07-12-2022 05:59 PM
A potential buyer wants My PayPal email address. Is that normal? Does the buyer have to have My PayPal email address to pay?
07-12-2022 06:04 PM
Duplicate Post
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Buyer-wants-info/td-p/33067948/jump-to/first-unread-message
07-12-2022 06:25 PM
NO! It is not normal. It is the beginning of a scam. Since you are a new seller with 0 feedback, the scammers are lining up to steal from you. They believe you are not smart enough to follow eBay's rules, or to come here and ask us about something does not sound right.
They want your PayPal email address so they can send you a FAKE notice that you have been paid when you have not. Then all sorts of other scam attempts can subsequently be attempted against you if you fall for one.
ONLY ship an item when eBay shows your order is in your My Ebay>Seller Hub>Orders>Awaiting Shipment. Then you can ship. And never take a sale off of eBay or start messaging outside of eBay messaging.
DO NOT contact this particular buyer at all. Report the buyer. Put him on your Blocked Buyer List (BBL). He/she will never really pay you. You will have to allow 4 days of non-payment to go by before cancelling on the 5th day with the reason "buyer did not pay". Then you can relist the item again for another legitimate buyer to purchase.
Since you are new and have 0 feedback, it is best for you to NOT sell high-value items or highly-scammed items like electronics, cameras, computer cards, etc. Start with many lower-value items so you can build up your feedback over time.
Other sellers here will tell you about more scams you may run up against, and it is wise to read down a few hundred posts here about scams. Also read up on what eBay has to say about it, too. - before you lose your item to a scammer in addition to either a fake payment, or an actual payment that you will have to refund over scams that involve an item you do actually ship.
Get educated! And don't let dollar signs in your eyes cloud your better judgment and common sense. If something doesn't sound legitimate, come here and ask us about it.
Cheers, Duffy
07-12-2022 06:30 PM - edited 07-12-2022 06:33 PM
SCAM! Sellers cannot accept Paypal as a payment method and you should only do business through the Ebay platform and the payment methods that Ebay posts. Anything else is a waste of your time, because they are looking to steal from you.
Ignore, block and move on.
PS If you drop the best offer and check off "immediate payment required" you won't see these type of scammers again.
07-12-2022 06:34 PM
I'm pretty sure sellers can still accept paypal as a payment method, I've purchased several things, even really recently that goes through paypal still.... Maybe it's just overseas sellers? I think I recall it being items sent from China... Anyway, I still go through ebay system, so I'm protected... but yeah... paypal was the payment method.
07-12-2022 06:34 PM
Accept returns. It's ebays Money back Guarantee and you must honor it. That's another way to be scammed too.
07-12-2022 06:56 PM
@stacy_pme wrote:I'm pretty sure sellers can still accept paypal as a payment method, I've purchased several things, even really recently that goes through paypal still.... Maybe it's just overseas sellers? I think I recall it being items sent from China... Anyway, I still go through ebay system, so I'm protected... but yeah... paypal was the payment method.
Buyers can PAY with Paypal. Sellers cannot receive direct Paypal payments on Ebay. Paypal goes to Ebay, then to the seller. Anyone trying to bypass Ebay by pretending to go through Paypal directly is a scammer. They won't pay - they send a fake payment email and hope the seller ships.
07-12-2022 07:16 PM
Run
07-12-2022 07:39 PM
Do you think I was being scammed? I am new to this.
07-12-2022 07:41 PM
Thanks for the advice
07-12-2022 10:19 PM
No it's not normal.
It's most likely a scam.
Nobody needs your email address to conduct business on ebay.
Ignore and block them.
07-13-2022 12:10 AM
Guaranteed to be someone that wants to scam you. No question about it.
07-13-2022 12:24 AM
Just tell them that all transactions must be completed via ebay managed payments. If they want to pay via Paypal there, then that is one of the allowable payment options by ebay managed payment. You shouldn't be providing any paypal address in a message.
Good luck!
07-13-2022 05:58 AM
Tell them you need their birth certificate to proceed...and not a copy.
07-13-2022 06:04 AM
I always give them my email address:
ID10T@mindurbusiness.com