So I gotta fess up. I won the Hulk. But there is a story behind it. No way I would pay that much for it. I was a little hesitant to share this story just yet, because I'm unsure of reaction it will get.
Last night after laying some (more) tile, I check Ebay. See this baby up for $875 (plus ship) BIN. I think it over for about 60 seconds, doublecheck past sales (none showed up so I hit TT), reread listing, and do BIN. In that short amount of time, some newb needledick enters a bid for $1. If you are going to get it, beat me to the BIN, but don't nullify what is otherwise a great deal. So I immediately send seller asking if he would sell to me for BIN. He agrees in an email.
So I did as agreed upon, but had sent him another email to just try and close the deal, but he never responded; thus it getting bid up to what it finally ended at, which was never part of my original plan or intentions. I'm a little skeptical that this deal would ever go through, so I am definitely planning on using PP with AmEx payment.
I get an email from him asking to send the $875 plus $60 ship to him, but this is in an Ebay message and not in form of an invoice, so it still doesn't include the reduced amount to take it to $875. Now I could make payment directly through PP to that email using PP and Amex as form of payment.
Am I getting scammed here? He says he has small window to ship and wants to ship tomorrow, so wants PP payment before then. I still have a message pending his response asking for invoice.
I wasn't going to share this info until transaction completed, but now I'm a little worried about how it's going down. I was also a little concerned with possibly pissing off fellow members because of the way it went down, and I don't want anyone going off telling Ebay.
What do you think?
