Is this a scammer?

[unionpax]

I'm a new seller and trying to avoid scammers.

Buyer purchases a new Michael Kors watch. He is based in the Bahamas per his profile. However, he has a mailbox in Florida located at a shipping and mailbox company. I messaged him asking for address verification and will be sending the item requesting signature. He paid for the item and I'm concerned he may not be legit. But, the account has been active since 2017. Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[classynottrashylingerie]

Once the item is received by the address the buyer has on their account, it’s considered delivered. If you’re new on here, I’d be extremely careful about selling higher end items…..

[dirk12955]

It's less than 1 hr from the Bahamas to Miami 

[eye_of_the_tiger]

I don't think that is a scam. Shipping to the Bahamas may be expensive, so this buyer has come up with a plan for you to ship it to a place where they can ship it to him for (possibly) cheaper. Also, some sellers have the "block buyers whose countries I don't ship to" on, so he's already blocked by most sellers. It's just that this buyer has simply found a way to beat the system. With what you described, nothing with this buyer seems suspicious. He paid. Carry on and ship the item. 

[ittybitnot · Accepted solution]

@unionpax 

It sounds like your buyer is using a "freight forwarder" or "reshipper" location.   It is quite common for users in the Caribbean and central/south America to utilize these services. Unless your are shipping very expensive items to Delaware (Texas, Oregon) forwarders to be sent to the Russian Federation,  it should not be of much concern. 

Any item on eBay can be had for free at the seller's expense by the use of fraudulent claims.  At this point there is no particular indication that this will be problematic. 

[unionpax]

I appreciate you, thank you for taking the time to offer help.

Lucy

UnionPax

[unionpax]

Awesome, thank you so much for the information. I had no idea about the "block buyers whose countries I don't ship to" on.

[unionpax]

Thank you sooooo much to you all for your help and the time each of you took to respond to my concern. I learned a lot from you today.

Lucy

UnionPax

[soh.maryl]

Please be aware that "block buyers whose countries I don't ship to" would not have blocked this sale since the shipping address is in Florida and we assume you ship to the USA.