redbandit599 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Hi all, I'm trying to buy an item of EBay - it's in the frozen north, a town called Nelson near Burnley. I am in that long way away Essex. Seller seems legit but inexperienced and ( understandably ) prefers cash on collection. Have any of you found a service our courier that will check goods match description,pay the cash when picking up and ship the item? Cheers Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Nelson? Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I looked into that once and no in the end I paid with PayPal the seller still pays commission on cash or PayPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Cheers- I think he's just not that clued up. Never heard of Nelson the town before, Paul 5's comment makes it sound 'interesting ' 🤔😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Long way from Essex 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Don’t do it. If you want it, find some way to go and see it and pay in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Nelson is only a few miles from me. next to Colne (silent "L"). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Pendle, where the inter-town bus route refers to Witches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Coincidences all around 😁 I'm on the river Colne estuary and this part of Essex is where Witchfinder Hopkins operated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Hopefully a good omen. If you want me to take a peek on your behalf, you have but to ask 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Just now, ead said: Hopefully a good omen. If you want me to take a peek on your behalf, you have but to ask 🙂 Wow - thanks that might be an option. It's actually a keytar for our singer. Only thing is we'd still need it posted, which might be too much of an imposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 39 minutes ago, ead said: Nelson is only a few miles from me. next to Colne (silent "L"). Played at Jimmy Nelsons there a few times many moons ago. The hill was that steep that we couldn't get the van up! After much thrashing of the engine it got there only to find we had to lug all the gear up a load of stairs too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 My EBay seller obviously has got a bit confused- an apologetic note on the listing now. Will take PayPal but collection only. Item is boxed, so I suppose arranging a normal courier collection is now plausible 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 He's now opened himself up to an old ebay scam. He gets paid through PayPal, the buyer collects item then waits a week or so and claims money back through PayPal for not receiving goods. Seller has to produce a receipt to prove the item was sent, obviously cannot do this as it was never sent, PayPal refund buyer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Yes, I thought that too - obviously, I'm not about to do that - I might drop him a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, ead said: Nelson is only a few miles from me. next to Colne (silent "L"). I’d never heard of Colne until last weekend; we played at a wedding party in Kelbrook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 i went to school with the Pendle Witches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 15 hours ago, Daz39 said: Pendle, where the inter-town bus route refers to Witches! Aye it's an interesting part of the country and somewhere I'm familiar with. You have Clitheroe (or Clit Hero as I refer to it), which used to have (and perhaps still does) the "highest concentration of millionnaires-per-square-mile in the UK outside of London". And in stark contrast you towns like Nelson that suffer from severe levels of socio-economic deprivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, Skol303 said: Aye it's an interesting part of the country and somewhere I'm familiar with. You have Clitheroe (or Clit Hero as I refer to it), which used to have (and perhaps still does) the "highest concentration of millionnaires-per-square-mile in the UK outside of London". And in stark contrast you towns like Nelson that suffer from severe levels of socio-economic deprivation. Yeah - I live in Halifax and do venture up that way: usually via the road up from Todmorden to Burnley, or via Wycoller. Clitheroe and surrounds broadly nice, most of the Blackburn-Oswaldtwistle-Accrington-Burnley-Nelson-Colne megaplex is pretty dire (nice Waitrose on the way north excepted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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