eBay

christinetata · ‎07-10-2019

I'm a new seller trying to do the right thing and somehow attracting scammers right away! I've listed a relatively high priced item and twice got bogus "orders" where they immediately ask me to text them outside of eBay, want to pay via PayPal but not through eBay, etc.

The first time the guy strung me along (newbie, remember?) for a week, until I opened a case, reported the buyer, etc.

I relisted the item, got another "order" immediately--same thing happened. He wants me to text him details, etc. I said no; sorry; invoice is coming via eBay only, but I'll be happy to answer any questions that way and ship once it's paid. No further word.

Given this is the second time I've seen this pattern--can I just flat out cancel the order after 48 hours of non-payment instead of opening a case and waiting another four days after that? I am morally certain I will not hear from this person again, nor will the invoice be paid.

Thanks for any help.

christinetata · ‎07-12-2019

That's good advice--I'm certainly going to crawl back a ways from the edge of the limb I've been on!

christinetata · ‎07-12-2019

I'm going to sit on the thing for a while until I get my bearings. It's possible others have inflated their asking price for reasons of their own, and I need to be more confident of what I have, etc.

Meanwhile, I'm grateful to you and the other sellers for good advice.

Think I'll go play with Mylar for a while. That always calms me down.

Cheers, everyone.

christinetata · ‎07-12-2019

You have certainly seen a lot!

Good times, right?

Thank you, my friend.

csbbct · ‎07-12-2019

@femmefan1946 wrote:
If you know what you want to get for your high value item, list it at Fixed Price (not auction) and with Immediate Payment Required.
The listing will stay active for a month or until someone really does pay for it.

I noticed that all your listings have the Best Offer option on them. You'll want to remove that because the scammer will get around Immediate Payment Required by making you an offer (many actually offer MORE than you're asking to entice you to accept). Then as everyone else here notes, they'll ask you to invoice them through Paypal where they'll get your email address and send you a fake payment email.