.com/people/Edit...n/Cambridge-MA
(found this page after googling the name of the person. the address given in the above link is exactly the same address provided to me).
funny thing is, he uses his name as 'nikhil' on gtalk and his email ID, but daughter's name is edith watson?!
UPDATE: I traced the person's location to LA. so that's why he isn't/is unable to provide me his cell. no. perhaps and/or pay to my acct. directly?!
i have listed a camera for sale on quikr. y'day, i received a reply to my listing, in which the interested party writes that he is interested in the camera, and wants me to ship it to USA to his daughter, and its urgent (meant as a gift for her). he asked me to provide my paypal email address to him, to proceed with the payment, and wrote that he is ready to pay an 'X' amount (which is almost double the asking-price including shipping cost, but anyway). he insists on using DHL as the shipper.
now i have once received payment to my paypal account, but that was by an amazon seller from Japan, an year or so back. reading this recent reply, i did a quick search on safety-tips for receiving payment in one's paypal account, and found that there have been several scams, mostly on ebay, where sellers have been duped for expensive items, where the buyer insisted on paying through paypal and either sending someone on his behalf, or himself, to collect the item, and then either put the payment on hold, or retrieve it back. now my case sounds a bit different, where in, the buyer is a co-national, and wants me to send the item through traceable courier of repute only. still, i want to be on a safer side, and hence seek suggestions from members here on how to go about this deal to avoid/prevent any potential risk from manifesting.
as a safety-measure, i have replied to him with my bank-acct. details and requested him to prefer to pay into my bank-acct. directly. should receive his reply later. please suggest what could be done to stay safe.
thanks!
EDIT: after taking his own sweet time, he provided me with this delivery address:
http://wp.superpages.com/people/Edit...n/Cambridge-MA
(found this page after googling the name of the person. the address given in the above link is exactly the same address provided to me).
funny thing is, he uses his name as 'nikhil' on gtalk and his email ID, but daughter's name is edith watson?!
UPDATE: I traced the person's location to LA. so that's why he isn't/is unable to provide me his cell. no. perhaps and/or pay to my acct. directly?!