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[we-it]

Hi Respected Community Members

i have a question , i have a card listed on ebay and someone from brazil is interested in buying,

now heres the issue its a costly card like around $2500 and he is asking me to ship it in a hotel room in USA as according to him he will be in USA next week and his account is really new , he made his account today ,

can you tell me pros and con of this order

if i ship this order and they guy is fake will it affect my account will ebay release my payment or it will be all my loss

[slippinjimmy]

You WILL get scammed if you follow through on this and the loss will be totally on you.

[ckimodog]

NO!!!!

This person is trying to steal from you.  Do not reply and in my opinion do NOT sell that card on Ebay.  You are asking for trouble and obviously you are unfamiliar with selling on line.  Take that listing down and sell it locally to insure you will be paid.

Too many scammers on Ebay looking to rob you.  Don't believe them.  Be careful and be smart.  

[dentalsales4u]

I had this happen a few years back.

Someone purchased a $1750.00 item and had it shipped to a hotel in New York.

I shipped the product with signature required.

It was delivered with a signature a couple days later.

This was when we were still with PayPal. The buyer said he never received and the front desk at the hotel couldn't find it.

He opened a case for INR with eBay. I provided tracking with signature and won the case. Buyer then opened a case with PayPal. Same thing there, delivered with signature and won the case.

It worked out for me, but with eBay's managed payments, I probably would have lost the case if it were today.

I would have been out the money plus the product.

I no longer ship to hotels for people visiting from out of country. Too many things and go wrong.

[fab_finds4u]

Do you realize you can get signature delivery but then the buyer can claim not as described and you'll be forced to refund. They can keep your card  return an empty package and you'll still have  to refund?

Don't sell anything here you can't afford to lose.

[donsdetour]

Scam

and you need to be reminded of rule no 1;

If you can not afford to lose the item and all moneys payed for it:

Do not list it on the Internets.

[we-it]

Thanks man appreciated , i only sell you customers who have 100% positive feedback and it worked great for me so far , this was some thing new for me so i thought i must ask the seniors  

[we-it]

Well thanks for the advise but thats the risk am willing to take , we learn from our mistakes , i was unsure about this customer so i asked the seniors in this community and people here are quite helpful 

[donsdetour]

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@we-it wrote:

Well thanks for the advise but thats the risk am willing to take , we learn from our mistakes , i was unsure about this customer so i asked the seniors in this community and people here are quite helpful 

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Oh and for a buyer: 100% feedback is always:

if they know to have removed any other due to one can only leave positive for buyers....

Good luck with your sales..

[kensgiftshop]

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@we-it wrote:

Thanks man appreciated , i only sell you customers who have 100% positive feedback and it worked great for me so far , this was some thing new for me so i thought i must ask the seniors  

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All buyers have 100% positive feedback, they can't get anything else.

[femmefan1946]

I have no problem with freight forwarders who are actual businesses with some sort of reputation to uphold.

Also most of the money back guarantee ends on the forwarder's doorstep.

But this?

Nope.

i only sell you customers who have 100% positive feedback

All buyers have 100% positive ratings.

What you should be looking at is their "Feedback Left for Others" which sometimes has clues that they open a lot of disputes -- and win them.

[maxine*j]

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@we-it wrote:

Thanks man appreciated , i only sell you customers who have 100% positive feedback and it worked great for me so far , this was some thing new for me so i thought i must ask the seniors  

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All buyers have 100% positive feedback.  Starting in 2008, 14 years ago, sellers have been able to leave only positive feedback for buyers.  Sellers cannot leave negative or even neutral feedback to buyers.

You should re-think listing those "brand new" high-end electronics listings using stock photos.  If you are not using photographs of the actual merchandise yo are shipping, you are opening yourself up to Item Not As Described claims.

You should also re-think your "No Returns" policy, which you have on at least one of your items that I looked at.  "No Returns" does not mean "No Refunds."   What it does mean is that eBay will assume you do not want the item returned to you in the case of a dispute with a buyer  when eBay intervenes.

You can run before you learn to walk, but be prepared to stumble and fall.

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[powell-memorabilia]

i only sell you customers who have 100% positive feedback

All buyers have 100% positive ratings.

What you should be looking at is their "Feedback Left for Others" which sometimes has clues that they open a lot of disputes -- and win them.

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Well, yes and no.  Buyers who are also sellers can have feedback less than 100%.  

[iart]

We've been selling on eBay for 20+ years. Well over 100,000 items. We know how to list, how to ship and how to take care of our customers. We have sold many items worth over $3,000.

We would never sell something that expensive in that category.

[southern*sweet*tea]

I'm one of the most buyer friendly sellers you'll find here, but I wasn't born yesterday.

$2500 + Brazil + hotel room = No way Jose.