Ebay experts help needed

[jazzielady]

First of all, let me start by stating that I am a total neophyte at Ebay.

I had 2 ipads, 1 wi-fi, 1 wi-fi +3g, 1st gen that I listed together and immediately got an offer from some tech company. That order was sent out right away. They offered enough money to cover the cost of a new 64 GB wi-fi + 3g.

OK, so far so good. I bundled a bunch of accesssories together for the 1st gen. ipads and listed them for sale. I immediately received 2 offers for my buy it now price, both from Nigeria. I had specifically stated in the ad that I would only state to the US.

Am I right here in suspecting a scam? I hate to lose the potential profit on the buy it now sale, but don't want to get sc#@$ed either.

I've relisted my auction and so far have no bids, but 10 watchers.

Am I obligated to honor the first Buy it Now sale, even though it was out of my shipping area? Will I get stuck with negative feedback for my very first sale?

 

[robinb]

OK, so far so good. I bundled a bunch of accesssories together for the 1st gen. ipads and listed them for sale. I immediately received 2 offers for my buy it now price, both from Nigeria. I had specifically stated in the ad that I would only state to the US.

Am I right here in suspecting a scam? I hate to lose the potential profit on the buy it now sale, but don't want to get sc#@$ed either.

I've relisted my auction and so far have no bids, but 10 watchers.

Am I obligated to honor the first Buy it Now sale, even though it was out of my shipping area? Will I get stuck with negative feedback for my very first sale?

I would not send to this person since your Terms of Sale says no international buyers. I would return their money and then email eBay if you receive poor feedback. In the future you can block buyers from certain countries: http://answercenter.ebay.com/thread...812&mod=1298333934245&anticache=1300111001722

 

[jazzielady]

Just spoke to Ebay Customer service. They've been getting a lot of reports of Nigerian scams and were very glad I called.

 

[robinb]

Good luck selling the rest of your stuff!

 

[IdesOmarch]

Also, where it says no international shipping, I would add in the actual description in bold, SORRY I DO NOT SELL OR SHIP OUTSIDE THE USA AND WILL NOT ACCEPT BIDS......etc., etc. I had someone buy from Canada, wasn't a scam, but they paid immediately and the shipping costs were set up for USA, it cost double that to ship to Canada, so I basically lost money on that one. I haven't had any problems with international bidders once I started putting that in bold in the actual description part of the ad.

 

[Carl]

There is no way I'd accept an order from Nigeria. They seem to be able to turn ANYTHING into a scam. Remember when cashier's checks were a secure and safe form of payment. Not any more.

 

[IdesOmarch]

Weird thing happened to me once. I got a "cashier's check" from nigeria based on something I had on ebay. They didn't even win the auction, but sent it thinking I would blindly send the package (I guess) I took it to my bank and told them the situation and I thought it was a hot check etc., but wanted them to check it out, they did and it was fraud. But being in Africa, nothing much they could do.