suspicious buyer

Question

i had someone Pietro19781,

send an offer for an item i'm selling then asked to text him bc he had questions once i answer the question he asked me to include an apple gift card and then wanted to pay outside of ebay after i sent him my email address

i did not give him the information p

comics-scifi-collectibles · Answer

@abstracta_23

SCAMMER.

All payments are made using eBay checkout. All messages are made using eBay checkout. The buyer can buy a gift card at many locations or even a digital one right here on eBay so why would they ask you for one?

Stop talking to the scammer.

You will need to cancel as unpaid and add the buyer to your blocked list.

When a buyer doesn't pay you can cancel the sale after 4 FULL DAYS so on the 5th day cancel as buyer hasn't paid. This gives the non-paying buyer a strike on their account and they also will not be able to leave feedback. Then you relist OR do a second chance offer.

If the buyer receives 2 or more strikes in 12 months then they are blocked from auctions or best offers for one year ( as long as the seller sets this up in account settings) and can only make immediate payment purchases, if they get too many strikes then eBay may remove the buyer from the site.

Do not send an invoice or it starts the clock over again for when you cancel as buyer hasn't paid. eBay sends payment reminders.

Unpaid items:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/resolving-unpaid-items-buyers?id=4137&st=1

Add the buyer to your blocked buyer list:

https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/BuyerBlock?

Have you set up your buyer requirements in account settings?

Click this link: https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/buyerrequirements Then block buyers with 2 or more unpaid items in 12 months.

If you are not shipping internationally also block buyers in locations you do not ship to.

Then at the bottom of the screen look for buyer Payment Requirements put a check next to both of these:
Require buyers to provide a payment method before they place a bid.

Require buyers to provide a payment method before they make an offer.
These settings will cut down on your non paying buyer issues. However they also make it so you can't combine shipping. You have to refund the shipping difference after a buyer pays if you wish to combine shipping when these boxes are checked.

rfmtm · Answer

Buyer is setting you up to be SCAMMED.