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Don't over give

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Disturbed_One

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"Over give" is what I'm referring to it as...basically selling to much without asking enough

A member here who I assumed would be reputable with 6+ years on here turned out not to be.
After they replied to my WTB post we had a few PM's back and forth.

All I was looking for was a Mobo and RAM, they had what I needed and gave me a price.
Then they added in two CPU's to sweeten the deal, but wanted me to pay via paypal gift (personal).

I told them for what he was offering I'd pay the paypal fee's myself + shipping.

I think he realized he threw to much in and didn't want to ask for more money so it's just now ignoring me.
They continue to post here, so I'm pretty sure it's just ignoring...(no reply to topic or pm's)

Keep in mind though, the original deal was just a Mobo and RAM, they could of easily taken the CPU's back and I would of gone through with the deal as per my original WTB post


Maybe I'm wrong and end the end I was just going to get scammed by sending payment as a gift.
But to make it slightly less worse than getting scammed, I'm saying he threw in to much and backed out without telling me.

So anyways, just make sure you are asking a fair price for your item when you are the seller.
You don't want to end up like this guy and just ignore your buyer later if you didn't ask for enough.
 
You did the right thing, sounds like the guy was trying scam you and you wised up before it could be done.

Paying for something by "gift" is NEVER worth it.
 
Did you check out his heatware? I know I've been asked to send gift payment once or twice, which I didn't mind doing, since the guy I was dealing with had 100+ positives with only one neutral and no negatives, and the item amount was small (about 20-30). But definitely on more expensive items with little/no heatware to back it up, asking for a gift payment is a definite red flag. Especially if the seller is insistent on it.

Mods, what do you think? Do you think that the seller's name should be posted on here for precautionary purposes? Or is that going overboard?
 
People back out of deals.....it happens all the time....it sucks, by that's life ..
 
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