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Even if you pay them they can ignore you.
Seems fairly low risk with eBay's money back guarantee, though leaves no room for any negation when I go to collect - not a dick move, they're 50 year old speakers so may well have issues not visible / audible on the eBay listing.
If you were unsure of the condition then inspecting them before bidding or clarifying with the seller is usually the way this works. If you bid and win on incomplete information...well that's your bad, or a calculated gamble that's priced in. Sounds like it is.
Howard
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Won a thing on eBay. The seller is obviously new to this and had no idea what they're doing, they had the item listed twice with the second version finishing on Sunday. The listing I won was badly written, hence the deal I think I've got.
I'm concerned that the second listing will run it's course and someone will win with a higher bid than mine. The seller then ignores my win and sells the item to the second auction winner. It's the kind of thing I'd want to go and inspect and collect in person before paying, though I would also still like to pay via PayPal when there just for the extra protection.
Should I just pay with PayPal now to "secure" the item without seeing it? Seems fairly low risk with eBay's money back guarantee, though leaves no room for any negation when I go to collect - not a dick move, they're 50 year old speakers so may well have issues not visible / audible on the eBay listing. It's a decent chunk of cash - £500. The seller hasn't responded to two messages, though I suspect that's because they're old and probably turn their wifi off at night rather than a scammer.