eBay

ftb.direct · ‎11-28-2020

Okay, so I've been buying things on ebay over the years, but just recently started selling items. Things have seemingly gone smoothly so far, however I have one buyer that seems a little fishy. Could I get a 2nd or 3rd opinion on this?

They purchased three of my items totaling roughly $90. We have messaged back and forth a couple times regarding the items and at no time did they tell me they were overseas, however, the shipping address is 13822 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR, which appears to be a reshipping service to ship items overseas.

The name of the person I am to address the package to is different than the name on the Paypal account of the buyer, but I'm thinking maybe that is the name of their shipping agent in Portland.

I googled the phone number provided in the ebay account of the buyer and it comes up under yet a different name, so now there are 3 different names associated with this order.

The buyer has a 100% positive feedback rating but only has 5 ratings total and they are all within the last 6 months. Paypal says the sender is Non-US Unverified.

Would you cancel the order and refund the payment? If I cancel the order, will I get penalized by ebay?

**Also, right before typing this out, I sent another message to the buyer asking if this was going overseas and they just responded with "Nope. Pls check the address that I used, pls use exact info. Paid already."**

a_c_green · ‎11-25-2021

@smiz_64 wrote:
I found your question in here when I was googling the address because I sent a package to a buyer to this address (very similar situation) and it's been suspended in transit since AUGUST! I did not send from the US, so apparently I cannot file a claim on USPS or anything.

I think you lost me. Where were you shipping the package from? If it was going to a US address, why can you not file a claim? (Actually it might be too late anyway.) Was this something dropshipped from China?

soh.maryl · ‎11-25-2021

Did you notice that you are replying to a message that's almost a year old.

smiz_64 · ‎11-25-2021

I sent it from Russia. It was a standard order from a customer for a handmade item. The buyer was chinese and was considering between a chinese address and this one - but ultimately asked me to send to Portland.

a_c_green · ‎11-26-2021

@soh.maryl wrote:
Did you notice that you are replying to a message that's almost a year old.

No, while the thread itself is (almost) a year old, the message I was replying to (here) was posted just yesterday.

kh-gary · ‎11-26-2021

Hi everyone,

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

Thank you for understanding.