eBay

chicologne · ‎06-05-2019

Hello, I sell expensive stuff - and got some 2-3 offers from zero feedback users. Every time that offers where very close to "buy it now", making nonsense sending it. For example 5k item offered for $4995. I have immediate payment requirement, so I am sure they can't pay (or not planning to pay) - that's why sending offers.

I not accepting it, it not hurt … Question, what they trying to achieve? Remove my listing temporary? Got my contact information? Some new scam? Any information will be appreciated

duncanvr · ‎06-05-2019

Sounds like a scam to me and it usually is with expensive items. You could make a choice not to send to anyone with zero feedback. If someone with zero feedback does buy research their address carefully. These scammers on eBay for a short time only wait 48 hours to ship and check to see if their account was closed at that point. They aim to steal your item for free.

a_c_green · ‎06-05-2019

@chicologne wrote:
Hello, I sell expensive stuff - and got some 2-3 offers from zero feedback users. Every time that offers where very close to "buy it now", making nonsense sending it. For example 5k item offered for $4995. I have immediate payment requirement, so I am sure they can't pay (or not planning to pay) - that's why sending offers.

Just stick to what you're doing: using the Immediate Payment Required option, and ignoring offers in messaging. They are indeed scammers who are not planning to actually pay you.

ittybitnot · ‎06-05-2019

Question, what they trying to achieve? Remove my listing temporary? Got my contact information? Some new scam? Any information will be appreciated

By accepting an offer, I believe Immediate Payment Required is removed from the listing. If it is an unsavory member making the offer, that allows further communication for them to try out some of the scams running here now...

If you choose to accept the offer, they may ask for your PayPal email address, or make some sort of complaint that they cannot pay due to something being wrong with check out, their gift card, etc. Just block and ignore and file the unpaid item dispute as soon as possible.

If your items sell, be aware that you may get ebay messages asking for you to ship to a different address. These are likely from a member that is not even your buyer.

frenchblueshutters · ‎06-05-2019

Or since You have Immediate Payment Required Tell the Buyer You Just Adjusted the Buy It Now Price to $4995 and they Can Use Buy It Now... Bet they Won't Sounds Like a Scam to Me.

disorderlieder · ‎06-05-2019

Some of them do it to get by shipping prices or sent to a blocked region.

7606dennis · ‎06-05-2019

It is possible that they are trying to get around your IPR requirement. Having an IPR set doesn't apply to offers.

"It is an intelligent man that is aware of his own ignorance."

extrememobility · ‎06-06-2019

Block all your (0) feedback buyers username" they may still purchase the item and will scam you if you do not? Only sell your high value items to known reputable buyers ! Good luck!

chicologne · ‎06-09-2019

sure, keep ignoring it. I just guessing what kind of benefits they can possibly get "buying" and not paying (that mean getting unpaid item record). Maybe they can use my name or address to scam other people? Sometime you can't filter them by IPR, in free no reserve auction actually you have no control. I also found many unpaid items in such auctions... scary and I not understand how Ebay permit zero feedback bid or won $5-$10k item.

chicologne · ‎06-09-2019

sometimes you can't block it - in the free no reserve auctions actually. Also... not paid in many cases.

chicologne · ‎06-09-2019

you can't block zero feedback. You can block users with certain amount of unpaid items - but not zero feedback

chicologne · ‎06-09-2019

I agree. You can't sell expensive items with closed eyes today. Sellers protection is not existing. Every sale I making huge research about buyer, because Ebay "filters" not working. They should seriously reconsider buyers permissions to bid and buy high value stuff.

annadryl · ‎06-09-2019

You're asking $330,000.00 for a watch on EBAY? What kind of background checks are you doing???

My comfort limit's about a hundred bucks, because, it's ebay.

Good luck~

a_c_green · ‎06-09-2019

@chicologne wrote:
sure, keep ignoring it.

Right. You can apply the Immediate Payment Required to a BuyItNow/Fixed Price purchase. You cannot apply it to a Make Offer or an auction. Therefore, in a case of a Fixed Price listing with Make Offer, the scammers will pursue the Make Offer path because they don't need real money to win the item that way.

I just guessing what kind of benefits they can possibly get "buying" and not paying (that mean getting unpaid item record).

It enables them to snatch the item off the market in order to try their various fake-payment scams on the seller without the risk of someone else actually buying it first. Offering almost the BuyItNow price is intended to tempt the seller into accepting without setting off alarm bells.

Maybe they can use my name or address to scam other people?

I don't see how. They're not getting your name or address anyway, unless you're listing a Local Pickup Only and giving out your address that way. Their goal is to scam you out of the item itself.