Ebay member creates an ID today then instant pays. Red flag?

[chrisco37]

I've actually bought items recently on eBay (after a many year hiatus). My feed back was (is) low. If I BIN'd an item, I paid right away. I don't see the problem.

 

Usually people complain when they don't get paid. Who complains about getting paid immediately?

 

[Gunnz]

I've done that.... I'm not a scammer.... I'm broke now though.

[MetalPSI]

 

I must have really freaked people out when I first started

[Chip Cataldo]

eBay & Paypal require Signature Confirmation for all sales over $250 so you qualify for Seller Protection.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

[sd2416]

eBay & Paypal require Signature Confirmation for all sales over $250 so you qualify for Seller Protection.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

 

Ive never had to get a sig on sales over 250.00

[W16227]

eBay & Paypal require Signature Confirmation for all sales over $250 so you qualify for Seller Protection.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

 

Ive never had to get a sig on sales over 250.00

 

 

Chip means for seller protection - sellers do get some level of protection - but there are some requirements. I won a case recently because of this.

 

Quick edit for clarity - you would need to add signature confirmation on a $250+ sale - or they might not give you the full "seller protection" - this is not automatic, but always a good idea on high ticket items anyway. Combine that with insurance - and have the most protection you can get as a seller.

 

 

Also sold a hulk 182 to a first time buyer on ebay - no issues

 

 

I believe that now buyers have to pay right away on a BIN (not an offer or auction) - so this would not trigger any red flags for me.

[dupont2005]

I thought I had new eBayers blocked but someone with zero feedback just won one of my auctions. I noticed because of course as soon as the auction ended I started getting huge red flag messages from the buyer

 

It's only a $15 item though so what's the worst that could happen?

[NTHstars]

Someone earlier mentioned that insurance provides its own signature confirmation at a certain dollar amount. Here is the USPS language.

 

"Insured mail provides the mailer with a mailing receipt. No record of insured mail is kept at the office of mailing; however, the USPS maintains insured delivery records for a period of time. An item insured for $200.00 or less receives a delivery scan. An item insured for more than $200.00 receives a delivery scan and the USPS obtains the recipient’s signature as the delivery records. Customers may obtain a delivery record by purchasing additional services; see 6.0 for details."

 

To me, this isn't saying an item worth more than $200 gets signature automatically, it's saying an item insured for more $200 gets one.

 

Yall agree?

[Chip Cataldo]

It's also not a signature by "THE" recipient, it's by "A" recipient.

 

If you want a signature by "THE" recipient only, then you have to do the registered restricted delivery method.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

[sd2416]

 

 

I believe that now buyers have to pay right away on a BIN (not an offer or auction) - so this would not trigger any red flags for me.

 

I think there is a box to check when listing that says "require immediate payment with BIN".

 

 

[Dr. Balls]

I'll just echo what some other boardies have said: cover yourself and send it out. Could be a scam, could be a new user - there are things that help protect yourself, spend a couple bucks extra and use them for peace of mind. If something happens, it will be inconvenient, but you'll be covered - all part of doing business.

[W16227]

 

 

I believe that now buyers have to pay right away on a BIN (not an offer or auction) - so this would not trigger any red flags for me.

 

I think there is a box to check when listing that says "require immediate payment with BIN".

 

 

Not any more - (at least this is how my account is set up, advanced stores may have more options) .

 

You do have a "rules" option that allows for combining payments for purchases (this is a requirement for setting up rules for shipping discounts). I actually just found this so I do not know how well it works in practice for BIN. Since someone cannot

 

On best offers - they can accept your offer (or I could accept theirs) - and then they do not have to pay right away AND I can send a combined invoice. This works with auctions too.

 

You can still create a "shopping cart" from a seller - but I do not know how this handles combined shipments. I do know that unless you hit the BIN and pay - they can still sell it to someone else even if added to a shopping cart. So not really "bought" at all until payment.

 

 

 

 

 

[creeps]

It's very possible the buyer stumbled across your Ebay listing while searching the internet for that book. He may have joined Ebay just to buy it. I have a few new 0 feedback buyers every week and I just assume that is what happens. Never been a problem for me.

[slym2none]

I am still trying to figure out the OP's problem here...

 

 

 

 

-slym

[NTHstars]

As the post states in the beginning, there is no problem. I hope that continues to be true.

 

I asked the experienced sellers and buyers here what the potential scams or pitfalls could be involving a buyer with zero feedback who created their accounts the same day as a purchase.

 

Not assuming a problem, just trying to show due diligence to cover my rear.

 

Comments have been extremely helpful and I do appreciate it.

[slym2none]

(thumbs u

 

 

 

-slym

[Wall-Crawler]

I once had a buyer create his account on the same day, bid on a few items and even chose a user ID as identical to mine has he could get.

 

I shut down those bids and blocked the buyer. I would not have done that had he not chosen a user name nearly identical to mine but that just seemed too "fishy" to me.

[jop]

I don't haven't had any issues regarding comics on EBAY but recently had my Samsung Galaxy S5 for sale and had many 0 feedback bidders and many whose accounts had just been created the day before or were from countries i had never heard of....

 

No idea what the game was on it i kept cancelling the bids from those accounts and finally sold it to a somewhat local anyway....but it did seem very odd