Lithuanian RNS510 via Canada

**nilo8533** · 13-10-2011, 08:20 PM

I am about to purchase an RNS510 from our lithuanian friend 'Tadas' but he made a bit of a strange request. I completed the purchase process on this sale

eBay Australia: Buy new & used fashion, electronics & home d

But at the end of the 'pay now' process it says to contact the seller in order to pay by credit card.

He says his paypal account has been locked so he will only accept direct deposit or credit card payments. I don't feel comfortable just handing over $1000 into someones bank account so I requested credit card. Now he has requested I go to a website run by a friend of his out of Canada and make the credit card payment. This is the website he gave me

http://www.bimmerretrofit.com/store/...p?amount=xx.xx

Now I haven't made many eBay purchases but everyone that I have made has been through paypal. From what I can tell from reading these forums he appears to be a trustworthy seller. Even with his reputation and good feedback I am concerned about the transaction being completed outside of eBay.

Is it safe to make my payment through this 3rd party website?
Will I be protected if something goes bad in the sale?
How can I know that he recieves my payment and will follow through with the sale?

**dibdib dubdub** · 13-10-2011, 10:50 PM

Hi,

I'm only posting because I've recently purchased an RNS510 from Lithuania.

There were no strange requests like the one you've raised.

I'd be very suspicious and certainly wouldn't go giving my credit card details away willy nilly.

Did you notice it's not a secure website? Did you also notice our Lithuanian friend's good eBay reputation. Do you think he would've got that if he made strange requests about how he should get paid after he made the sale?

Please don't do anything rash....

**technopato** · 13-10-2011, 11:00 PM

I've bought quite a number of units from Tadas, if it is truly him you're dealing with then you are safe!!!!

**FJ Steve** · 14-10-2011, 01:13 AM

Paypal????

**ricos** · 14-10-2011, 09:12 AM

I recently bought a RNS510 unit from Tadas.
I recieved it and found that there was a big chip/dint in the front panel that would be visible once installed.

I told Tadas and sent him a few photos. He was happy to sort the issue out by sending me out a nice new facia for the unit (which i recieved) - he was very helpful.

Payment method i used was PayPal. No strange payments request were made with me either.

Id hold off until you can pay via paypal.

**Idle** · 14-10-2011, 02:50 PM

Sounds fishy to me, too — you might try an enquiry to Paypal, they ought to be able to tell you if his account is valid or not.

**nilo8533** · 14-10-2011, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Idle

Sounds fishy to me, too — you might try an enquiry to Paypal, they ought to be able to tell you if his account is valid or not.

Thats a good idea, I think I will do that.

I did a bit of internet searching regarding bimmerretrofit and Tardas. It seems he answers enquiries and processes transactions for them from time to time. The feedback is generally good regarding the customer service from that particular website

Even so I'm still nervous about paying through the external website. I know I can post negative feedback if things go wrong because the sale still went through eBay. I just wonder if my credit card company would protect me if the sale went bad after making the payment to this 3rd party.