eBay

jupe-7977 · ‎10-22-2019

Lately I have recieved offers and msg from Supposed buyers asking me to text them (fake number on texting app mind you) to accept offer and discuss payment, they never complete the payment. of course I never send any into Via text, but this keeps affecting my selling because I now have two cancelled offers. What can I do. I've attatched one text example.

inhawaii · ‎10-22-2019

@jupe-7977 wrote:
What can I do.

Ignore it. It's a scam.

I Don't Want To Live Without You. - Foreigner

byrd69er · ‎10-22-2019

Send them a $500 card and only charge them $200.

You might get some good feedback.

pink.fish.rule · ‎10-22-2019

Them " You can get it at any nearest store"
Me "Then I suggest you do that"

southern*sweet*tea · ‎10-22-2019

So buyers and sellers send phone numbers back and forth with merry abandon, but a lowly bookseller gets slapped because the bot thinks an ISBN is a phone number.

Alrighty then...

The easier you are to offend the easier you are to control.

We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did. - Thomas Sowell

gracieallen01 · ‎10-22-2019

@southern*sweet*tea wrote:
So buyers and sellers send phone numbers back and forth with merry abandon, but a lowly bookseller gets slapped because the bot thinks an ISBN is a phone number.

Alrighty then...

Perhaps the 'bots already knows there isn't going be a cut from the payment of the Steam card?

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

Respect, like money, is only of 'worth' when it is earned - with all due respect, it can not be ordained, legislated or coerced. Anonymous

gracieallen01 · ‎10-22-2019

"Re: Fake Buyers?"

You are being terribly polite. Those are 'scam' buyers, not fake buyers. They will buy anything for nothing, and if you pay extra, they won't decline.

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

Respect, like money, is only of 'worth' when it is earned - with all due respect, it can not be ordained, legislated or coerced. Anonymous

cashvaluerecovery2011 · ‎10-22-2019

These people not being banned instantly is a serious problem. Sellers fall for this or they would stop trying. The fact this scam is picking up steam shows ebay is making it a ripe feeding ground for scammers.