Top 10 Rules for Successful Selling on eBay - How to Avoid eBay Scams by Buyers

[@geekelly000]

I’ve learnt something new again. I didn’t know about the filter for buyers with low feedback scores.

[@saraf8356]

Thank you for tip number 1. That’s really what I needed to hear! I have been freaking out selling and you’re right about getting over it and moving on. You gave me reassurance. Thank you again!

[@user-hm6bh9ng3e]

Have you sold anything yet? Did it go well?

[@ccww9]

Yes, in the US the postal service either throws your packages from a roof, or play sports games in the sorting room. It is ridiculous the damages to our packages. And no one really cares. They just shrug you off at the postal service when you complain. This is especially true with items like vinyl records. I will no longer buy records on ebay. I will only buy from companies that know how to package them. I had a record shipped to me from Germany to the US in a single thin layer cardboard record mailer. I mean at best there was like a 20% chance of it making it to me with no damage. What are these sellers thinking? It gets ridiculous. I miss out on so many records I want to purchase because of mediocre packaging and crap postal service.

[@ilanjuarez6359]

I sold a new tv with bubble wrap and everything and usps somehow managed to break it and I had to refund the tv

[@Joshmakey12]

Today I listed an item got 3 offers $20 to $30 above my asking price saying they were interested and call them more about it and send them my pay pal i turned off best offer because scammers will take advantage of it

[@lukitube986]

Joshmakey12 yes someone tried to scam me on my first listing

[@foopington]

holy shit just realized someone did this to me even though they have like 60 reviews

[@coxyofnewp]

So, with pay pal and credit card - having payment reversed at later date 1) why reason can they give to do this? 2) do their credit company question them about it, or is it an easy scam to do.. -Also what happens to the item, is it legally the buyers or the seller. Who is held accountable for the return of it. What if the buyer says a week after receiving - claims it broken. If you paid for recorded delivery, can you claim for the insurance even though the buyer signed for it? Also can you do a more in depth vid explaining all these, as there is a lot or grey area..

[@jeremytravis360]

I sometimes mark thing with an invisible marker and take a photo under a uv lamp which I don't put in the listing. Also a picture of the serial number helps.

[@tastyDungeon]

This is neat advice. But let's say someone tries to return a product to you, how do you go about it? Do you tell them to just send it back to you for review and pay back the customer until you reviewed their refund?

[@drewby613]

I’m selling a car to guy who is “in the Navy,,” and he wants to send a “carrier agent” to pick up the car. I’m supposed to pay him by PayPal, and he is resolutely claiming he can’t provide a bank check. Who buys a car sight unseen? Doesn’t pass the smell test. Thanks for this video! Now I understand exactly how this guy is trying to scam me.

[@MrClean-kw3yb]

I'm selling a Nintendo Switch Lite to a guy who's a "marine" he wants me to include a $300 dollar apple gift card in the package to send to his siblings in Mississippi because it's their birthday. He also wants me to use PayPal

[@AidenCoutts]

How can we stay safe when selling one off expensive items e.g. a laptop. What's stopping the buyer from getting a full refund from eBay and saying it wasn't in the box even if you get a signature on the tracking.

[@lovelyletter7460]

I’ve personally found that best offer feature had been more trouble than it is worth and I’ve removed it from my listings. I’m a new seller - I get an offer, I accept it and then the “buyer” never pays and leaves me hanging for days. I have to wait for 4 days before I cancel for non payment and relist. Pain in the arse.

[@fireside9549]

I only sell things between £5-£15. Never track anything, I probably get one "not delivered item a month" out of 500-600. Saves me a lot of money on signed for or tracking. Plus don't do auctions.

[@halforma1]

An excellent review of selling on eBay. It raised an important point on switching out broken items and returning the broken item while keeping the working item you shipped. The scam cost me £730... An expensive bump in the road, but most buyers I have found are genuine. Overall you do get the best prices on eBay, but there is a potential catch if you get a dodgy buyer..

