Buyer's eBay account has no recent activity. Should i trust?

[harrisofun_0]

                  I recently sold my Play Station 4 slim on auction and it sold for $235.  The buyer has about 15 positive feedback and no negative feedback. However this was from over a year ago. The buyer has been a member sice 2012 and has no recent feedback. 

                  I am wondering if I should still ship out the item or cancel the order. I would not like the buyer to somehow get his money back. Do you think I should still ship it out? Also would eBay have my back if the buyer claims the Play Station doesn't work even tho it does?

[missjen831]

If you’ve received cleared payment &’PayPal says it’s OK to ship then ship. No eBay does not have your back if the buyer says the item doesn’t work. Neither does PayPal. 

[southern*sweet*tea]

You have five feedback received as a seller, only three of those in the past year.  Why should a buyer trust you?

Now...see how silly that sounds.

That said, no, Ebay will not have your back if the buyer makes a claim.

[sharand11]

Agree with southern*sweet*tea and jen_proudleowife. If the payment is cleared you can proceed.

[richards*rock*collection]

I do recommend not. Mostly because you do not feel comfy, and that is a lot of money to lose. I did look at your listing and even though you do not take returns, you have not been with ebay long enough to absorb a loss I fear. I fear myself on a order like that, it could very well be someone is going to take the guts out and say it does not work, open a case and send back a empty box, but I am really paranoid myself. You can listen to me or take the advise of the other people here, they have more experience than I, good luck.

[luxe_beauty_4_less]

The buyer hasn't shopped on our marketplace for a year.  Now they come back and shop and you want to cancel the order?  I'm afraid if you do so, none of us will ever see this buyer again.  I sell to 0 feedback buyers all the time.  I can't remember the last loss to one of those buyers.  In most cases, when someone tries to scam me, there's nothing in their feedback to indicate they will be an issue.  The only feedback rating I ever look at is the feedback they leave other sellers.  And, that is never post sale, because once paid, I'm obligated to ship and take my chances.  That's my view, but YMMV.  Best of luck with your sale. 

[harrisofun_0]

Thanks for the Help, However the buyer has not made payment in over 4 days so I'm going to cancel the order.

[lancelotme]

most ebaye rs have multiple ebay ID,one for selling,one for buying,one for chatting and one for mischief or browsing.

It is not uncommon to have multiple IDs for selling alone,just because an ID has not been used frequently,does not mean he is not active on Ebay.

[lancelotme]

he could be reselling your game somewhere.

[kensgiftshop]

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@harrisofun_0wrote:

Thanks for the Help, However the buyer has not made payment in over 4 days so I'm going to cancel the order.

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What reason are you going to use to cancel the sale.

Why not open an item not paid case?

[missjen831]

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@harrisofun_0wrote:

Thanks for the Help, However the buyer has not made payment in over 4 days so I'm going to cancel the order.

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@harrisofun_0 Why not do the right thing and file an unpaid item case? The buyer hasn’t asked to cancel so you do realize that if you cancel, it is you gets a spank right? The buyer is let off without a warning. You need to file an unpaid item case. 

[harrisofun_0]

Thanks.  I contacted him and he has not done anything and that is what I will do. 

[a_c_green]

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@harrisofun_0 wrote:

Thanks.  I contacted him and he has not done anything and that is what I will do. 

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Your winning bidder has bid on no fewer than four items from four different sellers in that same category recently, so it's possible that he may have won more than one auction, bought the cheapest win and is now ignoring all the others. (You can see that record by signing out of your account, then clicking on his disguised User ID in the bid history of your auction item.)

File the Unpaid Item dispute, and if you have not been paid within four full days (i.e. 96 hours) after the time of opening that dispute, you can then close it and get your Final Value Fees refunded. eBay will also put a nonpayment slap on the buyer's account. More nonpayments like that on his record and he will find himself blocked from a large percentage of auctions in future.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@harrisofun_0wrote:

Thanks for the Help, However the buyer has not made payment in over 4 days so I'm going to cancel the order.

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You won't get your fees back if you do that.   

You can open a UID, unpaid item dispute, in 48 hrs and close in 96.  Buyer gets a strike and you get your fees back.