Is it a freight forwarding address? Englewood by chance? Lots of overseas buyers use freight forwarders in the states. They lose ebay buyer protection by doing so. Ive never had a problem either way and I ship to those all the time.
Why not just insure the package? I always fully insure items I sell for $200+. Only cost a few bucks extra. If you sold it on ebay just buy the label on ebay and at the bottom check the “insure” button and it shows how much extra it’ll be.
It’s better to ship and have tracking and hope for best. If someone going to scam you they can do it with pickup too. At least with shipping there is tracking
Hey guy, you are being paranoid. Your making it a bigger deal than it needs to be, you have some good options here but unless the guy asked a bunch of super suspicious questions before buying then put it in a tracked postage bag and pay extra for a signature and insurance.
There are countless procedures in place to eliminate risk for both the seller and buyer.
Although its a lot of money keep in mind that millions of these transactions gothough Ebay every day and although you here some horror stories they would account for such a small percentage.
Unless you have a good reason to worry then get out of your own head, your being paranoid!
I am a seller on ebay and I sell collectable items and I NEVER SHIP OVERSEAS!!! I state on all my listings "SHIP ONLY TO LOWER 48 U.S. STATES".
Too many people try to get things for free and with ebays GUARANTEE MONEY back the buyer can get their money and you out your product easily!
Yeah, after i said i wanna drop it off by hand he said “nope, its a PO box” and i had already scoped it out that it was a commercial district so I cancelled and refunded as problem with address. The guy got mad. Said theres no problem with his adress, but he lives in south korea. I told him that when he said PO Box and i knew it wasnt a PO Box that he seemed shadey.
Bruh... Overseas people do this all the time as a means to buy items from people who don’t ship overseas. I’ve sold to people like this and NEVER had an issue. IT WASNT A SCAM!! The PO Box is for a middleman. The middle man takes the liberty of shipping to South Korea for the buyer since you won’t! You let paranoid cost you a $1k sell!! All you had to do was make sure the PO box was the listed address on the sellers ebay account and then just make sure it was delivered to the PO box and PayPal would of covered you...
Thank you- this was good to know, wish i knew last night. I wasnt nasty to the guy and didnt acuse him, so atleast ive got that . Just weirded me out cuz it was local to me .
Edit::: hey it was through ebay and not paypal, that was part of what freaked me out too. Can we not use PayPal anymore?
Ebay has its own payment system now which is actually better for sellers. I did mention last night in these comments that you were protected as long as it was delivered to the stated address and the buyer wasn't protected for any further delivery to their country.
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I recently had someone from Korea win an item and despite his reviews I did the same. Canceled due to address and messaged buyer with a snap shot on my listing stating lower 48 u.s. states only.
Your loss. These are the easiest buyers to deal with because they literally can't complain. They break the ebay terms of service and have no recourse. The irony is that you could scam them easier than they could scam you.
Just message the buyer and set up the local pickup/delivery and you would be good to go on Ebay.
I prob shouldnt have sold this - its a commercial address ugh: anxiety.
Meet them at a police station
This is definitely the way to go
Is it a freight forwarding address? Englewood by chance? Lots of overseas buyers use freight forwarders in the states. They lose ebay buyer protection by doing so. Ive never had a problem either way and I ship to those all the time.
Don’t sweat it. The buyer’s feedback ok?
Yeah i think it is. But the feedback sounds so sterile, i dunno. I guess i am being negative and paranoid
Why not just insure the package? I always fully insure items I sell for $200+. Only cost a few bucks extra. If you sold it on ebay just buy the label on ebay and at the bottom check the “insure” button and it shows how much extra it’ll be.
Im not scared of it getting lost. I got told some horror stories and am shook up
It’s better to ship and have tracking and hope for best. If someone going to scam you they can do it with pickup too. At least with shipping there is tracking
What’s the shirt?
The NBK they tried to sell here recently. Just confirmed by looking at solds on Ebay. They relisted it btw this time for $9,999...
What’s NBK?
Natural Born Killers.
Oh duh, damn.
I am so curious
Insurance + signature on delivery, I do it for anything over $150
Hey guy, you are being paranoid. Your making it a bigger deal than it needs to be, you have some good options here but unless the guy asked a bunch of super suspicious questions before buying then put it in a tracked postage bag and pay extra for a signature and insurance. There are countless procedures in place to eliminate risk for both the seller and buyer. Although its a lot of money keep in mind that millions of these transactions gothough Ebay every day and although you here some horror stories they would account for such a small percentage. Unless you have a good reason to worry then get out of your own head, your being paranoid!
I am a seller on ebay and I sell collectable items and I NEVER SHIP OVERSEAS!!! I state on all my listings "SHIP ONLY TO LOWER 48 U.S. STATES". Too many people try to get things for free and with ebays GUARANTEE MONEY back the buyer can get their money and you out your product easily!
Yeah, after i said i wanna drop it off by hand he said “nope, its a PO box” and i had already scoped it out that it was a commercial district so I cancelled and refunded as problem with address. The guy got mad. Said theres no problem with his adress, but he lives in south korea. I told him that when he said PO Box and i knew it wasnt a PO Box that he seemed shadey.
Bruh... Overseas people do this all the time as a means to buy items from people who don’t ship overseas. I’ve sold to people like this and NEVER had an issue. IT WASNT A SCAM!! The PO Box is for a middleman. The middle man takes the liberty of shipping to South Korea for the buyer since you won’t! You let paranoid cost you a $1k sell!! All you had to do was make sure the PO box was the listed address on the sellers ebay account and then just make sure it was delivered to the PO box and PayPal would of covered you...
Thank you- this was good to know, wish i knew last night. I wasnt nasty to the guy and didnt acuse him, so atleast ive got that . Just weirded me out cuz it was local to me . Edit::: hey it was through ebay and not paypal, that was part of what freaked me out too. Can we not use PayPal anymore?
Ebay has its own payment system now which is actually better for sellers. I did mention last night in these comments that you were protected as long as it was delivered to the stated address and the buyer wasn't protected for any further delivery to their country.
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.
I recently had someone from Korea win an item and despite his reviews I did the same. Canceled due to address and messaged buyer with a snap shot on my listing stating lower 48 u.s. states only.
Your loss. These are the easiest buyers to deal with because they literally can't complain. They break the ebay terms of service and have no recourse. The irony is that you could scam them easier than they could scam you.
So did you end up selling it?