Forums Forums Wirral Information Law And Your Rights Is this ebay scam

Check http://profiles.yahoo.com/usernamegoeshere and see if the there's details of the account Then run the account through pipl and see if you get more info that way. If the name turns out to be different from the one that shows up on various profiles it might just be a hijacked account.

i relisted item, and it sold within 5 mins, and now i get this email,

i want to pay for the item so that you ship tomorrow please you can contact me for payment via my email address (*********[email protected] )

thanks for that exo, this persons user name was set up today

Good stuffs.

Maybe you where selling to cheap? To sell so quick would indicate a price mismatch?!?

am just chatting on live chat with ebay now

i have to wait untill 26th to open a case of unpaid, and i carnt relist item, as i have a limit of £300 per month and its at £300 due to these 2 idiots

Something that everyone seemed to of missed is that you don't click buy it now and then start asking questions about the item. When you buy it now you are agreeing to buy the item not enter negotiations.

Don't know about a scam but sounds like a pair of tools!

had this happen to me last year whilst selling a blackberry check out the buyers id to see when they joined, if its today then its a scam, it happend to me so i got in touch with ebay and they cancelled the transaction and blocked the person on ebay. they didnt have any feedback or previous selling/buying history. hope this helps. x

10000% scam,can tell by the broken english,put the id on blocked bidders list now

both joined today, and both set up there email addresses today, ebay are no good, they wont help, i was on phone to them and kept getting cut off, ebay will not take any action.
some how the emails i received from so called buyers, did not go through ebay message folder, so i dont know how they contacted me.
the best thing was i got email asking me to pay the £150, and send item and money to address in surrey, yea right and i would do that

when you relist the item im sure you can select somewhere only bidders that have a buying history and good feedback can bid for the item. its annoying i know i had about 3 different people do this to me for a blackberry earlier in the year.x

change your paypal password,i get these all the time as i sell on ebay

yes you can, but i never thought on, doh

I carnt relist now, as £350 limit a month is maxed out.

changed it and changed my email address on paypal as well.

Maybe I should.nt poke my nose in , but here goes. Put item on ebay, sell in 15 seconds = perfect result! Maybe there is a case to say you haven't asked enough for the item or should have had a higher BIN price.Why is there a panic about a scam because you got an email.You can easily check their feedback. When the item is sold ebay will send you the address of the buyer and you can check it up on Google maps and even go to street view and look at the house they live in. I've sold quite a few items on ebay and not been scammed yet. If they have asked you to post it abroad that may be dodgy but otherwise I can't see the reason for the panic. Do you ever think maybe you should have kept your opinions to yourself - I just couldn't help it. It would be interesting to see how this works out.