Buyer is obviously foreign, shipping address is in the US. Safe?

[alde_4253]

I just had someone purchase my item at full listed price ($125). The buyer has all positive feedback for over 1000 orders. The payment was received through PayPal and it is on hold since I am a new seller. However, something seems off. The buyer is obviously foreign. They left me a message in broken English telling me the item is a gift and I should not include an invoice or anything like that, and their name on PayPal is Asian. But, the shipping address is in the US. Should I be concerned about this transaction?

[cashvaluerecovery2011]

I get people asking for no invoices all the time. Its a common thing to take price tags off gifts. Being foreign also doesnt mean much. The U.S is full of people from all over.

If they didnt ask to change shipping addy or ask for gift cards etc......you should be fine. Every sale here is a risk but the things you mentioned do not send up red flags to me. I sold thing to foreign names and broken english 2 dozen times this last week. I had 6 people request no invoices.

[treasures-4less]

HI. Sounds like their using a US reship service maybe, the no invoice is probably so customs doesn't know the value they paid for the item.  I would double check with paypal before sending if your protected in this situation, I've read some scams like this on the forums here. But, with that said if he has over 1000 postive feedbacks I would take that as a legit buyer and ship.

[slippinjimmy]

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@alde_4253 wrote:

I just had someone purchase my item at full listed price ($125). The buyer has all positive feedback for over 1000 orders. The payment was received through PayPal and it is on hold since I am a new seller. However, something seems off. The buyer is obviously foreign. They left me a message in broken English telling me the item is a gift and I should not include an invoice or anything like that, and their name on PayPal is Asian. But, the shipping address is in the US. Should I be concerned about this transaction?

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It's as safe as any other sale!

I've shipped to hundreds of foreign buyers who use US based mail forwarders. I have never had an issue with any of them.