Buyer Red Flags?

[margery*sdream]

There are a lot of red flags for the buyer of a parts only laptop I have listed. (such as living location and shipping location being in opposite coasts, and a recent user name change). Is it best to cancel the sale and pay the fee or just deal with potential issues afterwards?

[southern*sweet*tea]

Zero feedback is not a red flag.  Shipping to a different location from the registration location is not a red flag. Changing a username is not a red flag.

These are red flags:

1. Buyer asks for your email address, paypal address
2. Buyer sends you a phone number to text/call him/her
3. Buyer asks you to buy gift cards to go with the order
4. Buyer asks you to send the item to a different address AFTER paying
5. Buyer wants you to send the item overnight/express and will pay you a lot extra to do this
6. Buyers says that they cannot pay through the eBay website and sends you a link to click on so that the payment will go through
7. Buyer offers more for your item than the price you have it listed for

[pburn]

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@margery*sdream wrote:

Is it best to cancel the sale and pay the fee or just deal with potential issues afterwards?

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You don't have an "official" reason to cancel the transaction. The choices are:

1. Item is out of stock or damaged (which it isn't, and for which you'll receive a defect on your account).
2. Problem with buyer's address (and there is no problem with the buyer's address).
3. Buyer asked to cancel (which s/he didn't).

[lamber9347]

I'm curious, how do you know they live on the opposite coast of their shipping address?