Why would a legitimate buyer set his feedback to "private"? What is he hiding? Something is very fishy.
Our Ebay stores have encountered major problems with many if not most of these buyers, such as attempted extortion of partial refunds under threat of leaving fake negative feedback; cases inexplicably opened just one or two days after orders were placed; puzzling cancellation requests; returns demanded months after the return privilege had expired; or dozens or even hundreds of harassing messages.
We always look for red flags in order to avoid dealing with criminals and weirdos. Private feedback is one of them and invariably results in a block. These lowlifes are never worth the trouble, at least in our experience.
Heck, we blocked a creep today who demanded to see a coin in its PCGS holder because he did not trust us. Yet, we are supposed to trust him, an anonymous total stranger with almost no feedback? He is probably a crook himself, hence his paranoia and projection.
Some fellow coin dealers refuse to sell on Ebay due to the plethora of scammers and wackos. But our screening process dramatically reduces interactions with such undesirables.
Curiously, our biggest spending customers NEVER set their feedback to "private". Or give us a hard time in any other way.
