cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Fishy message

Good morning all,

 

I'm a first-time seller on eBay, but a seasoned buyer.  My first attempt to sell the item was a no-go as I canceled the sale per the request of the buyer. They misread the title thinking it was a S21 Plus when it's the regular S21 5G phone. I was excited because it was for the full asking price. April Fools joke on me I guess as I got the message on April 1st. Today I get the following message:

 

Hello Seller I made an offer of kindly counter it or accept the offer, you can counter it with your price, you will be shipping it to me in New York, USA. and I want to make payment as soon as possible because I want it delivered on time I will also add 100 for the shipping fees,

 

The account has zero feedback and was created in 2018. The account says it's in North Carolina but the message says I'm shipping to NY USA. Maybe this is the fella with an uncle in Nigeria wanting $1500 US Dollars to get a share of $500 million. Any experience with this? On one hand I have PayPal to protect me. But then the buyer could say the phone got there damaged and claim fraud on me. Adding $100 to the shipping, which I don't think is allowed or easily possible with a PayPal transaction, is very fishy also. Broken English and the only punctuation is a comma where it should be a period. What do yall think? 

Message 1 of 17
latest reply
16 REPLIES 16

Fishy message

at this point  now  that e bay wants to  mess  with  us  the sellers . heck yea sell outside  e bay  they don't  care  were sellers .oh that right  e bay  knows if  we  take them out  of the sale  its a crime .and we could lose  account but  were sellers  e bay  don't  care  why  should we it would be  a  real big wake up call  .  if all sellers cut  e bay  out 

Message 16 of 17
latest reply

Fishy message

you forget  were sellers e bay don't care even if were  right   

Message 17 of 17
latest reply