SAFE4NOW
January 20th, 2010, 20:49
With the far reaching web that Rs6.com covers...
Story: A client of mine asked me to sell his 1970 Porsche 911 race car. I ran it through E-Bay without a winning bidder. Then, a few weeks after the auction ended I was approached by an interested party that had seen the ad on E-Bay ( expired ) and wanted to buy.
We struck a deal and a deposit was sent ( Pay Pal ) due to the amount of the transaction, I opened an account to receive a wire transfer only a week later. The " buyer " transfered the balance to the account and money has been forwarded to the " seller "
( So cash is in hand now )
There were a few phone calls from the buyers "broker" about the address here in the US to pick it up from and request to help with shipping. Other than that, I do not actually know the persons name who actually purchased the car. Nor do I have a way of contacting anyone via e-mail ( server crashed and I lost previous e-mail ) and the other person always called me so I did not have the international number to them.
Anyways - here's the rub... that's been over 7 months ago... no word, no shipper, no phone calls, or e-mails...
I do know the shipping address is in Cologne and from Google Maps, looks to be a Home ( vs. Business ) ...
All I want to do is:
1. Touch base with the buyer to make sure he isn't sitting there waiting on me for some reason.
2. See if it's a real person ?????
Thoughts?
S
Story: A client of mine asked me to sell his 1970 Porsche 911 race car. I ran it through E-Bay without a winning bidder. Then, a few weeks after the auction ended I was approached by an interested party that had seen the ad on E-Bay ( expired ) and wanted to buy.
We struck a deal and a deposit was sent ( Pay Pal ) due to the amount of the transaction, I opened an account to receive a wire transfer only a week later. The " buyer " transfered the balance to the account and money has been forwarded to the " seller "
( So cash is in hand now )
There were a few phone calls from the buyers "broker" about the address here in the US to pick it up from and request to help with shipping. Other than that, I do not actually know the persons name who actually purchased the car. Nor do I have a way of contacting anyone via e-mail ( server crashed and I lost previous e-mail ) and the other person always called me so I did not have the international number to them.
Anyways - here's the rub... that's been over 7 months ago... no word, no shipper, no phone calls, or e-mails...
I do know the shipping address is in Cologne and from Google Maps, looks to be a Home ( vs. Business ) ...
All I want to do is:
1. Touch base with the buyer to make sure he isn't sitting there waiting on me for some reason.
2. See if it's a real person ?????
Thoughts?
S