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Yesterday I relisted a camera that I wanted to sell after a time waster from Australia who supposedly had agreed the price on the 27th Jan26 but had not paid the price to ebay so there were no funds in my account.

He wanted me to post it to an address in the U.K. when I told him that ebay had advised me not to send it as no monies had been paid, I have heard no more from this seller.

Yesterday I relisted my item and this morning I received an offer of £1 less than the price that I wanted, the buyer came from Canada this time but wanted it delivered to a U.K. address the same as the other buyer, and like the other buyer had no previous history and had only just become an ebay member.

Has anyone else been scammed like this and why can't ebay do anything to stop this happening ????

trua_uk_upsk8cpkp

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Posted 6 months ago·Last reply 6 months ago

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*vyolla*

Mentor6 months ago

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If international buyers are using a UK delivery address, which may be a freight forwarding company, then this isn't unusual.

However, you're taking a big risk selling that top dollar camera anywhere unless the payment is cash on collection, which you can't do via eBay.

trua_uk_upsk8cpkp

OP6 months ago

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I was not going to post anything until the money for it had definately been paid into my account and verified by ebay Sent from my Galaxy

61stephenuk

Mentor6 months ago

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As you are a new seller it's likely eBay will withhold payment until the item has been delivered or at least 14-30 days

*vyolla*

Mentor6 months ago

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@trua_uk_upsk8cpkp wrote:
I was not going to post anything until the money for it had definately been paid into my account and verified by ebay Sent from my Galaxy

The payment can still be reversed.

tressygirl

Mentor6 months ago

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Are you sure these international buyers are not using a UK forwarding Company?

Has eBay sent you a message to send the item to a UK address, then everything's is above board.

If these buyers are asking you to send to a different address than that which eBay have provided on the order details, then yes, you ignore this, and block the buyer from returning to your sales.

Add their username ID here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bmgt/BuyerBlock?

Just be sure as above, this is not a UK forwarding Company a UK address confirmed to you by eBay on the order details. As then, it's perfectly safe to post, you are liable only to send as far as that UK address eBay provided, and no further.

@trua_uk_upsk8cpkp

trua_uk_upsk8cpkp

OP6 months ago

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Hi Tressygirl, thanks for that info, it's not just a foreign address and a UK postage address which was in both cases, one being in Australia and the other in Canada, it is also the case that in the first instance he told me that he had paid the amount that I had asked for into my ebay account. On checking with ebay I found that nothing had been paid into ebay so I asked again about the payment he assured me that he had paid his money and that once I had posted the item then ebay would pay the money into my bank account. I did not believe that, so I contacted ebay again and spoke to an agent who checked and said that the buyer had definately not paid anything into my account and that he was lying and not to send it. I relisted yesterday and shortly after another buyer who came from Canada this time and provided another U.K. address offered me £1 less than my buy now price, so I spoke to another agent and he told me it was more than likely to be another scam. Thanks again for your info, take care 😀Sent from my Galaxy

papso22

Mentor6 months ago

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Buyers don't pay into your account, they pay ebay who will eventually release the money into your account.

However if you received no notification from ebay that the buyer had paid, they had not paid.