Forgive me, eBay, for I have sinned…
I feel really bad. Well, kinda. I’m about to flake on an auction–first time ever.
See, Flynn and I were bidding on some electrical equipment, and we found some stuff at a reasonable price right before the auction was set to close, so we bid on it and we won. And okay, so the seller only listed money orders and cashier’s checks as viable forms of payment–we figured he’d use PayPal, too. I mean, who doesn’t?
Well, I start corresponding with the guy, and he’s all, “no PayPal,” and when I asked him if he’d be willing to do it via escrow just so we could check out the equipment before paying for it in full, he said he wasn’t “down” with escrow.
No, really, I’m quoting: “I’m not down with escrow.”
Of course, that makes me a little nervous: (a) he doesn’t want to leave any sort of trail related to the sale of the documents, (b) he doesn’t have much in the way of eBay feedback (and what little he has is from being a buyer), and (c) when I asked him a couple of questions about the equipment, he didn’t sound too knowledgeable. Sounds to me like he’s trying to fence some stuff….
So I think I’m going to flake on him. I know, it’s pretty irresponsible, but hey, I’ve got better things to do that waste a couple hundred bucks on a hot sound board.
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