Ebay item sold - bit worried...

cyberbob

mrscmr wrote: »

H Diana

just wanted to say..please take care wth overseas buyers as Ihave had problems wwith USA buyerr when selling my iphone. in the end sold to a collection only buyer so i could see the whites of their eyes before i parted with it and made sure they were happy too.!
good luck with ebay... there is a 10 a day ebay challenge thread if you want to join.
mrscmr

Overseas buyers are no more problematic than UK ones so thats a little bit of a generalisation.

As long as you have done research with any selling will minimise risks.

Mobile phones are risky things to send abroad as there is no insurance and tracking is sometimes patchy. I never sell mobiles abroad you can get good prices in this country. When selling mobiles anywhere make sure that you have your seller preferences set tight no oversees bidders, those with 3 strikes excluded etc. Put as much detail in the listing. Take a note of the IMEI number an photograph well.

Scammers will target newer ebayers selling phones. Any messages asking you to send to different addresses should just be refused/ignored. Make sure you send the item via the most appropriate service with enough insurance(normally special delivery)

Remember to follow correct procedures to be covered by Paypal Seller Protection. Link HERE (Sorry its my own post)

FloFlo

US buyers are a pain in the bum and yes thats a generalisation due to the numptys that use ebay. Most other countries in Eastern and Western Europe (apart from Italy - pain in the bum too) are actually on the whole easier to deal with than some UK buyers.

Diana_Prince

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

US phone buyer will turn out to be an Nigerian working in America who wants the phone for an invisible realitive in Nigeria.

You were bang on!!! I've got emails saying payment received and approved - checked my paypal account and no money in there!!

Then email from buyer saying send the phone to Nigeria!! Hahaha!!

What do I do now?!

Diana_Prince

Hello Friend,

How are you doing today?Hope cool..am sorry for the late response due to some circumstances.......Just to let you know that the payment has been made via paypal plus the funds is already out of my account awaiting to be credited in your account as soon as paypal confirm the shipping number from you so kindly proceed with the shipment to the address given to you in Nigeria via Royal mail int'l signed for this afternoon and get back to paypal with the shipping number in order to release the money in your account cos am purchasing the item for my business partner as a gift and i promise to leave a good feedback after the end of the transaction.

Below here is the postal address again:
Mr Amos Savage I.
4 Tonade Street,
Off Medical Road,
Ikeja,
Lagos-State,
Nigeria.
23401.
Regards.
Mr Allan Nelson.

This is a copy of the last email from 'buyer' - Hope it helps!! Please advise what I should do!

FloFlo

Contact ebay through there help pages, forward the email to them.

Do not reply to the emails just relist your phone and make sure you change your preferences in your account and auctions to state UK only, special delivery.

Diana_Prince

Thank you. I have sent through a transaction request to open a case - although I don't think this will do anything. I have emailed customer support to report the user.

I changed my settings yesterday! Thanks for your help!

Brooker_Dave

Diana_Prince wrote: »

You were bang on!!! I've got emails saying payment received and approved - checked my paypal account and no money in there!!

Then email from buyer saying send the phone to Nigeria!! Hahaha!!

What do I do now?!

Report the scammer to ebay, and offer the phone to the runner up bidder, assuming they are not Nigerian crooks as well.

FloFlo

Make sure on day 8 you open a non paying bidder dispute so that you get back your final sale fee.

Brooker_Dave

FloFlo wrote: »

Make sure on day 8 you open a non paying bidder dispute so that you get back your final sale fee.

OP should get fees back when crook bidder is narued.