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Ebay seller, is he trying to scam me

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CambridgeMart:
I found a Tektronix 576 on ebay which I made an offer on which was accepted; I paid the seller, and 2 days later he asked where the payment was. I checked Paypal and the payment was pending, I looked at the seller's details and found he'd just registered and this was his 1st sale. I messaged him to let him know to log into Paypal to accept the payment, which is the norm for 1st time sellers. Today he messaged me telling me that he had no notification from Paypal and there was no pending payment in his account; he asked me to cancel the transaction and instead pay him using another email address. If I am correct, this means he's doing the transaction outside of ebay and I'll lose my buyer protection; does this sound like a scam to you?

OwO:
If you are still going through paypal you are still going to have buyer protection, just a different system and one that tends to screw over the seller more.

SiliconWizard:
Yeah. Although the seller may just have had a real problem, it's not unlikely they are just trying to avoid paying the eBay fees.
Up to you to decide if you want to get along with this.

wraper:
If seller wants to cancel transaction, they should do it themselves on ebay. If there was no transaction as they say, there is nothing to cancel. And you cannot do it without their confirmation. Don't pay to another paypal address, it's against ebay rules.
EDIT: and BTW paypal fees are non refundable. So they lose money by cancelling and then paying again, unless they run away with that money.

rdl:
If paying for an eBay purchase through Paypal, just do everything through the eBay system while signed in. That will avoid any problems for you.

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