Hi, is it safe to ship to Algeria?

[shaf_obai]

I have a buyer asking if I will ship to Algeria, but I am not sure if it is safe enough to do it... what do you think? 

[pixiesen2012]

safe in what way?

[shaf_obai]

As in what chance is there of my package disappearing, not being delivered, me being scammed etc.

[m25jet]

With regards to the question as to the chances of the package disappearing/not being delivered I would say there's a very high chance of that at the moment, given the current delays in post being delivered and the restrictions that have recently been imposed on flights from the UK to overseas destinations owing to the coronavirus. As for the risk of being scammed I would say that there is a good chance that you could end up getting scammed, as all the buyer would need to do would be to open an Item Not As Described case, even if the item had reached the buyer undamaged and was exactly as described in the ad, and eBay would automatically decide the case in the scammer's favour. Therefore, if I were still selling on eBay my instincts would be to hold off of selling to international buyers for the time being. I certainly wouldn't sell a mobile phone on eBay, as that's just like asking to get scammed.