I did a bit of research and learned you can list up to 50 items without any listing fees, so the zero selling fee offer was very tempting. Every few days I’ve been receiving emails from eBay saying I could list up to 5 items with zero selling fees. The evil buyer ends up with an authentic bag that they can then turn around and sell to make a lot of money while the poor seller ends up with a fake bag.Īfter listening to YT’s harrowing eBay tale, I’ve been very reluctant to list anything on eBay, especially anything of true value. eBay has been tempting me, though. The evil buyer mails a fake bag back to the seller and keeps the real bag. Ebay instructs the buyer to return the bag, then they will be reimbursed. When the bag arrives, the evil buyer tells eBay they received a fake bag. YT said in order to avoid that, a lot of sellers are now videotaping themselves boxing up the item and sealing it inside the post office or UPS, even going so far as to film themselves handing it over to a post office associate.Īnother scam is where the evil buyer purchases an authentic bag from an unsuspecting seller. In other words, they try to make the seller look like a scammer, basically accusing the seller of mailing out an empty box. One of those scams is where an evil buyer will purchase an item on eBay, sign for it when it’s delivered, then claim when they opened the box it was empty. YT went on to share several scams that are taking place on eBay these days. If I’m remembering correctly (it has been a while since I watched the video) YT said the buyer ultimately paid PayPal back the money she had scammed them out of because she was at risk of being blacklisted and never allowed to purchase on eBay again. With the buyer having had the bag for over a month, she feared the condition the bag would be in, if it was returned. During that time when everything was still up in the air, she was worried the buyer would mail the bag back. I guess if the funds have been withdrawn, maybe they charge the seller’s credit card…not sure how that works.Īfter daily phone calls to PayPal over the space of a month (YT said she was often on hold for up to 50 minutes each time) she finally got her money back.
Scammers know they are protected via Paypal, so when they dispute a charge PayPal pulls the funds back out of the seller’s account. Upon her return, she found an email from Paypal stating the buyer was disputing the purchase via Paypal claiming she had not made the purchase. While away, as most of us would, she purchased a few new items for herself with the money she had received from the purchase of her bag. She shipped the bag to the buyer before leaving. YT travels a good bit and she had an upcoming trip planned. YT said she and the buyer had great conversations/messages via eBay’s messaging system and came to an agreement on a price. She said she was contacted by an eBay user/buyer who loved the bag and had a few questions. YT had listed a beautiful Valentino bag for sale on eBay. If you want to watch the video, just type, “I Got Scammed on eBay” into the search box at YouTube and it should pop up. While I was procrastinating, I tripped across a YouTube video where the YouTuber (let’s call her YT for short) was describing how she was nearly scammed out of a very expensive handbag she attempted to sell on eBay.
This past spring I had gathered together a few items I was thinking about listing, but I just kept procrastinating, not wishing to take the time to take photos or sit down to fill out all the info for the listing. That was so long ago, I don’t think I was even blogging back then, so it’s probably been over 10 years since I last listed anything for sale on eBay. At that time, I would purchase silver flatware sets, pull out the pieces I needed (like iced teaspoons) then relist those pieces I didn’t need. The last time I listed anything for sale was many, many years ago when I was finishing out my silver flatware collection. I’m truly thankful eBay exists because I’ve purchased a number of things there over the years that I simply could not find anywhere else.ĭo you sell on eBay? I very rarely ever sell on eBay. I may go months and not shop there at all, but occasionally if I’m looking for an item that’s no longer being made or sold in stores, I’ll search for it on eBay. Do you ever shop on eBay? I tend to shop on eBay in spurts.
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