Selling expensive unique item to low feedback buyer

[sienkiewicz.optikka]

Kindly ask for your suggestions as sellers on how to protect yourself from loosing item and money. Asking as a non-US seller shipping worldwide (Africa excluded).

[varebelrose]

You cannot, which is why the most common advice given here is to never list anything for sale that you cannot afford to lose.

[ckimodog]

Unfortunately you can't.  If it's that expensive, I would advise selling elsewhere than on an e-commerce site. Customers can file false claims, do a credit card charge back, etc.  You'll be the loser every time and probably loose the item as well. 

Good luck what ever you decide. 

[duffy4444 · Accepted solution]

   Currently, eBay does NOT have adequate seller protections for sellers who list, sell, and ship higher-value items. What attracts scammers and opportunity fraud buyers are items generally (but not always) over $100 or so - in addition to newer sellers with low or 0 feedback.

   Until eBay institutes genuine seller protections with real teeth in them, NEVER, EVER  sell, and especially ship, any higher-value item that your and your business model cannot afford to lose, in addition to your payment for it on a forced buyer-fraud refund over which you have no control.

   Read down a few hundred posts on this board to see what the reality is for those sellers who have fallen victim. It's worth reading to make you a wise seller.

Cheers, Duffy