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I've put a load of the other half's handbags up for sale on ebay.
Despite putting 'post to UK only' I've had 2 separate enquiries from europe; one from Spain and the other Croatia.
Should these be trusted or are they likely o be some kind of 'try and get the money back fraud' is it possible for them to recall funds from paypal after the transaction is complete?
Decline politely. I had one from Cape Town for some Hope brakes I sold recently, it was good english and all sounded above board, but I said no as I couldn't find anyone that would provide a tracked and insured postal service (admittedly I didn't try that hard!)
If they won't be difficult to shift then why risk the extra heartache 🙂
We get this all the time. It doesn't matter how many times you write on it UK ONLY, someone from South Africa, Croatia or Israel always responds. The best one we had was a request to ship a huge Thule roof box - to Australia!
Avoid like the plague.
Had someone from Finland "win" one of my auctions, despite will not post outwith UK all over listing. He even wanted to haggle down my £3 postage as he worked it out at £2.40.
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I sell to international buyers all the time and I know for a fact that it adds between 10% and 20% to the final value. I know this because I track the next highest UK bidder on all my transactions to see the effect.
I sell mostly bike items, nothing more than a couple of hundred pounds at most, and average transaction is around £50. For this kind of money, international bidders are not looking for postage fraud, i.e. when they claim not to have received the goods. If you were selling high value items, like cameras or something then yes you should be wary, but it is easily countered by simply using a fully trackable postage service which the Post Office can offer and it's relatively inexpensive. Last time I used it I sent a wheel to spain for £18
In general though fraud is an issue on eBay the majority of people buying are honest buyers; it's the basic principle that makes eBay such a success. You stand to benefit by selling to overseas buyers.
If you're still not convinced, then simply don't make the listing visible to overseas buyers. You have to allow them to see it otherwise it won't appear in any overseas listings. The only way someone outside of the UK could see the item would be if they were viewing via ebay.co.uk and even then, I don't think you can actually create an account on ebay outside of your home country.