Feedback prior to six months ago was good, but recent feedback is horrible, with everyone saying the same thing.
Most likely a hijacked account, then. Or possibly a "farmed" account with built-up feedback selling keychains or other trinkets for a while before listing lots of vaporware at fire sale prices to rake in big bucks before the negatives start rolling in.
Ebay desperately needs to start vetting sellers better and making sure on occasion that they're legit
eBay vetting sellers will not prevent legitimate accounts from being hijacked, or stop hijacked accounts from being involved in scams. eBay has no way of knowing whether a seller intends to ship the items advertised or not.
eBay needs to have a good reason in order to justify removing a listing, preventing a sale, or suspending a seller. But individual buyers can decide for themselves that something does not look right, and move on to another seller based on nothing more than a "gut feeling".
Buyers need to protect themselves by looking out for warning signs of hijacked or fraudulent accounts, and avoid purchasing from those sellers.
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 -- or if there are large gaps in selling history or drastic changes in selling behavior, it is often better to find another seller with a better track record to do business with.
Feedback reminders are generated automatically if you have your communications preferences set to do so.
