@blanketnook wrote:
Why not paid via PayPal?
First of all, if they get your email address (which would also be your PayPal contact address), they can send you fake but very official-looking messages, telling you that you have been paid (you haven't), and directing you to ship the iPhone and upload its tracking number, after which the funds will be placed in your account. If you do all that, your phone will be gone, and no funds will ever appear, as that is not how real purchases are done.
You can list the phone as a fixed-price item with no Make Offer option. That will enable you to set the Immediate Payment Required option, so that no one can snatch your item off the market without actually paying you for it first. At that point you would be okay to ship (note that Signature Confirmation is required for sales of $750 or more), but you still run the risk of a bogus empty-box or damaged-item claim upon delivery.
Sellers with low feedback counts and big-ticket, high-scam items are a scammer's dream, and you will hear from many of them. You're really better off selling that item locally for cash. No one halfway across the country or halfway around the world has a pressing need for your phone. There are plenty of others over there.
