Seller completely unresponsive after winning bid, do I still pay first?

[cam1523]

Won a bid for a digital piano. Sent seller a message before bidding but it had 8 hours left so I thought I'll put in a bid anyway.

The seller hasn't replied to the first message or subsequent messages over the last 3 days.

Here are the questions I asked -

1) Hi, as you are using the stock image for this piano, Can you confirm that I'll be receiving the piano, stand, stool, headphones as pictured?

2) Can you deliver this to a different address than that registered on my eBay account?

3) I just realised that in the description "delivered by Royal Mail LL" could mean Large Letter.  Can I confirm you will be sending the actual piano in the description and image?

Seller hasn't responded to any question.

I know the general concensus is to pay first and enquire later.  but I am worried about being scammed.

What does everyone else think I should do?

[cam1523]

Won a bid for a digital piano. Sent seller a message before bidding but it had 8 hours left so I thought I'll put in a bid anyway.

The seller hasn't replied to the first message or subsequent messages over the last 3 days.

Here are the questions I asked -

1) Hi, as you are using the stock image for this piano, Can you confirm that I'll be receiving the piano, stand, stool, headphones as pictured?

2) Can you deliver this to a different address than that registered on my eBay account?

3) I just realised that in the description "delivered by Royal Mail LL" could mean Large Letter.  Can I confirm you will be sending the actual piano in the description and image?

Seller hasn't responded to any question.

I know the general concensus is to pay first and enquire later.  but I am worried about being scammed.

What does everyone else think I should do?

[tressygirl]

So you won the auction?

Does the price give you any clue if you are receiving a piano ?  What was the postage cost?

If the description was misleading and you get an item not as described then use eBay's 30 day MBG written on every listing for a refund,  or come back here if you need any help opening a case.

[cam1523]

Yes I won the auction at £140 which is an okay price for this model. The postage cost was at £1.50 but I didn't think too much about this.

Furthermore, above the sellers description there is the Item Specifics and About This Product section which details the piano model, number of keys, EAN etc..

[john1297576]

You have seen the description, I haven't but the word "digital" is worrying. If Postage is Large Letter then you are not going to get much in that.

You could pay, but you could also sit back and see what happens, the worse the seller can do is open an unpaid case in which case you pay and then open a Not Received Case to get a refund. Seller has 32 days in which to open an Unpaid Case to recover the selling fee.

Only you know how much this item sold for but seller is likely to be charged a 10%Fee.