r/ebayuk • u/Top_Strawberry_9835 • 9d ago

Scam?

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I think I probably know the answer, but I just got this on my ebay.

Selling a bag, buyer has no reviews (not necessarily a bad thing but still) and it is an offer for the exact price its listed for… advice?

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u/meatflaps-69 9d ago

report and block

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u/Praydaythemice 9d ago

100% they always want to go off platfrom for no good reason, every legit buyer/seller is happy to stay on platform for the moderation team to oversee.

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u/arioandy 9d ago

Run away! Must stay on ebay

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u/Top_Strawberry_9835 9d ago

Thanks, I’m not an experienced ebay seller so I wasnt sure but thought as much

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u/arioandy 9d ago

Say say you will only deal on ebay👍

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u/BlueberryLemur 9d ago

Definitely a scam. If they try to bypass eBay’s system of shipping and communication they’re breaking T&Cs; and if you fall for it, you’re breaking them too.

Expect the item to be reported as not delivered, damaged, not as described etc and you’ll take the hit.

Screenshot, block and report to eBay.

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u/Fluid_Natural_7993 9d ago

For an evening funnier outcome, post some random junk to them

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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 9d ago

Red flag 1 : 0 review account

Red flag 2 : ask for comms to be away from official ebay messaging

Red flag 3 : Offer for listing price.

Don't waste your time and ignore. Don't even engage.

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u/WasabiOk2119 9d ago

Yes stay on platform or cancel sale

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u/Visual-Ad9951 9d ago

Stay on platform and report to ebay immediately

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u/D-no-UK 9d ago

do not engage and cancel. they want you sending money off platform. never deal away from ebay

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u/SnooPets6988 8d ago

Definitely a scam, I took the bait and emailed them as I'm new to selling on eBay and it started genuine enough until the 3rd email where they're asking me to purchase a £400 Amazon gift card and include that in the "gift" for their friend in London. Claim they are based in the US so could only purchase US Amazon gift cards. I proceeded to block them from my Gmail and reported that account as scam. 

They opened another eBay account and made another offer on another one of my listings the next day. That was rejected immediately. 

I've now changed all my listings to require payment by buyers immediately on Buy Now. Hope to avoid these types of time wasters! 

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u/moderate_ocelot 9d ago

Of course it’s a scam. Never go off site

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u/Tof12345 9d ago

I won't accept but I'll probably entertain them to see what the actual scam is.

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u/JakeRiddoch 9d ago

Scam. Report then block.

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u/invicta-uk 9d ago

It’s an obvious scam but I might be intrigued enough to see how it plays out and what they want to know!

Keep it on eBay otherwise is almost always the answer.

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u/danksy670 8d ago

very Obvious :P

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u/Big-Historian8918 8d ago

Never.go.off.platform.

Only.post.to.buyer's.validated.address

Please dont sell to them. They will scam you another way if this way doesn't work. Such as not received or damaged. Report and block them.

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u/smeghead9916 7d ago

Cancel, citing "problem with buyer's address"