sfurini
Graduate Member
Hi all
I put my Record lathe up for sale here a few months ago, and it was also advertised in my woodturning club's newsletter and website.
After no interest for months, I'd rather got used to having two lathes!
However, I was contacted by email by a potential buyer earlier this month. The only question I was asked about the lathe was how much it would cost and could payment be made by Paypal. No need to arrange shipping, the buyer would have the lathe collected. I replied by email to this first email and the potential buyer seemed interested and asked for some photos. I sent photos and the reply I got was, yes, I'll take it. What's your paypal email address?
I had had some earlier concerns about the sale as none of the emails actually seemed enthusiastic about woodturning! I decided to check out using paypal for private sales where the item sold is picked up by the buyer and not sent by the seller. There have been cases where a seller has had the sale money of an item taken back from their paypal account after the buyer has been and collected the item because the buyer has then claimed they did not get the item! Any items not posted/despatched by the buyer mean that Paypal's buyer protection does not apply...
I decided therefore to send the following email to the buyer:
Hi
Ok - I'll leave the packing to your shipping company.
I don't want to cause any offence, but I am a little wary about selling something online to somebody I've not met before or seen in person. As you are having the lathe collected, I can't avail myself of paypal's Buyer Protection, so we will need to use a different payment method - are you happy with this?
If you gave me an idea of where you are I could consider delivery myself, for the cost of petrol and time.
Let me know.
The potential buyer has now gone very quiet...silent, in fact! Perhaps my email was too offensive? But better to cause some offence than lose out on the lathe and the sale price!
I put my Record lathe up for sale here a few months ago, and it was also advertised in my woodturning club's newsletter and website.
After no interest for months, I'd rather got used to having two lathes!
However, I was contacted by email by a potential buyer earlier this month. The only question I was asked about the lathe was how much it would cost and could payment be made by Paypal. No need to arrange shipping, the buyer would have the lathe collected. I replied by email to this first email and the potential buyer seemed interested and asked for some photos. I sent photos and the reply I got was, yes, I'll take it. What's your paypal email address?
I had had some earlier concerns about the sale as none of the emails actually seemed enthusiastic about woodturning! I decided to check out using paypal for private sales where the item sold is picked up by the buyer and not sent by the seller. There have been cases where a seller has had the sale money of an item taken back from their paypal account after the buyer has been and collected the item because the buyer has then claimed they did not get the item! Any items not posted/despatched by the buyer mean that Paypal's buyer protection does not apply...
I decided therefore to send the following email to the buyer:
Hi
Ok - I'll leave the packing to your shipping company.
I don't want to cause any offence, but I am a little wary about selling something online to somebody I've not met before or seen in person. As you are having the lathe collected, I can't avail myself of paypal's Buyer Protection, so we will need to use a different payment method - are you happy with this?
If you gave me an idea of where you are I could consider delivery myself, for the cost of petrol and time.
Let me know.
The potential buyer has now gone very quiet...silent, in fact! Perhaps my email was too offensive? But better to cause some offence than lose out on the lathe and the sale price!
