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n0npareillestemmer · 2026-04-06T18:49:22.255000Z

Hello everyone, today I received the following offer for an item listed for sale (TV/phonograph cabinet, solid oak, country style, item no.: 257255322844) (bold is my replies!!): MHappy Easter, dear seller, we are very interested in the dresser you are offering and would like to buy it. As we live 650 km away, we would like to arrange for a freight carrier to collect it. We have the question whether it would be possible for you to place this piece of furniture on a Euro pallet and simply secure it with a strap. Another question is what we may pay you for this effort. And the last question is whether collection can always take place during the day if we name a certain time period in hours. We have furniture in the same style in our apartment. So there is also the question of whether you have any more pieces of furniture in this style for sale. We look forward to your message, best regards from Dollerup near Flensburg Manfred Herrmann12:34 Good day, thank you very much for your interest, however we do not have the Euro pallet/straps you suggested available, sorry...! Kind regards14:39 MMany thanks for your direct reply, we would like to find a way to transport it, a pallet. Can the carrier bring one and place the cabinet on it, would you be willing to wrap some cardboard or something around it, or what could you suggest. We look forward to hearing from you, best regards, Manfred Herrmann16:31 MI'm getting in touch again, we can also have the item picked up by a service provider, so you wouldn't need to pack it yourself. Please let us know when a pickup would be possible so that we can coordinate this with the service provider. We hereby want to buy this outright and, after your okay regarding the pickup option, will carry out this within your listing with an order and payment. We would be happy to hear from you, best regards Manfred Herrmann16:55 Good evening, thank you for your messages -- the only question remaining is how you imagine the financial handling of this possible sale...? Kind regards18:11 MThat should not be a problem with an immediate purchase. We would just like to have a binding time window beforehand for when we can have the dresser picked up. And the address would also be important so that we can commission the service provider tomorrow. Mfr18:23 Since warnings about this ''freight forwarding trick'' have been appearing more often lately, I would like to ask for your assessment. I also reported the communication via the eBay form -- result: 'We have reviewed your report and found that the content does not violate our policies. This decision was made by a member of our customer service team.' Many thanks in advance!

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