@dippitydoo wrote:
I'm helping a newbie set up a sellers acount and I think they have some pricey stuff to sell, and I want to be able to explain this to them! Thanks!!
I'm afraid you're focusing on the wrong thing here. What you should be explaining to them is what a bad idea it is to start a selling account here with high-priced items. Their low or nonexistent beginning feedback count marks them as new sellers, and makes them a prime target for scammers at every step of the way, from fake payment scams to fake non-delivery scams to fake damage claim scams to fake return scams. Even if you're holding their hand every step of the way, there is nothing to stop a scam buyer from claiming that he received something else in the package, and returning that "something else" for a full refund.
In short, they should start with less-expensive items that are not scammer magnets, and not sell anything that they're not prepared to lose altogether if things go sideways. You can minimize risks here, but never totally eliminate them, and if they, as you fear, are planning to start by selling some pricey stuff, then they're jumping in the deep end of the pool. You might want to steer them into parting with those particular items a different way, such as selling them locally for cash. Good luck.
