Sold a designer item - possible scam?

[andrealas22]

Hello everyone and thank you for your time reading my situation.

I’ve sold an item today, designer purse that’s brand new for 1700$. I’ve sold expensive items here before and never even thought of getting scammed but this time I received a message shortly after the sale BUT from a different account asking me if I could ship it to their home address instead. And it was a different name, different state. The account was created today. Then I checked the buyer and it was the same, account created today. Is it weird? I always thought there is ebay protection in cases like this but the more I was reading the more scared I am to ship the item now. 
It was a buy now item so I thought the timing from a different account with the scam address was weird. Would you cancel the sale? 

Thank you

[albertabrightalberta]

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@katzrul15 wrote:

Is there a reason you did not sell this through the Handbag program?

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I wonder if it has anything to do with @andrealas22 being located in the Czech Republic. 

If the OP were US-based, the bag would automatically be included in the authenticity guaranteed program and my guess is that the OP would also have been limited in the number of high-value, high fraud items she could list. 

The following is OT from the subject of the thread, but IMO, valid concerns.

Seller also has private listings (red flag that something is being hidden) and inadequate pictures of various authentication areas. 

And the negative feedback for a $1 LV error listing doesn't help.

@andrealas22 

[katzrul15]

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@albertabrightalberta wrote:

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@katzrul15 wrote:

Is there a reason you did not sell this through the Handbag program?

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I wonder if it has anything to do with @andrealas22 being located in the Czech Republic. 

If the OP were US-based, the bag would automatically be included in the authenticity guaranteed program and my guess is that the OP would also have been limited in the number of high-value, high fraud items she could list. 

The following is OT from the subject of the thread, but IMO, valid concerns.

Seller also has private listings (red flag that something is being hidden) and inadequate pictures of various authentication areas. 

And the negative feedback for a $1 LV error listing doesn't help.

@andrealas22 

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Thanks for pointing that out, very enlightening. 

OI am On a mobile device at warehouse, so did not click on OP user account.  As is often the case,  always, more to the story!

[andrealas22]

Unfortunately, because I'm from the Czech Republic I cannot be a part of it. 

[andrealas22]

Thank you, good points. First I didn't know the option of the private listing is a negative thing. So you think all things combine make me look unreliable so I wouldn't stand any chance in a dispute? Therefore an easy target?

I think I had the same selling limits as everyone else, they changed it after the sales.

I have messaged the buyer and explained to her what happened, waiting for her reply. 

[kensgiftshop]

@andrealas22 

Those scammers will watch for certain items to sell and as soon as they do, they send a message to the seller claiming to be the buyer, trying to get them to change the shipping address.

The buyer could be legit.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@andrealas22 wrote:

Thank you, good points. First I didn't know the option of the private listing is a negative thing. So you think all things combine make me look unreliable so I wouldn't stand any chance in a dispute? Therefore an easy target?

I think I had the same selling limits as everyone else, they changed it after the sales.

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You don't have a long history so that one feedback really pulls down your score. (Although 96% in high school is awesome, on ebay, it's not a good score. But there's not a lot of control when the total feedback is low and 1 neg hurts so much.)

As for private listings, for fetish or personal items, I get it. But in a category where there's so much fraud and counterfeit items, you want the items to show in your feedback so potential buyers don't get the impression that you're hiding something. 

I buy and sell in that category and I ALWAYS look at a seller's feedback history and recent history to see if there are any other current, completed or sold fakes. 

And in that category, many buyers use ebay's fashion or handbag boards or other purse forums to have "skilled eyes" look at the item before buying and when listings don't have the right pictures, those sellers either lose a buyer who moves on to the next seller with a better listing or a lot of time is wasted with the back and forth requesting and sending of additional pictures that should have been in the listing in the first place. 

So yes, there are multiple factors that can cost you business. It's your lack of experience that makes you a scammer magnet.

[albertabrightalberta]

@andrealas22 

Do you know anything about this listing? It's exactly like one of your listings. 

[andrealas22]

I'm sorry but the link is not working? Anyway I only sell here, on Vestiaire and on my instagram.

Thank you for explaining the private listings. I sold several items before Christmas and kept wondering how so I didn't receive any feedback even though they messaged me and thanked me for it:((( Now I know it wasn't possible for them. 

[soh.maryl]

First you say you checked the buyer and it is an entirely different account, implying a scam attempt.

Then you checked and it was "the same account".  Confusing. 

[andrealas22]

Not true, I wrote "The account was created today. Then I checked the buyer and it was the same, account created today"

My English is not my first language but everyone else understood that the account was also created today. 

[richards*collection]

You, with a score of 24, sell an item that is way above your score. They say dont post an advert for more than your score. It is a hard question you ask, what should you do? I think it depends on if your willing to lose that item, and the money that has been paid, plus shipping. Yes, be prepared to lose that. It has only been one day since the sale, why worry? If you have nerves of steel, and you really believe in eBay, and you really seriously want to sell on eBay, I think you should go for it, on the other hand, I am kinda a loose canon, so wait if someone else here is wiser than myself, and I am sure they will know how to guide you, good luck, I had a similar situation with an expensive rare guitar, all turned out good, good luck!