Questionable buyer address.

[lagarto_electronico]

For the first time in 2021 I decided to try eBay again.

One sale. Buyer wins item. Pays. Address ends with "last house on the left".  LOL.

I looked up the address. It appears to be a condemned and abandoned house.

Tried to contact eBay customer support. Says they are not available.

So am I just supposed to give the item away knowing it will likely be intercepted with the "buyer" requesting a refund for non-received merchandise?

How does eBay allow these fake addresses?

[lagarto_electronico]

"It could that location has a brand new house just built on it or the house is no longer condemned."

I doubt a mansion was built in that very spot in the four months since that photo was taken.

I contacted eBay customer support and apparently there was something else they could see on their end that they could not share with me.

They advised me to cancel, so I did.

[lagarto_electronico]

"I don't even LOOK at the address, let alone investigate it. "

That is your prerogative. I only investigate addresses when there is any kind of irregularity.

That has saved me at least $180 back in 2020 and over $400 between 2016 to 1019.

To each his own.

[a_c_green]

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@lagarto_electronico wrote:

What the fraudsters do is buy one of those profiles, have a few successful transactions, then they change the address to a nearby landfill or condemned building and the games begin.

All they have to do is watch and have someone intercept the item and claim it was never received. They aren't even who they say they are on eBay, so they can't be held accountable. 

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What do you mean by "watch and intercept the item"? If the package was addressed to that location, that's where it goes, and it's scanned as "Delivered" when it arrives. If someone swipes it off the porch after that, it doesn't matter, because the seller can prove it to be Delivered to the address received with the payment.

[chadwicksportscards]

What is eBay user skybug1211 address?

[kh-cathy]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.