whats the hell is this buyer trying to do sounds like a scam to me

[wreksta]

hi all I sold my acer s3 ultrabook on ebay the buyer still hasn't paid
and has now sent me this email

its apparently a conversion between him and a paypal rep

I'll be with you shortly.
leszek.orzeszek
ok
Mason Depp
Thank you for staying connected. Ihave looked into this and can see that your seller need to have a merchant account to receive payment. Since this is done by your seller, you have to infomr them about this. Their card issuer will be able to assist them for this.
leszek.orzeszek
ok
leszek.orzeszek
ill pass them the message
leszek.orzeszek
hw long it may last??
Mason Depp
You can provide this link to your seller for their reference on how they can set up to receive credit card payments.
Mason Depp
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/pay/checkout-preferences.html
leszek.orzeszek
ok thanx for your help, bye
Mason Depp
You're most welcome, Adam. Thank you for contacting Live Help, have a good afternoon.
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what is this all about im just selling a couple of items

please help

[flumperino]

Stinks of scam mate....stay away.

[Mule]

Mouse over the link in the original email, see what the actual url is.

[wreksta]

it takes me to a page where it tells you about setting up a merchant account and virtual credit payment type thing

its ebay legitly but why would I have to do this

[blaggard]

if you can take PayPal and listed it as a payment in the sale they should pay you , other wise report this to eBay and fuck them off.

[DejaVu]

Ihave looked into this and can see that your seller need to have a merchant account to receive payment.

Your merchant (and preferred merchant on eBay) IS PayPal and they accept all major credit and debit cards as long as they are registered on the buyers account.

Report the scammer to eBay and PayPal. They'll get removed from their systems.
Just out of interest, what feedback rating do they have?

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Nevermind - http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayIS...ab=AllFeedback

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HaHaHa! Laughable ME page - http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISA...eszek.orzeszek

Of course, this does all take into consideration you do in fact have a registered and verified PayPal Account?!

[akimba]

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HaHaHa! Laughable ME page - http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISA...eszek.orzeszek

philologists would tell you that this means he isn't honest ;-) If they have to point it out then they are obviously concerned about their honesty and therefor must done something dodgy to cause this concern. ;-)

[Goldberg]

Can you not just call eBay and speak to someone about it?

[blaggard]

Just book a call with eBay/PayPal, this kind of shit is exactly why I won't sell on eBay anymore.

[sierra_cossie]

definite scam mate.....like blaggard says book a call with ebay