Account opened today, zero feedback, bit on item, what is the scam?

[randi66]

I listed a makeup item, I had a person who just opened the account today send an offer for the amount of the starting bid.  I countered and they accepted and paid right away.  I've had this happen before, always brand new accounts ( opened the day they bid)with zero feedback.   What is the scam?  I cancelled the listing because I don't trust it. 

[adamcartwright]

@sir.koinz 

I hope you always point out eBay's MBG to these people. It's clearly stated on each listing, so there's absolutely no reason for a buyer to hesitate to buy from eBay nowadays.

On the other hand, I often receive items damaged in shipping because of poor packaging by Amazon.  I have had to stop buying certain products from Amazon due to shoddy packaging.

An Amazon delivery driver apparently wanted to cut out early one night and threw someone's package into our back yard. The addressee lived miles away.

The grass is not always greener...

[iamalwaysright]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mybigsale wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

I would have hesitation selling something to someone who bit my item.

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I was just about to purchase some of those delicious candies you sell. Are they for display only?

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Honestly, I don't think they're all that.

I just think people buy them for the "Hawaii" factor.

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You SCAM!!

[iamalwaysright]

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mybigsale wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

I would have hesitation selling something to someone who bit my item.

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I was just about to purchase some of those delicious candies you sell. Are they for display only?

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Honestly, I don't think they're all that.

I just think people buy them for the "Hawaii" factor.

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I dig the pineapple flavour. The only pineapple stuff I find in Canada is hi-chew.

C.

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What?? They don’t have pineapples for sale in Canadian grocery stores?

[johnrj1226]

Once upon a time ALL buyers were newbies with zero FB and  participated in auctions or fixed price  items.  Oh yeah wonder how newbie sellers with  zero FB etc are they view as scammers too???  I started as a newbie in 2008 and  some how I managed to get  past  zero without  scamming any one.  Think  you may have made a mistake and  received  a ding on your selling ratings.

[johnrj1226]

paranoia '''''''''''''''''''

[pickapaper]

@randi66 

You have been on eBay since 1998 and you have 598 feedback as a seller.    What you sell are low scam items;  people are going to scam electronics, not an $8.00 or $10.00 cosmetic item.  I don't know which item you cancelled but I noticed one item you just sold is an "old formula" item.  Maybe someone who was looking for that item in the old formula doesn't normally buy  on eBay but found yours and bought it, either by opening an account or as a guest.  

If you read these boards a lot, it is hard not to become a paranoid seller sometimes, after reading all the shenanigans that people pull.   But I don't think you sell things that are on scammers' radar.  Yes, you may get a PITA buyer sometimes but that is anywhere.  Just keep being the good seller that you have been for many years. 

[luckythewinner]

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@randi66 wrote:

I listed a makeup item, I had a person who just opened the account today send an offer for the amount of the starting bid.  I countered and they accepted and paid right away.  I've had this happen before, always brand new accounts ( opened the day they bid)with zero feedback.   What is the scam?  I cancelled the listing because I don't trust it. 

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The buyer assumes that your starting price is your bottom dollar price, and they want to buy it for the bottom dollar price. 

I fail to see anything that is a 'scam' by the buyer. 

The only scam I see is a seller who made a counter-offer and then chose not to honor it. 

[mybigsale]

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@iamalwaysright wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mybigsale wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

I would have hesitation selling something to someone who bit my item.

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I was just about to purchase some of those delicious candies you sell. Are they for display only?

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Honestly, I don't think they're all that.

I just think people buy them for the "Hawaii" factor.

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You SCAM!!

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SCAM? One man's junk is another man's treasure. That's what keeps the wheels of eBay turning.

[jg.mason]

This just happened to me. I just got an order from a 0 feedback buyer and what's worse is they just joined today. Is this some sort of scam? should I cancel the order?

[sir.koinz]

wow, that doesn't surprise me although it may have about a month ago, before I found the "ring doorbell camera videos" on YouTube,  now nothing some of the delivery services do surprise me, unfortunately. 

[sir.koinz]

and absolutely! I am a pro ebay pusher when I meet people who say anything negative about it.  I've found that most non - users are under the impression that ebay is still the same way it was 20 years ago when every other seller was trying to scam.  I do try my hardest to win back these lost souls and I like to think that I have brought back a good percentage of them.  I remember what it used to be like back in the late 90s early 2000s, my older brother was a die hard dungeons and dragons player,  collector, buyer and seller and one of the honest ones.  Back when a guy could still program in dos lol.

[chapeau-noir]

Let's all pile on - wheeee!

[johnrj1226]

Been around  for  over 7 decades and there  were "scammers" way back when too - just no internet to broadcast cast it or post it on one of the 3 TV channels or the big fat news papers delivered by a young person on a bike - rain or shine.  Heck  was taught in Sunday school that some one stole an apple from the apple tree  in that  garden.  The only  difference today is  there are beaucoup more folks around that just want  "free stuff"  like those folks wading across the Rio Grande  or shoppers and employees heisting "free stuff" at Walmart.  "Walmart (NYSE:WMT) suffered losses from retail theft of an estimated $3 billion in 2021, $6.1 billion in 2022 and $6.5 billion in 2023. A significant portion of these numbers—up to 50% of the overall stolen losses—come from self-checkout theft"

Read some where, a few years ago, that Walmart employees account for up to 40%  of their  losses.

Guess  scamming is the new national  pass time & a  way of life in 2024

[brightlightbookseller]

@jg.mason  Considering you've been here since 2006, I assume this is a joke?

[iamalwaysright]

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@mybigsale wrote:

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@iamalwaysright wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mybigsale wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

I would have hesitation selling something to someone who bit my item.

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I was just about to purchase some of those delicious candies you sell. Are they for display only?

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Honestly, I don't think they're all that.

I just think people buy them for the "Hawaii" factor.

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You SCAM!!

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SCAM? One man's junk is another man's treasure. That's what keeps the wheels of eBay turning.

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Lol. Your reply reminded me of something Al Bundy once said about their yard sale.

"Kelly: Can't understand why we can't sell any of this junk.
Al: Well honey, See Yard Sales are based on the "Bigger Idiot" Theory. You know, Junk that is so dumb that a Bigger Idiot won't come along and buy. The Flaw to that Theory is that eventually, you get to the head idiot... and you call her mom."