Dodgy?

MrVestek

Bid for and won a 2Gb Memory Stick Pro Duo on Ebay there the other day. An email I recieved from the seller wants me to finish the transaction outside Ebay. This seems extremelly dodgy to me. Here's the email I was sent:

just want to remind you that you've won the auction listed below just in case you haven't had a chance to send the payment yet!

Winner Email:


something@blah.com

Site:


eBay UK

Item Number:


"110027263321

Title:


"2GB Hi-SPEED Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo for PSP +MEGA CD

Seller Email:


info@ememory-uk.co.uk

Quantity:


1

Price:


£23.99

Subtotal:


£23.99

Shipping:


£5.99

Sales Tax:


[May Apply]

Total:


£29.98 ( NOTE: sales tax may apply ) Plus Applicable Insurance

Please click on the link below to be taken to our auction checkout page. There you can enter your shipping and payment information and allow us to process your winnings faster! Plus you can look around our online store for other interesting items that we have for sale.

http://www.marketworks.com/ClickOut.asp?ref=xxxxxxxxx
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I've blanked out the reference number, obviously
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(If this link is not active or does not take you to our checkout page, simply visit http://www.marketworks.com and click the "Buyer CheckOut" link on the home page.)

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Kind Regards

Sony Pro Duo (Trading partner of eMemory)

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This seems kinda dodgy to me, this can't be inside Ebay's policy is it? If not how do I go about reporting this seller?

kippy

hmm,,
Just checked a few google groups threads and some of the posts worry about it being a scam while others have said it appears okay and they have used marketworks.com before.
Safest thing to do may be to mail ebay and see what their policy is with this site.
Kippy

spurious

Looks fine to me.
Many traders use an 'external' site to handle their payments.
AFAIK that one is actually run by eBay.
Once you use PayPal you're still covered, indeed it may even take you out again to the PayPal site to complete it.

Tarakiwa

Good advice from Kippy.
Better to be safe than sorry so check with e-bay!

Ruu_Old

Not entirely sure about this one. I have bought from a number of big sellers who did not use eBays checkout but their one which was faster (go through their seller form and then sends you to Paypal). They all worked out fine.