Can someone help me determine if this is a prelude to a scam? | Selling

blumescientific · 2025-03-12T13:20:29.543000Z

I'm a pretty new seller on ebay and have a few expensive electronic items listed for sale ($4k+). I received a message from a potential buyer asking me to send them an offer for the lowest price I am willing to sell one of these items for. The entire message is as follows: dear sir ,how much lowest price would you please like to sell as buy it now price ?Mailing to United States addressif you are willing to accept , would you please send the offer through Ebay ? Then I will accept the offer immediately PLEASE NEVER revise the price on ebay , To avoid others to purchase because of time difference i am sincere and serious buyer looking forward to your quick respond thanks On the upside, this user has 100% positive feedback with more than 5000 "feedback received" (all of it as a buyer, only once as a seller). However, two things make me suspicious that this may be a scam. First, the buyer is in China and said the item would be shipped to a US address. Second, a random sampling of the sellers this buyer has purchased from does not indicate that this buyer has ever purchased anything even remotely similar to the specialty electronic test equipment he/she is interested in buying from me. It looks like it's all collectibles (sports cards, comics, etc.). From what I've read here, sellers have virtually zero protection against fraud, so I am being cautious in hopes of reducing my chances of being scammed. If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions for how I should proceed, I would appreciate the input. Thanks!

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