eBay drama
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 19:56 last edited by
So I rarely sell on eBay, usually needs to be worth something for me to bother.
But I'm selling my son's old mouse and keyboard because the few dollars they'll fetch is worth it to him and, you know, learning experience and all.
So I got an offer for $7.99 for his keyboard which is fair. In the note they guy sends me his phone # and says he has a question.
We go back and forth with a basic question and answer then he sends this:
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 19:57 last edited by
Winner!
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 19:57 last edited by
I said no politely, of course.
Here's the question, I still have his firm offer through eBay that I need to respond to.
I'm thinking I should reject it since he's a scammer that doesn't want my keyboard anyway so will likely claim some issue when it arrives.
Agreed?
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 19:58 last edited by
Agreed.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 19:59 last edited by
Great learning experience for boy-nyc for sure!
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I said no politely, of course.
Here's the question, I still have his firm offer through eBay that I need to respond to.
I'm thinking I should reject it since he's a scammer that doesn't want my keyboard anyway so will likely claim some issue when it arrives.
Agreed?
wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:08 last edited by@jon-nyc said in eBay drama:
Agreed?
Yup. If he hasn't paid in 48 hours, despite his message, he'll get a "non-paying bidder" flag on his eBay account. Of course, he can open another.
Also, for your protection, never communicate via email, text or any other way outside of ebay's messages. That way there's a record if there's a dispute.
I sold a Mac a few years ago, and the buyer left me positive feedback saying all was working fine. Two weeks later, he messaged saying that the computer won't boot. Of course, I had no idea what he might have done to it, so I refused his request for a refund. eBay sided with me. All of our communications were through the ebay portal - that saved my ass.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:08 last edited by
But, but... this is the guy. Lots of positive feedback.
https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/painscape
WTF?
George weren't you saying something about it being difficult to leave bad feedback?
Is it more likely this guy got hacked? Hence the 'send it to Florida'?
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@jon-nyc said in eBay drama:
Agreed?
Yup. If he hasn't paid in 48 hours, despite his message, he'll get a "non-paying bidder" flag on his eBay account. Of course, he can open another.
Also, for your protection, never communicate via email, text or any other way outside of ebay's messages. That way there's a record if there's a dispute.
I sold a Mac a few years ago, and the buyer left me positive feedback saying all was working fine. Two weeks later, he messaged saying that the computer won't boot. Of course, I had no idea what he might have done to it, so I refused his request for a refund. eBay sided with me. All of our communications were through the ebay portal - that saved my ass.
wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:10 last edited by@George-K said in eBay drama:
Yup. If he hasn't paid in 48 hours, despite his message, he'll get a "non-paying bidder" flag on his eBay account. Of course, he can open another.
This isn't a bid, it's an offer. I have 2 days to reject or confirm.
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@George-K said in eBay drama:
Yup. If he hasn't paid in 48 hours, despite his message, he'll get a "non-paying bidder" flag on his eBay account. Of course, he can open another.
This isn't a bid, it's an offer. I have 2 days to reject or confirm.
wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:11 last edited by@jon-nyc said in eBay drama:
@George-K said in eBay drama:
Yup. If he hasn't paid in 48 hours, despite his message, he'll get a "non-paying bidder" flag on his eBay account. Of course, he can open another.
This isn't a bid, it's an offer. I have 2 days to reject or confirm.
Ah, that's different. I try to avoid "OBO" sales.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:13 last edited by jon-nyc 12 Jul 2020, 20:14
Still, shouldn't I reject? Seems the likelihood he claims some problem on the receiving end are quite high.
But then, look at his legit purchases.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:16 last edited by
Couldn't you out-scam the scammer? Tell him that you'd be happy to send the gift card, but sadly there's a processing fee of $20 that he needs to pay via Western Union to release the gift card. Or something.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 20:23 last edited by Mik 12 Jul 2020, 20:24
Just reject it. Despite his reputation, this is clearly a scam. Also report it to eBay.
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Couldn't you out-scam the scammer? Tell him that you'd be happy to send the gift card, but sadly there's a processing fee of $20 that he needs to pay via Western Union to release the gift card. Or something.
wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 21:28 last edited by@Klaus said in eBay drama:
Couldn't you out-scam the scammer? Tell him that you'd be happy to send the gift card, but sadly there's a processing fee of $20 that he needs to pay via Western Union to release the gift card. Or something.
I could trade my time for his. But it's not worth it.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:30 last edited by
Turn it over to EBay, they should have a standard procedure.
If they are any good they know this guy.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:32 last edited by
This is clever. THere's actually no way to report him.
You can report buyers but he didn't buy yet. SO I can't get through the report screen.
I can report a seller or an item.
I can't report a bidder.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:34 last edited by
I assume his "offer" was not through ebay, but an email/text.
Ignore.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:41 last edited by
No it was a proper eBay offer, I still could accept it. He just put his phone number in the offer message:
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:48 last edited by
Yeah, but the message you posted about the gift card wasn't through ebay was it?
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:55 last edited by
Right. I went ahead and texted him.
But the $7.99 offer is a real offer (as far as eBay is concerned).
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 22:58 last edited by
My bet is Jon doesn’t respond but is just curious at this point.
For me the lesson for the kids is that it’s the Wild West out there. I think with improvements in social engineering it will get increasingly hard to know who’s legit especially with all the partial attention we give to everything.
Just last night I had to remind someone very close to me again to not click on that legitimate looking link but rather go to the website itself to follow up on an issue that was presented.
It’s so easy to get people these days, we get the best of the best at work all the time by enticing them to click. I know one person who has been subjected to three education sessions as a result of falling for stuff we do and it’s not even work related.