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Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: kitty
Date: July 2, 2019, 4:33 am
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I have a friend who has sold an item on eBay via "buy it now" by
a buyer from Bulgaria. She has it listed as collection only but
this buyer has told her she'll send UPS but needs her address to
book the courier. The buyer has asked her to send an invoice
before she pays. The buyer has over 500 reviews, all positive
but something in both our guts say to just cancel this and
relist. Is it a scam?? If so how does this work?
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Re: Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: Teapot
Date: July 2, 2019, 4:42 am
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Whats the item? Value?
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Re: Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: kitty
Date: July 2, 2019, 5:17 am
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It was a telescope. She had a buy it now at £56 but they sell
new over £170. Told her to re-list and that the BIN price off!
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Re: Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: doc
Date: July 2, 2019, 6:01 am
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--- Quote from: kitty link ---
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> I have a friend who has sold an item on eBay via "buy it now"
by a buyer from Bulgaria. She has it listed as collection only
but this buyer has told her she'll send UPS but needs her
address to book the courier. The buyer has asked her to send an
invoice before she pays. The buyer has over 500 reviews, all
positive but something in both our guts say to just cancel this
and relist. Is it a scam?? If so how does this work?
>
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very strange , I would stick with the collection only part if
its listed that way
also check the reviews on the buyer and make sure its not just a
lot of items for 5p
Could also be a hijacked account where they are using someone
else's paypal details to pay for a courier and get the items
sent elsewhere, yo might actually be doing someone a favour by
cancelling it.
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Re: Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: Alf Razzle
Date: July 2, 2019, 7:07 am
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HTML https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/PayPal-Fraud-UPS/qaq-p/27015161
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Re: Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: kitty
Date: July 2, 2019, 7:43 am
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--- Quote from: Alf Razzle link ---
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HTML https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/PayPal-Fraud-UPS/qaq-p/27015161
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Thanks for that. I tried to search but was possibly being too
specific in asking about Bulgaria!!
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Re: Ebay scam or not?
DIR By: kitty
Date: July 2, 2019, 7:44 am
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--- Quote from: doc link ---
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> very strange , I would stick with the collection only part if
its listed that way
>
> also check the reviews on the buyer and make sure its not just
a lot of items for 5p
>
> Could also be a hijacked account where they are using someone
else's paypal details to pay for a courier and get the items
sent elsewhere, yo might actually be doing someone a favour by
cancelling it.
>
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I tried to show her how to do that but it would not let you look
at the purchases!!
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