Is this safe ?

[rippling]

Putt iPhone on eBay and a guy from turkey with 150 feedback at 100% wants to buy it but wants me to declare value as 100$ to avoid the huge taxes in turkey he will pay with paypal ofcourse ?

 

[andicole0]

Putt iPhone on eBay and a guy from turkey with 150 feedback at 100% wants to buy it but wants me to declare value as 100$ to avoid the huge taxes in turkey he will pay with paypal ofcourse ?

No, ignore anyone with conditions of sale.

Andi.

 

[rippling]

What could go wrong he is taking the risk with phone getting lost in shippping and only being declared at 100$ value ?

 

[andicole0]

I would just do a check to see where the most ebay scams come from

Andi.

 

[RobH]

If you only declare it as $100 and it does get lost then you could have problems trying to claim. eBay/PayPal will likely side with the buyer and you'll be out of pocket.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

PayPal require a tracked form of delivery. IIRC, if the buyer says it didn't arrive then you have to prove otherwise.

This can be hard with UK based couriers (e.g. Royal Mail) because, although they trace packages, once it's in the hands of the country's own postal service they effectively class it as "delivered". The problem comes with then proving who signed for the parcel as you'd have to go through the country's own postal tracing service, or use an international courier (which will be more expensive).

In short: It's not worth the hassle.

 

[KIA]

Keep all sales of expensive items to within the UK.

 

[Maccy]

I wouldn't, would only send to the UK and with people with positive feedback.

 

[AbsenceJam]

I wouldn't, would only send to the UK and with people with positive feedback.

And make sure you use a tracked method with insurance.