[@TheVanillatech]

This happened to me a long time ago, never used eBay since. I sold a motherboard which was barely 2 months old, but even still I air compressor cleaned it before shipping. All accessories unopened etc. I'd simply upgraded to a different platform from a hand-me-down a rich friend offered me, so my almost new board went on eBay. It sold, and 2 weeks later I got it back in the mail - only it wasn't my board. Same model etc, but filthy and I MEAN FILTHY and with bent pins on the socket. eBay sided with the buyer, as did PayPal, and I was £120 out of pocket. Luckily, after some careful investigation, I realized that the scammer was using a womans address with a different name, out of London, and I managed to figure out the address of the person who actually bought the item with their account. We paid them a visit.

[@kinglizardo9909]

@@TheVanillatech damnnn what did u do when u found them 😳

[@TheVanillatech]

@@kinglizardo9909 Nothing I can talk about here, friend.

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

I had a similar encounter, it was someone I knew who stole something from my store and he lived 30 minutes from my house I went to his house and I told him he stole something from me and I knew he did it I even had proof so he told me he wasn’t gonna do it, I went to the police and was about to file a small claims court well the next day he returns the item as was not damaged and gave me money for the item and then I gladly rung him up and made the sale 🤣

[@seanf4124]

Got a question for everyone, as I'm new to selling on ebay. If I get an offer and it's from a buyer who's only been signed up for 1 day on the site, that's a major red flag, right? Thanks ahead of time.

[@SomeOne-wi6xr]

Obv it is never do that

[@rosie6441]

Yes that’s a very bad sign they created that acc because there other accounts are getting kicked off or they saw your listing and want to scam you

[@abbyluxemburg8968]

I absolutely love this channel!

[@andrecroker882]

What if you are selling something that you would send digitally? Like an exclusive code.

[@michalkocis8934]

I never sold anything on eBay before. I only have about a 50 x 5 stars rating as a buyer... I wanna sell Sony Xperia 1 iv ( item over 1000 pounds value ) What would you recommend to me. Where to sell it reasonably an over 1k and ALSO I won't even open the box when i receive it from O2 ... listen where would u sell it? :(( How is the safest no chance to lose item way brother .. Please help

[@infinite_azure_]

Have you sold it yet?

[@ebaylistinginfo]

I do the same with the "best offer" settings. I use it to filter my buyer first, before to accept any offer ;)

[@MrThe1234guy]

What if you sell 1 oz of gold and the buyer claims you sent 1 oz of silver?

[@MrRedpHat]

Record yourself packing expensive products for your defense.

[@m_i_g_5108]

@@MrRedpHat nope, that isn't enough. I've been reading a lot about scams. Video recordings without any cuts in between still didn't help many people! :/

[@GDNM502]

@@m_i_g_5108 What do you recommend?

[@connorfrost2804]

I was going to sell something but the payment was on hold so I was a bit scared of sending it off

[@graphosxp]

I recently bought an item on Ebay. I received it fine and I'm very happy. But my account say I still haven't "received" the item! I left positive feedback but that didn't correct the status as delivered. Is there some setting I'm missing knowing about? The seller left me back positive feedback so I'm assuming Ebay has paid the man.

[@connorfrost2804]

Do you know any other sites what doesn’t use PayPal and will go straight to my account?

[@almostcontrary2483]

I have a question and would like your advice if you would please help me. I bought a lot ( bunch ) of new and used rubber stamps from someone on eBay. It was a auction or bidding buy on 70 plus rubber stamps. The shipping was $13.65 dollars (US) and my bid was $25.00 dollars. It was sent with insurance on the items. My problem is when it arrived the box was badly ripped and 7 or more stamps are missing. I contacted the seller and she filed the paperwork at the post office but said it would take awhile for the claim to go through. She offered to refund me some monies now so I don’t have to wait on the claim from the post office. She asked me to tell her what I thought was a far amount to refund me. The amount I think is far is, 2.52 for the missing stamps (70 ./. 25= 0.36 , .36x7=2.52) and the shipping cost of 13.65 , the total refund I am asking for is $16.17 dollars. As a selller do you think that is far? Or should I wait for the post office claim? I am fairly new to buying stuff on eBay and have never had this happen before. Oh, and the items that are missing can’t be replaced. Do you think this is fair? If not, what would you request as a refund? Thank you for your help in this matter. MC

[@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews]

It sounds reasonable to me. Ask the seller and see what they say

[@kaydee934]

I got scammed almost 500 euros when I tried to sell my laptop on ebay..Wish I heard point 2 earlier...

