eBay

joe_97_97 · ‎07-24-2020

I have an item up for auction. I'm contacted with a quite a lot higher offer than current bid if I sell right now and overnight ship. What's the scam?

gracieallen01 · ‎07-24-2020

The scam is that you may well get a fake e-mail saying you've been paid, ship, and you will get your money when the tracking is uploaded to prove shipping.

This may start happening even more than previously since so many are going into MP and not really familiar with how things work and not getting too much information of proper procedures.

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

Respect, like money, is only of 'worth' when it is earned - with all due respect, it can not be ordained, legislated or coerced. Anonymous

mtgraves7984 · ‎07-24-2020

You won't get paid. Real buyers will pay the price you're asking. Don't fall for it!

simba6 · ‎07-24-2020

Yea right. I'm offering MORE than the price. Could be new and are confused about how to bargain? They keep coming out of the woodwork.

wooperwares · ‎07-24-2020

It could be a scam, but I'll occasionally reach out to buyers with an offer if I'm extremely interested. I've never scammed anyone in the process. If you relisted it on eBay as a buy it now for them, you'd in theory be protected. I say in theory because eBay seller protection isn't worth much of anything.

a_c_green · ‎07-24-2020

@joe_97_97 wrote:
I have an item up for auction. I'm contacted with a quite a lot higher offer than current bid if I sell right now and overnight ship. What's the scam?

If there's been no request for you to send a PayPal invoice, or text or phone for some reason, then they may be planning to pay with a stolen credit card, as the overnight shipping will enable them to get the package before the stolen card is discovered. Alternatively, once you accept their offer, they will ask for one or more of the above, hoping to get off-eBay contact info from you that will enable them to send you fake payment notifications and ship before any money comes in.

An offer that's higher than an auction price could be legitimate (but unlikely if you don't have Make Offer on the auction, because if it's a straight auction, they could just bid that amount and wait to win it, right?). An offer that's higher than a Fixed Price/BuyItNow listing (no auction bidding) is simply a scam, because a real buyer would just pay your (lower) asking price, not offer even more for no good reason. They are offering more than that in the hopes that you won't wonder why.