Zero feedback buyer bidding on iphone

[peteranyakay]

I listed a used iPhone and within a couple of hours received a bid but it is from a buyer with Zero feedback which makes me suspicious. I was going to cancel the bid but I thought I’d check first as to how to verify the authenticity of buyers and/or if they’re linked to PayPal. So how do you verify a buyer and is the recommendation to message the buyer too to try and determine if they’re genuine. Thanks

[john1297576]

And what do you propose asking your bidder "are you genuine" and they will answer "of course not I am a scammer". Be realistic, you should set your bidder/buyer requirements to exclude most of the time wasters and scammers.https://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/buyer-requirements.html

Fraudsters are most unlikely to have a Credit Card loaded or have a Paypal Account. Commonsense also comes into it, any unusual requests should ring warning bells.

[tobiasd4]

We all started at zero.

You MUST change postage method to RM special delivery, normal post only covers up to £20, RM won't pay out if there is a problem if you use wrong service, you can't change postage cost now you have bid, so will have to pay the extra yourself.

When you have a buyer, log in direct to paypal (not via link) check payment & address.