Star Wars Lego 75101 First Order Tie Fighter - custom display stand only $11.50 watching | Sell your stuff on eBay UK and you are selling to the world. It’s a global online marketplace, where sellers can make their fortune and buyers find a good deal. Unfortunately, it’s also a magnet for scammers. We’ve scoured internet forums for eBay fraud and scams on sellers. Here’s what you have to look out for. A number of sellers reported this scam. You list an item in your home country, and it’s snapped up by a buyer. But then the buyer says they’ve paid more so you can send it to another country (several sellers said Nigeria). They also ask for your PayPal email. Sellers said they were then contacted by ‘PayPal’ asking for more personal financial details. Many smelt a rat at this point, but here’s what happened to one naive seller who followed through. Someone buys your item through PayPal, and like the good eBay seller you are, you pack it up and send it to them as quickly as possible.
So quickly, you forget to use a service with delivery confirmation. The scammer then tells PayPal they never received the item. If you can’t prove you sent it, PayPal will take the money back and refund them. As one report of this scam puts it: “There is nothing the seller can do other than learn a hard lesson.” So make sure you have delivery confirmation. How much would you pay to stop a bad review? 1000+ VOTES SO FAR This is basically blackmail. The buyer asks for money - and threatens to leave you bad reviews if you don’t pay up. A seller’s reputation is everything, so they’re hitting you where it hurts. You can find out more about feedback extortion, and how to report it to eBay here. You send off your item to a successful buyer. But the next thing the buyer tells you is it got damaged in the post - or wasn’t what they expected at all. If you ask them to return the item for a refund, they send you their old junk and threaten to give you a bad review if you complain.
One seller reported sending new black boots, but the buyer complained they were used and green: “He returned his old green boots and got a new pair in exchange, and PayPal gave him a full refund.” You can cover your back by documenting your delivery like this seller. And alert PayPal as soon as there is a problem. The good news is the chance of fraud is low. An eBay spokesman said : "eBay has more than 149 million active global users engaged in transactions across 50,000 unique categories. At any given moment, over 800 million listings are offered for sale on eBay globally – with the overwhelming majority of listings on eBay coming from honest and law-abiding sellers. "Criminals have learned the hard way that platforms like eBay are vigilant and proactive in fighting fraud. As a result of improved protection technologies, we’re seeing that criminals are avoiding the well-lit sites like eBay and moving to darker corners of the Internet that are more difficult to monitor.” If it’s not a genuine sale, it’s highly likely the pictures of the product will also not be genuine.
If this is the case the fraudster will most likely have copied them from a genuine eBay seller or from somewhere else online. With your mouse, right click on the image and chose “copy link address”. Cut and paste this into your web browser and review the results. This will show if there is another eBay seller using the same image or if the same goods are for sale on another site using the same image. If they are and the sellers and price are different, it’s a scam. Although eBay is known for a bargain, if the price looks too good to be true, it probably is. Compare the price of the goods for sale to similar goods for sale elsewhere on eBay. If there is a remarkable difference, think carefully before proceeding. Where the sale is not genuine, you usually find there is little information about the goods being sold. So message the seller and ask more questions and see how they respond. Also, ask for more photos. This often catches fraudsters out on eBay as they won’t have them. Don’t be fooled by the “positive feedback” percentage displayed below the seller’s name.
Fraudsters on eBay open an account and buy lots of small items to build up this percentage. If you click on the seller’s name, you can review this feedback. If you find that it is all from sellers (as opposed to people who have purchased from them) it is highly likely that you are dealing with a fraudster. This statement is of course unfair to those genuine new sellers. So I should say it is not always a sign of fraud. If the seller does not display their contact details, avoid them. Also, keep all communications within eBay’s messaging system. How to sell on ebay eBay deals and voucher codes 3 secrets of super-smart bidders Meet Britain's oldest eBay seller This student made £30,000 on eBayWEEKLY FEATURED Batman/Superman/ Aquaman/Wonder Woman 12 inch Figure - Assortment ID: 1092678 Bey Blade Single Top Wyvron ID: 1095289 Baby Born Nappies ID: 1006751 The Wiggles Figure Pack ID: 1023826 Lonestar Wicke Western - Peacemaker ID: 1022658 Lets Go Fishing Game ID: 1094270 WEEKLY FEATURED Super Spud Gun ID: 1022662 TY Beanie Boo Clip - Gilbert The Pink Giraffe ID: 1097917 Catch The Rings ID