Ebay International Shipping Mistakes and Confusion with Shipping Address | Selling

gitkit · 2023-05-01T04:25:30.025000Z

So I recently sold an item to someone, shipping information filled out automatically and some of the information I include in listings is all preset so I only adjust what I need to (list similar) However I noticed that the item hadn't delivered quite a while after I sent it. Looking into it the address listed was slightly different than the one under the buyers name on the sale so I thought there must have been an error with the shipping information, so I messaged the buyer letting him know, while that was going on I sold another item and when I went to print the label, saw that the address was the same as the other account which was a different name. At this point I immediately assumed this was a scam with users using multiple accounts and a 'dummy' address to get me to send items and then I guess claim false losses with ebay or USPS or something.HOWEVER after clicking on the locations for the accounts buying my items, one was listed as Saudi Arabia and the other was the UK, I still thought it was a scam as one of the accounts had no feedback. HOWEVER I then realised that both of these were sold via international shipping, which I NEVER select, however Ebay seems to have a new international shipping program where the seller only has to pay to ship domestically to an ebay affiliated distribution center. So what must have happened is that these international buyers purchased my items, and ebay generated a label for the same distribution center in Illinois, that address on google IS listed as a distributor company or at least in the same plaza as one. UNFORTUNATELY this was after I canceled the new order I hadn't shipped yet because I was SURE that it was a scam, and for good measure I REPORTED that buyer, there wasn't an option for what I thought was the issue, so I just selected the closest one from the drop down menu and wrote in the notes obvious scam, address being used on multiple accounts, etc. I'm still not sure this isn't a scam, but if it is I'm afraid I just reported a new buyer account thats legitimate, and cancled an order. Plus, the first camera is now stuck at a distribution center, although all I did with that order was tell the purchaser that I was working on figuring out what was taking so long. PLEASE HELP ME TO REDACT MY REPORT ON THAT BUYER OR LET ME KNOW IF IT DOES SEEM LIKE A SCAM

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