How to tell if a bid is a scam

[odvalk-0]

I received a bid for a purse I'm selling. The buyer just started their account this year ( so did I)

How do I know it's not a scam

[odvalk-0]

I am going to do that. I really didn't think that picture through. Thank y'all for all of the help. 

[odvalk-0]

I am new at this I will fix that

[odvalk-0]

I received a bid for the exact amount. The first bid I received was for more than the opening bid price. The bids (both) came from eBay not as a message. It says 1 bid 1 sold as I had accepted a bid then eBay put my account on hold as a review to be taken off hold five days later. Never received payment so I cancelled and relisted.

[odvalk-0]

Since there is a bid I can't remove the picture in question as they are locked. 😭

[stephenmorgan]

Your first sell looks odd.  It says not a registered user.  If they were trying to buy as a guest there is a limit of $5000 purchase so they could not have purchased it.  Something seems strange like maybe they have been removed from eBay.

[mam98031]

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@odvalk-0 wrote:

I received a bid for the exact amount. The first bid I received was for more than the opening bid price. The bids (both) came from eBay not as a message. It says 1 bid 1 sold as I had accepted a bid then eBay put my account on hold as a review to be taken off hold five days later. Never received payment so I cancelled and relisted.

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This is a high ticket item.  Before you started selling, did you update yourself on how the payment system on Ebay works?  I'm not sure as a new seller you were allowed to sell such a high ticket item or how you were able to list it without going through the authentication process for the product.

https://pages.ebay.com/authenticity-guarantee-handbags/

If Ebay has your Managed Payment account on hold, that means you buyer PAID.  As the seller you were suppose to ship the item to the buyer when they pay.  

So please explain what you mean by your "account on hold as a review" actually means.

We are missing some important information here in order to advice you correctly.

[mam98031]

One thing I would say about your listing is that your Pictures need to be much better.  For any listing in the future I would upgrade your efforts on picture taking, but when you want someone to purchase a 10k+ item from you, the pics should be near perfect.

[earthdreamer]

For any listing in the future I would upgrade your efforts on picture taking, but when you want someone to purchase a 10k+ item from you, the pics should be near perfect.

If I had such an expensive item to list, I would take it to a photo studio and have professional photos taken.  

I agonize over the lack of perfection in my own listing photos, and my items cost a small fraction of that handbag!

[moondogblues]

Almost 11 thousand dollars...bad pics and 50 bucks shipping?  I would NEVER buy this bag.

[odvalk-0]

I did not choose the shipping amount eBay did. Sorry I was awful at taking pictures. Doesn't matter anyway eBay took the post down and told me not to try to resell because they thought it was fake. I was taken aback to be sure. But I understand since I am a newbie seller. I just happened to have gotten the bag gifted to me and was in need of cash. But oh well it is what it is. 

[mam98031]

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@odvalk-0 wrote:

I did not choose the shipping amount eBay did. Sorry I was awful at taking pictures. Doesn't matter anyway eBay took the post down and told me not to try to resell because they thought it was fake. I was taken aback to be sure. But I understand since I am a newbie seller. I just happened to have gotten the bag gifted to me and was in need of cash. But oh well it is what it is. 

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Ebay does not EVER decide what the shipping amount is that a seller will be charging.  They have never done that for a whole list of reasons.

If you used Calculated shipping, then the seller is responsible for entering the various information into the system so the calculator can accurately charge the buyer.  The seller is 100% responsible for the information given or not given which will result in the rate charged to the buyer.