Buyer Asking Me To Relist Item So Friend Can Buy It

[psychopunky]

A buyer won a bid on my item but now is asking if I can relist so a friend can buy it since his store is in another country and he cant check out.

I'm at lest 90% sure this is a scam but I really have no clue how to respond to the buyer now.

[hurryagain]

If he is asking you to re-list, that means that he wants you to cancel the sale right?  If it were me, I would cancel the sale and if you are worried, do not re-list it for a while.

@psychopunky 

[soh.maryl]

Assuming you're saying that you don't ship to that buyer's location, why not let him buy it and, when he pays, change the delivery address to his friend's address?

[*madison]

Cancel, use reason at buyers request, or problem with buyers address, and then block the buyer.

That is what I would do, and I wouldn't respond to the message.

[jayjaspersgarage]

I guess the friend of the buyer lives too far away for the buyer to drop it off.  Ignoring that I think the buyer is doing the wrong thing and should follow through and pay.  Either they pay for the item or pay with a report for non-payment once that is possible.  I'm surprised the buyer didn't ask you to ship it to their friend's address.  It sure sucks when buyers don't follow their obligations.  

[psychopunky · Accepted solution]

So I did tell the buyer that I would not be doing that they are little upsetsHe has stated his store is in another country and “can’t really check out”. I have stated I’ll only ship in the US. I will be relisting the item as I wish to get rid of it.