Selling Jewellery and Protecting Against Scammers

[14wrence]

I want to sell a Diamond Ring.  I know I can post using Signed for delivery to be covered against loss, but I have heard about other scams.

For example: 

- Scam buyers saying the ring box was empty when they open parcel.

- Scam buyers replacing the ring in the box with a cheaper ring and saying that it does not live p to the specification listed.

- Really specific Scam buyers replacing the diamond for a piece of cubic Zirconium or the like and trying to say that is what they received. 

Is there any way of protecting myself in case I fall victim to such scams?  I am aware that eBay nearly always takes the side of a buyer in a dispute.

[fashunu4eeuh]

This thread is from last October, fyi.

[halfastpickers]

The post may be a few months old, but the advice

is timeless.

Try a "local pickup" option. (Cash payment, subsequent

a personal inspection.)

Someone within a reasonable distance

may stop by.

Sold a rather expensive Swiss R***x watch to a "local"

collector (after he beat me down even more on

my price….so what else is new?)

Might be worth a try.....