Possible scammer?

[losspost]

I just put on an old laptop and a tablet on eBay. On my Notebook, the bidders who were just created on 20 and 23 December were bidding 3 times in a row overbidding themselves. This seems like some sort of scam, what can I do against it?

On my second product, I was asked to ship the device to France by an account just created today.

Reading the issues with the new payment system I'm actually getting fears of being scammed. 

[kensgiftshop]

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@losspost wrote:

what can I do against it?

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Do away with auctions and list as a fixed price with immediate payment required.

It has nothing to do with the new payment system, if they are out to scam you, they will.

[losspost]

And what if he claims that the item wasn't as described or damaged? I get the feeling that I should just try to stop the auction and sell it to someone I know.

[mtgraves7984]

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@losspost wrote:

And what if he claims that the item wasn't as described or damaged? I get the feeling that I should just try to stop the auction and sell it to someone I know.

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@losspost 

If he claims the item isn't as described or damaged, he'll open a Return request and you'll be refunding.

Yes, selling it to someone you know is the more viable option. Good luck to you.

[losspost]

Thanks, I guess with an 1000€ item I am better looking somewhere else. I am also selling a tablet but there the bidding looks normal, through its only an approx. 400€ Item.

[kensgiftshop]

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@losspost wrote:

And what if he claims that the item wasn't as described or damaged? I get the feeling that I should just try to stop the auction and sell it to someone I know.

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If they did file an INAD and sent back their broken one or a box of rocks, you would have to refund.

Yes, that would probably be better.

Ebay just isn't the place any more to sell some items, to many thieves.

[losspost]

To bad.  A few years Ago i also sold my laptop and tablet and had no problem with scammers