Selling for someone else ?

[Tackle]

Afternoon guys, lately we've had a run of sales threads where members claim to be selling something on behalf of a mate/brother/auntie etc.

Just to remind you that technically that's against the forum rules, specifically rule 6.

So if you put up an ad for anything,  you're responsible for every aspect of it, info in the ad, including upgrades, taking payment, ensuring vcra compliance, delivery, & ultimately any immediate post delivery  issues or faults.

Claiming its someone else's doesn't absolve you of those responsibilities,  & may get your ad deleted.

 

 

[Austeyr]

Damn... There goes my plan of selling an F-15, for a friend on here...

[1967PF44]

So I regularly buy and  sell on behalf of others, and I am about sell a significant job lot for a guy that is no longer allowed to participate in Airsoft because of his employment rules. He is not allowed to. He is also not allowed to have a traceable social media presence any longer, including sales platforms. However I would appreciate clarity. I always use my PayPal or bank details, I always have control of the items for dispatch and always personally pack and post myself.   PayPal doesn’t care who owned the items and any disputes are the responsibility of the selling account holder. 
 

my reasoning for explaining “selling on behalf of a mate” are that I often can’t answer all the detailed questions some (particularly from the timewasters that I indulge).  But that is no different from selling something second hand that you bought on here and don’t know the true history (only what you were told, and half the time that’s a lot of shite) 

 

Can you confirm, that as long as I take responsibility (which comments in feedback show that I do - always) then I can continue to sell for others as an agent. 

[Tackle]

You can sell for whoever you like, but responsibility lies solely with you.

To that end, I would say don't divulge that you're an intermediary unless asked a question you cannot immediately answer, for one it doesn't inspire confidence in a seller or item, it plants the seed of doubt regarding responsibility should the item, for example an aeg, turn out to be a lemon.

That in turn opens up another can of worms, if someone sells on behalf of a third party, deals done & moneys passed to the owner, & then the aeg implodes on its first outing a week later, is the 3rd party gonna return the funds ?.

Its a bit of a minefield?