Private feedback buyer, are they scamming me?

petejames77

Hi I wonder if anyone on here can help me. I've just sold my playstation on ebay and its the first time I've used the site to sell something in years. I'm now worried I'm being scammed. First of all the buyer's feedback is set to private (I didn't even know this was a thing), their bids were automatically placed, the postcode on the bidding page is different to that on the invoice which lists delivery to a storage locker. I've read innumerable scare stories since the auction ended about people ripping off sellers and getting automatically refunded by ebay. I'm not in a position to weather such a loss and end up out of both the money and the item so I'm wondering whether I might be best just cancelling the order and taking a feedback hit. To top it off I've listed Shutl one day delivery, fully intending to drop the parcel off at a UPS pickup point as soon as payment was received, the buyer then waits a full day before paying for the item after the drop off window has closed. This means if I did go through with the sale and post it tomorrow morning, the item will arrive after Monday (what with the weekend not being classed as a working day, as far as I can figure out from endless googling) and ebay has listed the item should arrive by Monday. The whole thing just seems supicious to me and its stressing me out. Anyone with any similar experience with some advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the interminable post!

soolin

petejames77 wrote: »

Hi I wonder if anyone on here can help me. I've just sold my playstation on ebay and its the first time I've used the site to sell something in years. I'm now worried I'm being scammed. First of all the buyer's feedback is set to private (I didn't even know this was a thing), their bids were automatically placed, the postcode on the bidding page is different to that on the invoice which lists delivery to a storage locker. I've read innumerable scare stories since the auction ended about people ripping off sellers and getting automatically refunded by ebay. I'm not in a position to weather such a loss and end up out of both the money and the item so I'm wondering whether I might be best just cancelling the order and taking a feedback hit. To top it off I've listed Shutl one day delivery, fully intending to drop the parcel off at a UPS pickup point as soon as payment was received, the buyer then waits a full day before paying for the item after the drop off window has closed. This means if I did go through with the sale and post it tomorrow morning, the item will arrive after Monday (what with the weekend not being classed as a working day, as far as I can figure out from endless googling) and ebay has listed the item should arrive by Monday. The whole thing just seems supicious to me and its stressing me out. Anyone with any similar experience with some advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the interminable post!

I'll try and cover your points in turn:
1) some buyers like private feedback, it can be a sign that they wish to hide certain comments that might be accusing them of 'whatever', but sometimes it can just be that they misunderstand what going private means.
2) the difference is addresses doesn't matter, all that matters is that you ship to the address given in paypal and as long as it shows 'OK to send to'
3) delivery estimates are taken from the date buyer pays, so the clock starts when they pay, not from the date of sale.

petejames77

Ebay has delivery down as Monday, which I assume will be missed as I can only conceivably post it in the morning. The buyer paid an hour after the drop off window closed today, so I would have thought ebay would take into account next day delivery would be Tuesday since the weekend isn't classed as a working day. The buyer has over 2000 positive feedback all postive as it seems buyer's can't be given negative feedback, but as there's no comments I'm unable to know if they're reliable, and the web seems to be full of scams for buying fake feedback. I'm probably worrying too much after reading too many accounts of seller's getting ripped off, but this is the difference between me putting food on the table for the next two weeks or qeueing down the trussell trust.

petejames77

Also the buyer has no seller feedback, says information will be available when this member receives at least 10 detailed seller ratings. Which seemed odd to me that you'd have all that feedback but you've no selling feedback. I'm probably just being bonkers I know.

soolin

petejames77 wrote: »

Also the buyer has no seller feedback, says information will be available when this member receives at least 10 detailed seller ratings. Which seemed odd to me that you'd have all that feedback but you've no selling feedback. I'm probably just being bonkers I know.

Saturday is not a posting day on eBay so if you have one day dispatch and the buyer paid today then I don't understand why delivery shows as Monday. Are you sure you haven't got same day dispatch showing?

petejames77

I chose Ebay Shutl 1 day delivery and said in the ad I'd post as soon as payment received. On the ad itself it says under service, Express Delivery Shutl 1 day, and under delivery estimated within 2 working days. Then when I go to print a postage label it say your buyer is expecting to receive this order by Monday, 4 June 2018. Now the buyer's messaged me asking where the tracking info is.