I've been on Ebay a while and have a solid feedback score. Just recently I have lots of issues with people winning bids and then not paying so re-listing etc...Anyway....i've got a Tag Heuer Watch on auction and its attracted a number of bids.... The current highest bidder has zero feedback and joined ebay 6 days ago when I started the listing!Just worried I'm going to get scammed...can I refuse to sell to these people if they win?
Think you can just cancel their bid if you like? Remember doing that the last time I had some camera equipment on there.
I think theres a setting where you can block 0 rated buyers
He may have been lurking waiting for the right watch then joined.
Send him an email and have a chat .
He may have been lurking waiting for the right watch then joined.
Send him an email and have a chat .
Sold an expensive bass guitar during lockdown and shipped it to a 0 feedback buyer.
It was fine. The bloke paid, got the bass and I never heard from him again.
I was pooping bricks that the cash would just evaporate out my PayPal account. I now say no sub 10 feedback buyers.
Surely people have to buy something at some point to get feedback? So if you block everyone who has no feedback, they can't get feedback, and so the whole of eBay collapses?
Just because someone has just signed up doesn't automatically mean they are dodgy - everyone has to start somewhere!
It was fine. The bloke paid, got the bass and I never heard from him again.
I now say no sub 10 feedback buyers.
after such a terrible experience, I can see why.
Give people a chance.
But be careful too.😉
ask them to contact you to gauge how responsive they are or arn't tell them you will cancel their bid if no response. Remember we all had to start at Zero feedback once
I've left plenty of buyers their first feedback, mostly ok, got to start somewhere. If they've paid by PayPal, have a verified address, shipped with tracking you are pretty safe. Sometimes you don't hear from them and they don't pay, just relist and move on.
I would be cautious about selling a big ticket item to an unknown, but everyone has to start somewhere.
My first transaction was a complete disaster. I bought some toys from s seller in the USA. Then I couldn’t get PayPal to work due to security encryption issues. The seller was fine because I kept them informed about the problems I was having. But I could understand how it looked from the other side.
If they’ve paid by PayPal, have a verified address, shipped with tracking you are pretty safe.
None of that helps when the buyer can request a return if the item is "not as described", and then ebay obliges you to return the money as soon as the tracking shows you got the box back (as I found out, the first time I tried to sell some high-value electronics).
everyone has to start somewhere!
But not registering on the day an expensive watch just happens to catch their eye. I would avoid just in case - it's not worth the risk.