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Is this a scam?
Summary: The discussion involves whiskermane questioning whether a situation is a scam, but both the initial query and the subsequent response from eburtonlab lack substantive content, as they only contain the word 'None'. No further details or clarifications are provided, leaving the topic unresolved.
I’ve been trying to find a cheaper pricing for a specific item that isn’t going to blow my wallet up. I did find one, decent price, the pics aren’t stolen from different sellers, everything looks good, and the description was reasonable since they’ve said that they are downsizing their collection. Unfortunately, the seller’s feedback and sold history is throwing me off.
- 9 sold
- 2 items were sold for each day, ex. 2 items sold today, the next day: 2 items sold, then the next day, etc.
- no feedback from those sold items but all the feedbacks are from other sellers thanking this person for their purchase
Could this be a scam? Or am I overthinking this too much?
eburtonlab
Mentor4 months ago@whiskermane
In general, you can avoid a lot of headaches by choosing to purchase only from established sellers that have recent and past positive feedback as a seller for selling items in the same category that you intend to buy. If someone is selling a dozen apple watches, but has no feedback, or only has feedback as a buyer, or only has feedback for selling dress patterns or fishing lures (actual examples I have seen), perhaps wait until they have a track record of positive feedback for selling electronics before you buy from them.
You might miss out on a good deal from a new seller once in a while, and nothing can guarantee that you won't still run into an issue anyway, but you can avoid a lot of potential problems by choosing to do business with established sellers. Anyone can put together a listing that looks nice -- it is not hard at all to simply copy an existing listing -- but it is much harder to create a history of consistent sales and positive feedback.
For more experienced sellers, you can learn a lot about the sort of seller you are dealing with by checking the seller's feedback page to see where the seller is registered and to notice if the seller has any negative feedback. If you see negatives indicated in the table of recent feedback, you can choose to exclusively see each type of comment by clicking on the numbers shown in the table. Reading negative or neutral comments can often tell you if a seller has a pattern of problems with items not matching the descriptions, canceled orders, late deliveries or item location misrepresentation.
If a seller has a pattern of too many serious negatives -- or just not enough positive history -- it is often better to find another seller with a better track record to do business with.