I certainly don't want to influence your decision because I'm biased. I know I would like a crack at an LAPC-I and plenty others here would, too. So it wouldn't be right for me to weigh in.

That said, I will say this... There's a high likelihood that the buyer visits this site, and may even be a regular. A proof positive way for them to authenticate themselves to you would be for this person to PM you here. If they did, and you recognize the buyer... done deal.

This obviously only helps if the winning bidder is a member here and would be willing to PM you in private.

Good idea QBin! I'll send him a message and see if he's registered at any of the forums that I'm familiar with and ask him to PM me on there. If it's someone in the community I'd certainly feel a lot more comfortable sending the card out.

Take care not to "give away too much" and watch the post counts. If the person joins the forum solely to PM you and has otherwise never participated here, be suspicious. If the buyer is a regular here, you wouldn't even have to send a message via eBay.

Since many bidders were involved in driving the price up, I is most likely legitimate.

I agree with QBiN.

Waiting for the "I bade a lot of money on LAPC-I, how do I cancel?" thread

Thirst wrote:

So.. I sold my LAPC-I on Ebay today, and someone bid like crazy on it, like.. an uncomfortable amount. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2 […]
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So.. I sold my LAPC-I on Ebay today, and someone bid like crazy on it, like.. an uncomfortable amount. http://www.ebay.com/itm/261780953504?ssPageNa … 984.m1555.l2649

I'm not sure if I should take the bid seriously or not. The buyer has high feedback rate, but I'm concerned about getting scammed. The buyer paying and then reporting the card as not received and Paypal stepping in to pull the money back, losing me both the card and the money.

Normally I wouldn't be worried with someone that has 75 feedback, but the amount he's bid for it doesn't seem proportional to the value of the card.

Should I cancel the order?

Are you new to eBay or something? Just add a signature confirmation and you're set.

Dreamer: No I'm not new to Ebay, and naturally I will both insure the package and send by signature required.

I was concerned though because Ebay doesn't support my national carrier for tracking on site, and I am worried that would affect my claim if there is a conflict.

I emailed the buyer, and will hopefully get a reply soon.

It doesn't matter if ebay doesn't support the courier you are using, it means nothing 😉

Send it with a reputable courier , fully trackable and signature required (like others said) and you'll be fine. Just don't use "Swedish post registered shipping" , opt for something like EPG or EMS or TNT. You can get screwed because when the card arrives at the destination country the mailman can just deliver the package without a signature, Swedish post takes your package and delivers it to the other country's post service - that's when things can get wrong. With the services I listed above the courier stays the same, nomatter what the destination country is. For example, EMS picks it up - EMS delivers it.

A better courier might cost more BUT you'll have peace of mind. It's worth it since the card reached such a high bid.

keropi wrote:

It doesn't matter if ebay doesn't support the courier you are using, it means nothing 😉

Send it with a reputable courier , fully trackable and signature required (like others said) and you'll be fine. Just don't use "Swedish post registered shipping" , opt for something like EPG or EMS or TNT. You can get screwed because when the card arrives at the destination country the mailman can just deliver the package without a signature, Swedish post takes your package and delivers it to the other country's post service - that's when things can get wrong. With the services I listed above the courier stays the same, nomatter what the destination country is. For example, EMS picks it up - EMS delivers it.

A better courier might cost more BUT you'll have peace of mind. It's worth it since the card reached such a high bid.

Keropi: I don't mind shelling out for the fancy carrier, but the buyer is also in Sweden so the carrier would be the same throughout nevertheless. Thanks for the response, I feel a lot more assured now.

No matter what you think of him you have to send the card. Otherwise don't use ebay

Dominus wrote:

No matter what you think of him you have to send the card. Otherwise don't use ebay

I will. I just wanted to be sure I'm as protected as possible beforehand.

Oh, same country shipping? How fortunate!
I'd still use a courier to be 100% sure he is the one getting the package... plus it won't cost much more and he'll get it in a day or two. Just an extra layer of protection that doesn't hurt 😉
And keep all the receipts ofcourse.

So.. I reached the buyer, and he says he added a zero by misstake. It's still a bit up in the air whether or not he'll commit to it or not. I'll update when I hear back.

Thirst wrote:

So.. I reached the buyer, and he says he added a zero by misstake. It's still a bit up in the air whether or not he'll commit to it or not. I'll update when I hear back.

Oh, you mean he only meant to bid $83.00 instead of $830.00? That makes so much sense when the auction was somewhere in the $300 range when he bid, twice.

yeah, sounds like bs to me

He's probably thinking about wife aggro if he commits 🤣

Great Hierophant wrote:

Thirst wrote:

So.. I reached the buyer, and he says he added a zero by misstake. It's still a bit up in the air whether or not he'll commit to it or not. I'll update when I hear back.

Oh, you mean he only meant to bid $83.00 instead of $830.00? That makes so much sense when the auction was somewhere in the $300 range when he bid, twice.

Not necessarily... his maximum bid could have been $400 and he typed in $4000. It's not entirely implausible.

^ oh yeah... didn't think of that
still it's cheesy
maybe Thirst can use eBay's "second chance" and sell the card to the previous bidder?

Something like that sucks. If you are going to the second winner I would feel so cheated if I were him. As if you were driving the price up through a strawman but overdid it 😉
(it's obvious to us that you didn't 😉)