What would you think?

[dirk12955]

Had a buyer hit me for 5 BINs overnight.  Total for 5 orders is about $20.00

Same guy on all 5 listings,  Same name & Address

He bought each listing with a different account  5 sales,   5 different user names.

All 5 accounts were created within the last  few hours,  dated 3/31

Each of the 5 accounts user names are nonsense,  a mixture of letters and numbers almost 

appear to be comuter generated.  

I've been selling for 18 years and this is a first.   

[dirk12955]

Forgot to mention, He paid all 5 orders thru Paypal using the same email addy for each order.

[loveyourimagination49]

They are buying as a guest.

[flyerfandan999]

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@dirk12955wrote:

Each of the 5 accounts user names are nonsense,  a mixture of letters and numbers almost 

appear to be comuter generated.  

I've been selling for 18 years and this is a first.   

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That's because they ARE computer generated!  🙂

That's what a "Guest" account looks like from the Seller's end.  Nothing to be worried about, double-check in PayPal that you did in fact receive the payment, then ship 'em out and go on to the next thing.

[myboardid]

Those are guest accounts.  Ebay always gives them nonsense names.   He probably didn't know how to use  them to buy more than one item.  Do NOT combine shipping on them, ship each order separately.  Otherwise you will be open to claims of Item Not Received. 

[dirk12955]

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@myboardidwrote:

Those are guest accounts.  Ebay always gives them nonsense names.   He probably didn't know how to use  them to buy more than one item.  Do NOT combine shipping on them, ship each order separately.  Otherwise you will be open to claims of Item Not Received. 

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Well all right!    Never would have figured that out on my own.      

Old Dog can be taught a new trick,    THANKS!

[*eponymous*]

@myboardidI thought new accounts also have computer-generated usernames that can be changed by the user.

@dirk12955  Does OP have buyer requirements set to disallow sales to a buyer who has fewer than X number of feedbacks and has purchased X number of items and during the past 10 days?

If not, OP could let the buyer know about combined shipping discounts and that they do not need a separate username to make multiple purchases from the same seller.

It's a darned shame that eBay is so complicated to use for new buyers!  Most simply bypass the site and go to amazon!

[newview]

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@*eponymous*wrote:

It's a darned shame that eBay is so complicated to use for new buyers!  Most simply bypass the site and go to amazon!

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yep ... I'm gonna havta agree with that. Overly complicated and confusing.

From Search, to Cart, to Purchase ... it's like eBay has programmed it to fail.

[dirk12955]

All taken care of. It was free shipping and less than $20.00 total, All is good.

Now for the important stuff. Leaving for Cleveland and going to the Rock and Roll HAll of Fame for the umpteenth time.

Thanks again everybody.