buyer asked to talk outside of ebay before paying for item

Question

Hello, I am a first time seller on ebay. I listed my item and was surprised to receive an offer shortly thereafter. I accepted the offer and then received a suspicious message from the buyer which read

"

Dear ***myusername***,

Good day, here is your buyer from eBay. Do chat me up on my number ***phone number*** thanks" "

This seems like a scam to me. I've already accepted their offer, is there anyway I can cancel this sale and relist my item without waiting? What if they make a payment, I ship them the item, and they file an empty box claim? They buyer has positive feedback from sellers going back a year, but I am just a little worried having never sold on ebay before and this doesn't seem normal to me.

Thanks!

wooden_flower · Accepted Answer

Scammers generally donâ€™t pay. Donâ€™t respond to the message, and cancel as unpaid on day 5.

If you cancel sooner, youâ€™ll have to select â€˜I am out of stockâ€™ which puts a defect (bad mark) on your account. If you feel strongly about it, it might be worth taking the defect and not have to worry about it. I would wait and do that only if the buyer pays.

lady_madonna · Answer

@dajoh-3940 They are trying to SCAM you. Do NOT reply. All correspondence needs to go through Ebay, After 4 days of non-payment have passed, cancel the transaction due to "buyer didn't pay".