Should i trust this person?

[Tiffymh1fan]

Dont blame you one bit.. The headache is not worth it

[Jinxxy]

Paypal should back you on this.. but you HAVE to file your complaint in time! Make SURE you do it within the right time frame! (I think 30 days)

[Shiromisa]

Eurgh...I wouldn't risk it, personally, unless the price was just too good to pass up.

[Corona]

This guy seems super shady and rude to boot. I'd avoid him.

[banditpony]

I probably would of gone though with it, mostly because I know paypal would of covered it.

BUT! When you get that awful suspicious feeling, I think it's best just to trust your instincts.

[HawaiianRain]

If it's too good to be true then it probably is. That should NOT be someone's first answer when they ask about shipping.
 Any chance of getting a link to this auction since it has ended?

[FantasticFirefly]

Perhaps he thought from you telling him a) you're a local cop, and b) the day you needed it that you were expecting him to send it before payment? It wasn't the intent of your message I know, but that could explain the snotty reply that you needed to pay up.

 When I had a new selling account on ebay (but wasn't a new seller) I was surprised how many scammy messages I got, either hoping I would ship before payment was made or "could you end this item early for $25?" on stuff that ended up selling for $50-$100+ bids

[mercynova]

Well I guess it depends how badly you want this pony... Good luck regardless of your decision. For a reply like that though... I kinda think the seller deserves a neutral. I've seen people give neutrals for much less...

[Sunshine]

I dunno personally what I would do... I guess I would've paid and let Paypal have my back on it, but seriously, I think that rude response was necessary. Sometimes you get responses like that from people who don't speak English as a first language, so perhaps, especially since New York is such a melting pot of cultures, that you're working with someone who is not "so good" at English and maybe didn't mean to come off that way?

I'm NOT trying to defend them at all! I would be just as annoyed and suspicious as you are if I got a response like that from a seller when asking them a simple question... Hope you get this worked out and can avoid any headaches!

[Ringlets]

I *might* have risked it myself but only because of the buyer protection... and if you're getting bad feelings from this guy (and yes he did sound rude!) then I think you made the right decision to cancel

[cloud_weaver]

But there have been instances where people haven't gotten their money back from paypal...

All the seller has to do is pull the money from paypal and close his account.  Then Legeeta would be stuck I'm afraid.

I probably wouldn't have done it either.  =(

[FantasticFirefly]

Could-weaver, you are safe if you use a credit card. If paypal tries to say "so sorry, we tried" you call your card company and are protected by the fair credit and billing act. Visa/Mastercard would then force paypal to refund the customer with paypal's money.

[Stiletto]

What is this guys Ebay name?

[DaffyDilly]

Perhaps he thought from you telling him a) you're a local cop, and b) the day you needed it that you were expecting him to send it before payment? It wasn't the intent of your message I know, but that could explain the snotty reply that you needed to pay up.

I thought that (although he was unnecessarily rude) perhaps the timing of "I actually need it by Thursday" after winning the auction but before paying, wasn't the best.

I hope you can find another one!

[Vertefae]

If you won the auction you should have paid. questions like that should be asked prior to bidding.