Am I being scammed or is this just coincidence?

[flutterybutter]

Hi and thanks for any input/advice.  My last two sales have been for 6 and change and 13 and change respectively.... both of them were McDonald's toys from the 90's.... but what made me suspicious is that each sale was to a new account created the day of the purchase and with 0 feedback.  It's two different addresses, and the fact that they are low cost items makes me think no one would bother scamming me for them, but I just found it odd that both purchases were brand new accounts... and wondering if I am perhaps falling victim to some sort of scam?  If so, is there anything I can do about it at this point (already shipped items).... thanks for any advice.

[jameshen1]

Probably just coincidence.  It is entirely possible they came to Ebay looking for those items.  Upon finding them, they created an account and bought from you.  They may or may not ever use Ebay again.  Who knows?

[flutterybutter]

Thanks, I appreciate the reassurance, and figured it was probably the case, but in the back of my mind I couldn't stop wondering if there was some sort of scam going on.... thanks.

[kateinthe26th · Accepted solution]

I have 2 selling accounts on ebay......on the account where i list collectibles and stuff that is not sewing related (which is my main account) i very often have new users who sign up just to buy one item so it's not unusual.

[flutterybutter]

Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better. Based on your answer and the previous answer, I'll go ahead and just close the thread out. Appreciate both of your answers 🙂

[sin-n-dex]

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@flutterybutter wrote:

Hi and thanks for any input/advice.  My last two sales have been for 6 and change and 13 and change respectively.... both of them were McDonald's toys from the 90's.... but what made me suspicious is that each sale was to a new account created the day of the purchase and with 0 feedback.  It's two different addresses, and the fact that they are low cost items makes me think no one would bother scamming me for them, but I just found it odd that both purchases were brand new accounts... and wondering if I am perhaps falling victim to some sort of scam?  If so, is there anything I can do about it at this point (already shipped items).... thanks for any advice.

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No one is going to scam you on a $6 or $13 toy. It has no resale value for them, and they'd only end up with a free toy.

Typical scams in my genre operate only $20-40 coins, usually silver with high silver content (so when they get their refund they can sell it for melt and get $20, because they don't really WANT the coin...) I feel less concerned about a token I'm selling for $20-40 (that isn't silver), because it's resale value to a dealer is less than a buck. But I spend hours going through 100 lbs of coins and tokens to find these little gems I can list for $20, so that's reimbursement for my time spent looking for them.

C.