eBay - ever let a buyer collect?

[Dancing Queen]

I'm a bit nervous as I sold some Tommee Tippee nappy wrappers cassettes to a local woman, and said she could collect them from me. We've arranged a mutual place to meet, but I'm just a bit nervous! Dunno why, and it's not in case she's dodgy, I almost feel like I did when I met up with an online friend IRL for the first time. Weird! :huh:

[noo noo]

I've never done it but I can't see that it any different from selling stuff in the paper where people come to collect. I also have people come to my house for stuff I give away on Freecycle. I'm sure all will be fine.

[Princess Fiona]

I've sold a few pushchairs and instead of posting them (fecking nightmare) i have put for collection only.

They always have my mobile number 1st and i have a chat to them. I have even delivered something out to someone by hand (a baby bath and box set) and they paid my petrol.

I'm sure it will be fine.

[Dancing Queen]

It was all fine in the end, and funnily, I've made a new friend!! :shock: :clap: The girl was about my age, with a 4.5mth old, hadn't lived here very long and was finding it hard to make friends. We chatted for a while and got on really well, and I asked her if she fancied going for a coffee sometime, and she looked really pleased and said yes!

[Helsbells]

We bought a swimming floatie from ebay and arranged to collect it from their house - sent my husband and they just handed it over (after he'd been let in through their electric gates!). From a sellers pov, it's probably much easier as don't have to make trip to Post Office.
Try not to be worried - you don't need to let them in - just have it ready and hand straight over.

[Chocolate Lips]

I sold some concert tickets to a guy once and he came and picked them up from my house as we were running out of time and his E-cheque had taken ages to go through. I then had to sit next to him at the concert knowing that he had paid double the face value of the tickets :oops:

[Dancing Queen]

I sold some concert tickets to a guy once and he came and picked them up from my house as we were running out of time and his E-cheque had taken ages to go through. I then had to sit next to him at the concert knowing that he had paid double the face value of the tickets :oops:

This will probably be happening to me in September too, as I sold 2 spare Robbie tickets when my friend backed out, and I ended up getting £225 for 2 tickets!! :oops: Am kind of hoping the concert is moved to somewhere like Milton Keynes where it's all standing!!

[*Fallen Angel*]

Glad it went ok, but I know what you mean. i've just won a Loola :ellie: from someone who lives up the road. Will probably send DH to get it though....I'm so sad, I think the whole world is out to get me :doh: :roll:

[sparkliness]

The only time I've been a bit unhappy, was once when a guy just turned up on the doorstep as he was travelling from the South to Scotland. I can't remember why ithe item hadn't been posted - I think he'd asked us to wait until he was at home or something - and he just randomly turned up at 9am on a Sunday morning. I just felt totally unprepared for it, and that it was a bit intrusive.

Glad it went OK for you though.

[lewpylew]

I once sold something and the guy emailed me to say if he won the item could he collect it? We arranged a time convenient to me for him to pop around and he paid COD. I am currently bidding on a Little Tikes slide that if I win I will have to pick up but that is the point of large items. You buy local to save postage!

[Chocolate Lips]

We actually dropped something off to someone once who had won our auction. We sold an old computer on Ebay and a young lad won it - he lived in Reading and we happened to be travelling down to Bluewater that weekend so we did a mini detour and dropped it at his house, he was ever so grateful!