Best offer

[15goodfinds]

Why do people send you a Best Offer that is more then the starting bid?

If it's below, I can understand, but above?

I'm selling a bunch of clothes. Always get offers that is way more then the starting bid.

I always go and decline. Especially when they leave a phone number. And that phone number does not match where they live. And they are all 0 feedback.

But today, I have 2 Best Offer. 1 buyer have 150 feedback. And been registered for like 10 years.

Another have almost 1,000 feedback, and have been registered for 20 years.

But they both give me a phone number and an email address to contact them at.

Only time I have accepted a Best Offer, is when some sent me a message and gave me their name. 

So by that, and based on where I would be sending it to, which they give me their exact address, and what item their were buying. 

So I was able to see that their weren't a scammer, and it was for their job.

[mtgraves7984]

Never, ever phone or text a 'buyer'... keep your messaging within eBay. Of course true buyers won't pay more than you're asking... this type of offer leads to scams. They'll be asking you to include eBay gift cards (which you pay for), they'll send your email documents that read as if you've been paid through PayPal.

Stay on your toes... it's a jungle out there!

[klhmdg]

You are a new seller with a high scam item.

Remove the "best offer" from the listing and set your auction at the least you will take.

Any "offer" that arrives with a phone number is against policy and most likely a scam.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Anytime a buyer wants you to text them, it is a SCAM.

Report the "buyer"

Block https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?bidderblocklogin

Ignore

The whole idea is for the seller to be blinded with greed, or just stupidity, and for the scammer to get the seller's phone number or email address. Once that happens, the seller receives a very real looking, but very fake email stating that they have been paid, and in order to receive their funds they need to ship the item right away. Sometimes these emails will also have a phone number, for the seller to call and "verify" the transaction. That phone number is a direct line to the scammer.

These scammers depend on a seller's greed/naivete/ignorance/stupidity to ship the item without checking to see if they have actually been paid. It works surprisingly well, even with established sellers, because for some strange reason people want to "trust" emails.

There is no reason on this planet for a buyer to need a seller's email address, phone number, or any sort of financial/payment information. Everything a buyer needs is right there when they click the buy now button on a listing.

[15goodfinds]

I just automatically decline the offer. And decline them if their feedback is private. I just wanted to know why they do that.
But someone with 1,000 feedback. Or maybe that 1000 feedback is from bot scammer network themselves.
I wouldn't block someone with 0 feedback. Because we all start at 0 feedback.
Whenever I get paid from PayPal, I always log into my PayPal account to see if they really did pay.

[gwzcomps]

Some of the accounts in question are probably compromised.