Big Ticket Card: eBay Seller Advice

[J-Yo]

I just watched a video on this the other day. I think the biggest takeaways is cover all your bases, take pictures of everything and send it with a signature required confirmation. I hope the seller is in the U.S!

https://youtu.be/6hlDkbzObNQ


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[robw1959]

Originally Posted by J-Yo

I just watched a video on this the other day. I think the biggest takeaways is cover all your bases, take pictures of everything and send it with a signature required confirmation. I hope the seller is in the U.S!

https://youtu.be/6hlDkbzObNQ


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Thanks for the video. It really isn't relevant to my situation, since it speaks to the buyer getting scammed, not the seller, and isn't recent enough to cover the eBay managed payments situations that may arise these days. Can you imagine a seller shipping an item to themselves and thinking they are going to fool eBay that way? Just a silly scam.

By the way, the buyer does live in the U.S., but I don't think pictures would be helpful since they don't necessarily portray the truth. For example, I could package my card, buy a tracking label, affix the label to the package, push it halfway through the Postal drop-box, and take pictures of every step of the process. But if I pull the package out and keep the contents, what do the pictures really prove? For that matter, even a signature for the delivery doesn't prove receipt of the item purchased; it only proves that the box got there.

[ullmandds]

I would exercise caution. I have a friend who sold a tag heuer watch on ebay...sent it off. Buyer claimed it was fake which triggered ebay/paypal to get my friend to refund money. Then buyer claimed he never received it and my friend got screwed out of the $$$ and the watch.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I would exercise caution. I have a friend who sold a tag heuer watch on ebay...sent it off. Buyer claimed it was fake which triggered ebay/paypal to get my friend to refund money. Then buyer claimed he never received it and my friend got screwed out of the $$$ and the watch.

How could he file a claim it was fake and a claim that he never received it? I know eBay is buyer friendly, but that seems ridiculous.

[ullmandds]

ya sounds bizarro...this is the story my friend relayed...I DO know he lost both the money and the watch.

[painthistorian]

send it express mail, pack it in FRONT of a postal worker at the post office, show them the card and record it on your phone, insure the package for the full amount, if he makes a claim as empty, you are insured and the contents was witnessed by a government employee...

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by painthistorian

send it express mail, pack it in FRONT of a postal worker at the post office, show them the card and record it on your phone, insure the package for the full amount, if he makes a claim as empty, you are insured and the contents was witnessed by a government employee...

If this doesn't work I don't know what will.

I don't sell much but when I do it's to people I know and trust, people here that someone I know vouches for, or I consign it. I just don't want to risk completely losing a higher end card to an ebay scammer.

[J-Yo]

Originally Posted by robw1959

Thanks for the video. It really isn't relevant to my situation, since it speaks to the buyer getting scammed, not the seller, and isn't recent enough to cover the eBay managed payments situations that may arise these days. Can you imagine a seller shipping an item to themselves and thinking they are going to fool eBay that way? Just a silly scam.

By the way, the buyer does live in the U.S., but I don't think pictures would be helpful since they don't necessarily portray the truth. For example, I could package my card, buy a tracking label, affix the label to the package, push it halfway through the Postal drop-box, and take pictures of every step of the process. But if I pull the package out and keep the contents, what do the pictures really prove? For that matter, even a signature for the delivery doesn't prove receipt of the item purchased; it only proves that the box got there.

Sorry Rob I meant this one! My bad, go to 3:55

https://youtu.be/hEeHDCWV_Ps


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[Jim65]

If the buyer pays you are obligated to ship. If you're ok with the possible negative feedback and the strike on your account, then cancel if you're that uncomfortable.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Jim65

If the buyer pays you are obligated to ship. If you're ok with the possible negative feedback and the strike on your account, then cancel if you're that uncomfortable.

I think a $2000+ item is worth the neg and the strike. If it happens, it happens.

[maniac_73]

I would cancel as well. Its not like its a tough card to sell. Only deal with reputable buyers at that level

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

I would cancel as well. Its not like its a tough card to sell. Only deal with reputable buyers at that level

Cancelled. It's a done deal. I will either offer it here or consign it.

[carolenny]

I sent an 18K gold ring to a guy in Dorchester MA. He had a few postitve comments. His name BTW is Tam Tran. Shortly after he received the $500 ring, he asked to return because it was too small.
Soon after I pulled from my PO box a plain envelope with a return address from Quincy MA. From Tony Lee
Inside was a broken rubber vacuum belt, nothing else, with a tracking number attached. No signature required.

Soon after that, ebay refunded his money because he uploaded the tracking number. He did, in fact, get a refund.

When I questioned ebay they gave me my money back because I had required a signature and he had not used my offered seller paid return policy.

They told me the refund to the customer came out of ebay's pocket. ???
I still have the envelope and vaccum belt. US mail fraud comes to mind. But this guy got away with it. They refunded his money before even talking to me, as soon as he put in the tracking number.
Today I sent out a card valued at $145 to a buyer with zero comments. You bet I put a signature required, insured shipping on it. With the recent rise in
card values and publicity attached, I'd be VERY leery to send such a valuable card.
Best, Lenny

[toledo_mudhen]

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