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Mods please move to flame free if it needs to. This is a bad week for me and watches. I'll start with this transaction first.
So I (think I) sold a watch on another forum. Quick backround on the buyer. He at hounded and hounded me a few weeks back on another watch I sold. Beat me up on the price, wanted special shipping to a 3rd party (he is in Asia/ I am in USA), and then after deal was made; he vanished. No big deal as this is the internet etc..
Fast forward to yesterday. He inquires about this watch and apologizes about the last. We go back and forth on the price and then agree. He wants it shipped to a 3rd party again (I say to myself, whatever, just pay me in full and I don't care where the watch goes) and a deal is made. He says great and advises he will send paypal right away. After about 3 hours and no payment I ask him if he still wants the watch. He comes back and says he is having trouble with his account and that it will only let him send 2/3 the amount of the sale and he is trying to "fix it". He wants to know if I can take the 2/3 payment to hold the watch (and not send it) and he will send the rest in a day or two. I hold off on a reply for a couple of hours while I think about it, and then reply not to send the money and that if it's still available when he has the money we can proceed then.
A minute later I get a paypal alert that the 2/3 amount of the money has been sent. A minute after that, he emails and says it's "too late" he already sent the money. He then asks for more time on the rest.
What do you think? Cut him some slack and wait a couple of days, or refund his payment and walk?
So I (think I) sold a watch on another forum. Quick backround on the buyer. He at hounded and hounded me a few weeks back on another watch I sold. Beat me up on the price, wanted special shipping to a 3rd party (he is in Asia/ I am in USA), and then after deal was made; he vanished. No big deal as this is the internet etc..
Fast forward to yesterday. He inquires about this watch and apologizes about the last. We go back and forth on the price and then agree. He wants it shipped to a 3rd party again (I say to myself, whatever, just pay me in full and I don't care where the watch goes) and a deal is made. He says great and advises he will send paypal right away. After about 3 hours and no payment I ask him if he still wants the watch. He comes back and says he is having trouble with his account and that it will only let him send 2/3 the amount of the sale and he is trying to "fix it". He wants to know if I can take the 2/3 payment to hold the watch (and not send it) and he will send the rest in a day or two. I hold off on a reply for a couple of hours while I think about it, and then reply not to send the money and that if it's still available when he has the money we can proceed then.
A minute later I get a paypal alert that the 2/3 amount of the money has been sent. A minute after that, he emails and says it's "too late" he already sent the money. He then asks for more time on the rest.
What do you think? Cut him some slack and wait a couple of days, or refund his payment and walk?
