EBay question

antijoke

antijoke

antijoke

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no joke here, just a question.

Selling something on eBay and the current highest bidder is someone from France with zero feedback and I’ve just got a message asking if I’ll ship to him, now I didn’t list no international shipping so that’s on me, but what would people do in this scenario?

The item isn’t cheap (circa £100) and I’ve already had to relist due to a bot buying it last time, so thoughts?

Politely tell him no?
 
i would tell him no if it were me but i dont do international and especially to 0 feedback but that is just me.
 
block low feedback and international buyers.

account -> site preferences -> buyer requirements

"Have a primary delivery address in a location I don't post to"

also tick "Apply above settings to active and future listings"
 
If you use the global shipping programme then you only have to get it as far as the uk depot then eBay deal with the rest, so I think so long as they receive it in one piece it’s their responsibility beyond that.

I think...
 
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You can’t block low or zero feedback, only -1 or worse,

If you really don’t want him bidding, cancel his bids and add his user Id to your block list,
 
Thanks for the tips, I’ve changed account settings now and I will also look at that global shipping option for any future listings if I ship abroad.
 
eBay over the last year just seems horrendous for scammers and time wasters. I decided after the last issue with a buyer in November that I really won't be selling on there again. I sold an item at ~£400 which he claimed was faulty and didn't work, started to then send abusive messages at me and then when a refund was given (forced through by eBay) he told me he wasn't going to return it and left me negative feedback! After hours of calling eBay they finally refunded me the money, removed the negative feedback and blocked his account. Earlier in the year I sold something else and the buyer then expected technical support because he didn't know how to set it up. After hours of emails and sending config files he claimed it was faulty and returned it, eBay couldn't help me when I got it back and it worked. Another instance (ironically to France) I was selling an amplifier on behalf of my neighbour who repairs/services this sort of thing, the buyer claimed it didn't work and so I offered to pay for a repair and to send it to my neighbour and I'd cover the cost. I later found out that between all this he'd been in contact with my neighbour asking about repairing an amp with this particular fault, he then sent the working amp that I'd sold him back to me and the faulty amp to my neighbour for repair, so I'd guess he had planned to swap them round and send back his faulty one, didn't work like that for him though and any costs incurred my neighbour just added to his bill for the repair!

[/rant] So my advice would be to not send it!
 
just send it international signed for, even if you have to pay the extra £5 yourself it will be worth it as you will be protected by Ebay then
 
I prefer selling to international buyers as it removes the non-delivery scam issue. Once it reaches eBay facility you are done. Still the risk of "not as described" but that is the same with UK.

I think international selling is actually much safer. Sent £450 of lego to Italy without a hitch.
 
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