Buyer phishing with multiple best offers then cancels accepted offer

[comicgregg71]

Hi I'm selling an item.  Buyer made several attempts with best offers amounts that I set up to be automatically declined.  He kept going until one was accepted.  I saw this history last night but for the life of me I can't figure out how to see this history now (would love to see the best offer history again. How?).   Either way I sent an invoice late last night with shipping total and suddenly they said 
"hi im so sorry i made a mistake for offering this...pls i need to cancel my item". 

They offered different amounts four times until it was accpepted.  That's a lot of mistakes in a row.

So honestly how to proceed?  I know I can't make them pay but how would you handle something pfhishy like this??

[simba6 · Accepted solution]

Just place them on your blocked bidder list.  You would not want to sell to them anyway.  Next they would file a false not as described case to return it on your dime.

[cityslickercreations2004]

I agree. That is a lot of "mistakes" in a row.

Your prospective buyer asked to have the transaction cancelled.

I would just cancel and relist.

[pburn]

Not to be too pedantic, but "phishing?" I don't see any evidence of that in your post. Fishing, maybe, in its slang sense, but not "phishing" or "pfhishy" (whatever that is).

[comicgregg71]

Phishing in the sense as repeatedly doing something through electronic communiction to get information... in this case to figure out the price I was willing to sell the item at.  The word is apt.

[mtgraves7984]

I'd cancel at buyer's request, block the buyer and relist. Who has time for a possible INR or NAD? Good luck.

[comicgregg71]

That's what I did.  I was just looking for a general consensus.  

It just irked me.  It was not a mistake on his part he purposely made offers several times to see what would be accepted with no intention to buy.  Once I could totally understand, but not four seperate offers.

[mtgraves7984]

It just irked me.

@comicgregg71 

Just reading your post irked me. If I could see your buyer, they'd be on my BBL now, too. LOL

[luckythewinner]

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They offered different amounts four times until it was accpepted.  That's a lot of mistakes in a row.

Your buyer used the infromation he gained from you to solicit a better offer from another seller. And apparnetl succeeded 🙂

I know I can't make them pay but how would you handle something pfhishy like this?

It costs nothing to make offers on eBay, so buyers will do it. So I wouldn't give it another thought. Every minute you spend on this buyer is a minute of your life that you will never get back. 

[gracieallen01]

@comicgregg71 

You might check listing soon to see if there is another item like yours, recently listed, but offered for just a little bit less.

Sounds more like they were 'pricing'.