Buyer aggression using two accounts
I listed an item for sale at a set price, without the option for the buyer to make lower offers. I received a message from a buyer who stated an amount lower than my asking price. The amount they put was not in correct English but may have been a typo. They put the dollar sign on the opposite end of where it should be. Example: XXX$ instead of $XXX. This makes me think it's overseas. I chose not to reply. Then later I get another email from a different buyer name that's continuing the conversation of the first buyer and says "Hello XXX$" showing the exact amount as the other buyer as if to say, "you can't ignore me; I have several eBay accounts." I never blocked the first email. Is this a scam and how would you handle?
15 comments
inhawaii
·8 months agoBlock them both. Simple.
reallynicestamps
·8 months agoI mean putting the currency symbol after the figure, not writing right to left.
Although anyone who reads manga has learned to start at the "back " of the book.
reallynicestamps
·8 months agoas if to say,
Maybe . Maybe not.
Reply accepting or rejecting. Politely.
Then Block.
Note that if you are shipping overseas with the eIS, you actually have stronger Seller Protections than if you ship domestically.
broto_64
·8 months agoI would simply ignore, you are not accepting offers so you are under no obligation to reply.
Also usually "reverse typeface" (aka writing right to left) comes from Arabic.
reallynicestamps
·8 months agoAlso usually "reverse typeface" (aka writing right to left) comes from Arabic.
It's also common in Europe and in South America.
Actually, it's the norm everywhere outside the English-speaking sphere.
tarotfindsandmore
·8 months agoPolitely explain that you aren't accepting offers, "Thanks for your interest, however, we're not accepting offers at this time", and block both accounts. If you hear from them again, report. Easy peasy.
glenvonnie
·8 months agoI just ignore all offers, many times they'll keep on trying, but eventually they go away.
Sometimes I'll look up the feedback they left for others and if it's bad, I block them but never respond to them.
Since the Post Office raised rates recently, I've been raising prices, some on the items they tried to lowball me on, some of them sold after I did that, start with the items with the highest number of watchers.
On the rest, raise your prices, end the listings, and use the Sell similar item to relist. By doing that I've recently sold 8 items that have been sitting here for years. I did that last night and one of the items sold within two minutes.
These people don't go into Meijer, Wal Mart or Target and ask for lower prices, they also know what an item is worth, have checked prices already, and are just looking for someone they can scam.
fullers_uk
·8 months agoLove it when they send stupid low offers that I decline then they buy the item at full price and complain about it when it arrives, now stupid low offers gets them on my block list.
chapeau-noir
·8 months agoPutting the $ after the sum is not all that unusual - I would disregard that as a red flag and concentrate on the other behavior.
soh.maryl
·8 months agoPersonally, would either decline, then block, or ignore, then block.
BTW, was this a "message" or an actual "offer"?
ohjennivintage
·8 months agoI had a crazy lady on Poshmark follow me to ebay and buy the pants I'd blocked her from buying. I canceled the sale and took the mark and she bought them again with a second account. Ebay sided with her and she left me negative feedback on both. It's incredibly frustrating that they don't do more to protect sellers in this instance. I'd block them both and take the item down for a few days! Anything to avoid a crazy buyer.
bonanza125
·8 months agoIt's not a scam but just a creepy person trying to get on your nerves cause they want you to budge on price. You are not required to answer either one of these accounts. I would report both of them and have Ebay handle it. Block both so neither can buy the item in question.
kibble-net
·8 months agoBlock them both. As a general rule, if someone sends you a message containing a dollar offer with no additional text, when you don't have offers enabled, it's safe to put them on your block list.
Minimal effort in, minimal effort out.
fullers_uk
·8 months agoBlock them, sounds agro, consider the backup you will get from ebay customer service if the transaction goes wrong, think blood pressure, instincts and self preservation.
participatrophy
·8 months ago@electroniccrazy
I would handle that by responding and either politely declining or accepting their offer. Not getting scam vibes off any of what you said so far. Doesn't rule it out, just saying it's not coming across that way so far.