[@allinthemind2006]

the 99% comment is wrong. since ebay’s fascist rule changes a few years back ive been scammed about 1 out of every 7 sells

[@Miss-320]

😳 that’s awful. :( Im a small seller (100 items from my home) I’m by no means Amazon and i was scammed twice last week! This quarantine no phone support is really take us for a rude awakening. 😕😒

[@Jonezy896]

Can I ask a question if someone emails you can I do fast pay what do u say

[@mcal3602]

Thank you for your tips

[@fourtoes412]

Great advice!!!!

[@JohnAbuklau]

What about a buy whos a private seller, I have this guy buying my camera but hes a private seller but he has over 6K+ scores and no negative reviews about him so I can't really see the feedback.

[@josuemarbach]

thank you!

[@rickm6232]

I'm from Canada. it costs me to track an item $14.00, to make sure thet got it. How can I sell $5-$10 with $14.00 tracking? I have sold 2 sports cards and the seller claimed they didn't receive it. i charge $2.99 to ship a card under $20.....but if I charged $14.00 tracked. they wouldn't have bought it.

[@andiman45]

thats the conundrum of living with our postal system. You could accept the risk as people scam you as thats what it is or not accept people with little feedback and review their feedback. OR you can do what I do and the majority of my sales are now on FB marketplace. Fuk fees, fuk paypal, fuk scammers EMT is our friend...

[@Naztalgic]

Love your channel just discovered you about two weeks ago. Great content :)

[@Joshmakey12]

have a auction on eBay for a 2017 MacBook Pro 13 have a bid for 650 I also have another listing of the same laptop for 950 with 170 views with best offer should I stop the auction I'm worried it might not go well he is based in Russian federation he has been member since 2011 with 56 positive feedback should I cancel the auction and keep the fixed listing with immediate payment to reduce the chance of shady people trying to scam me on auction format or keep the auction until the item ends with that 1 bidder or if I get higher bids?

[@lukitube986]

Joshmakey12 I would stop the auction

[@howtoeverything699]

Number 3 = best tip thank you

[@johnlongback2614]

Ebay absolutely sucks balls. I’ve gotten scammed multiple times, and they don’t even care in the slightest. ITS MADDENING

[@FlightSim2703]

You forgot to bring up seller's main fraud, Ebay knows abut it, because Ebay still make money and by staying on fraud seller's side if a buyer doesn't want to get after seller, here how it goes; after we order the items, and pay for it, immediately we get the messages from Ebay the item is shipped, but there is no tracking numbers, so our money stays in Ebay, and seller's account until the process for not delivery is finalized

[@mohdfitrivansnoah974]

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[@ianeverson5694]

I got a very good offer from an account with 0 reviews and the account was made today, is this most likely a scammer

[@SoggySwampWater]

Can they scam you if you don’t accept returns🤞

[@wolfchase2337]

Yes. You just won’t get your item back.

[@SoggySwampWater]

@@wolfchase2337what?? so they get their money back and u don't get ur product back!!?

[@jeffreyepstein4310]

@@SoggySwampWater no returns protects you, I've never had a problem since I've used no returns

[@tiger_1_3_1]

Thx!

[@honkymonkey9568]

buyers don't have negative feedback

[@abethegamerful]

They do as a seller you have the option of leaving feedback to your buyers

[@pineappleroad]

@@abethegamerful unfortunately eBay only allow sellers to leave POSITIVE feedback for buyer’s

[@Johnhasa1]

Ok, I'm just gonna sell stuff i got for free at this rate.

[@dragondudenv]

lower the camera, good video but the gap between the top of your head and the top of the video is killing me xD idk if its just me. lol maybe it is.

[@econrith]

Not going to ever sell anything of great value on ebay!

[@andiman45]

FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE is my NEW friend along with EMT