Ebay classifieds: caution in the Delivery - how to protect yourself

on Ebay classifieds cavort not only bargain hunters, but also many scammers. With a few tips, buyers can protect but. Update from the 8. February 2019: if y

Ebay classifieds: caution in the Delivery - how to protect yourself

on Ebay classifieds cavort not only bargain hunters, but also many scammers. With a few tips, buyers can protect but.

Update from the 8. February 2019: if you are lucky, you can on the Online platform Ebay classifieds get a bargain. The regional Ads-Portal is popular with private buyers and sellers, very popular, and cheap deals can be found there almost as the Sand of the sea. However, when bargain searching on the Internet caution is needed, because scammers take advantage of Ebay classified ads for your purposes.

not on the table, you should consider when Shopping Online on classifieds portals, therefore, are some tips. Generally, it is advisable to use the goods in person to pick up, and recommends Computer image. So you can take the condition of the item under the microscope and make sure everything. Thus, the Goods Delivery but it is not a danger situation, you should consider well how and where it takes place.

Ebay classifieds: you have to trust in the delivery of the goods

to meet with a complete stranger people in the apartment or in the own four walls to invite risks. That is why it is often useful to plan the Delivery of a lively, well-attended place. Suitable as a Café or a public space, for example.

Some transport, however, Were easy to work with. Then a Handover in a public place is not. In this case, one can take instead a companion to the Handover. If it should come at the checkout to inconsistencies, as a witness on his side, emphasizes Computer image.

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Ebay been waiting for: Telephone contact in advance is useful

in the case of fraud, to secure, buyers should also always a copy of the sales display and the entire written communication with the provider store. Already in advance, can make bargain hunters in addition, an impression of the seriousness of the seller, by stepping first on the phone in contact with him. Important: you should keep as far as possible the normal business hours, because even Ebay classifieds provider offers, if in the middle of the night, suddenly the phone rings.

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Ebay classifieds and other selling platforms of this type are handy to quickly and easily get rid of things you no longer need. Recently, however, there are frequently cases of fraud, such as mz-web.de reported.

The money is not zurückholbar

scammers keep going back to the same mesh. The primary interested parties from abroad - you bought therefore goods, and sent as payment a check. This, however, is issued for a far higher amount than the price of the goods amounts to. The difference should be remitted: "The seller should not let the inflated cheque as a credit on his account book. Thereafter, it is immediately required, the excess amount abroad. A few days later, the check bounces and the seller's account accordingly. The return of the specified money is then no longer possible“, reported the police Aurach.

This is possible because the Bank credits the amount immediately to your account and only then checks whether the check is covered and can take in some cases even several weeks. Too late to react when the fraud is striking, then, finally.

advice from the consumer advice centre

It is advisable not to accept any cheques to and on no circumstances should you agree to a Bank Transfer - in the case of sales abroad, consumers should always exercise caution. In addition, Dr. Katja Henschler by the consumer centre advises to the receipt of goods acknowledgement. For collection, the goods should not be issued to a third party. And generally speaking, it is a good idea to compare prices.

read on merkur.de* for more tips on how you against scammers on Ebay classifieds able to fight back.

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Date Of Update: 11 February 2019, 12:03

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