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Is this eBay buyer trying to scam me?
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Congrats on your marathon! Thanks for all of the valuable info (new reseller here).
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
thank you!
@albertcsanchez263
4 ай бұрын
Now It's the seller that it's doing scam now they have a Venezuelan group doing scam so how they took all my money the get my email through the eBay account and they send me a couple of emails to star a wire transfer for a truck that I bought I told it was from eBay and they took 26,600 eBay is not the work I will like to know how they get my email address through eBay
I really think I had this exact same buyer on a similar product. Wanted tech support help like this and they never tried to do return, just did a charge back on their credit card. Worst case scenario because I never got the item back, and eBay just yoinks the money from your account… annoying!
Definitely a scam! Also thanks for showing about vacation mode, I was curious about handling travel in the future.
Thanks for the “Bundt” tip. New one for me.
These scammers just go straight to their banks and claim charge back disputes through them. They don't open disputes throught eBay orcontact the seller or eBay. I had a couple buyers try this route but unfortunately for them I keep records.
Really enjoy your videos Justin! In my limited experience of selling on eBay actively this past year, a scammy buyer opening a payment dispute has been the best possible situation for me as a seller. I made a sale for a basic item, right after purchasing, the buyer messaged me asking me to ship them a higher end version of the same item (weird). When they received the item from the listing, they opened an INAD with eBay, and eBay shockingly sided with that scammer giving them a refund and not requiring them to return it ($350 item). Right after I got the email from eBay stating they sided with the buyer, the buyer opened a payment dispute also, which gave me a 2nd shot. When a payment dispute is opened, eBay bows out and closes the case. I submitted all the photos in collages (to allow me to show them more than the 5 photos they allow for upload), all messages, everything. The payment institution sided with me and although I never got the item back, I got to keep the funds from the sale. I've only had this issue and 1 more false INAD, and weirdly enough, BOTH of them spoke the same broken English. Make of that what you will...
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
Thank you! Sounds pretty familiar...
@da1writer1985
4 ай бұрын
Strangely this happened to me too. 15 years never having a problem selling stuff on ebay and got my first scammer this year. I sold a perfectly functioning item (tested before shipping) and the buyer within two weeks disputes it as defective. I even troubleshooted what might be the problem, buyer ignored me, and ran to ebay to say I wasn't issuing a refund. Got forced to issue refund, ebay bowed out and closed the case, my item never got returned. I even bought labels outside ebay to help and buyer still never returned. Contacted ebay and they simply said the buyer will always take precedent over the seller and I should have immediately gave them the refund before they stepped in. So I got scammed by a buyer, who got both a refund and kept my functioning item. Were talking $300 - $400 both ways. Never in my life was I disgusted in ebay's treatment of my ordeal and as a seller stomped on by ebay and a buyer. I immediately uninstalled the ebay app and will be closing my account next month after recently seeking a refund directly from ebay customer service or a chargeback from my bank.
@l.w.c.2519
4 ай бұрын
@@da1writer1985 man that’s so frustrating, I’m sorry that happened to you. One piece of advice I would give though, is don’t close up shop if you really don’t need to, I’ve had a couple really negative experiences with eBay siding with the buyer when they absolutely should not have, but my eBay business has been an absolute blessing and game changer in my family‘s finances for the past year. I’ve tried my best to just come to terms that every now and then I will get burned, but 99 out of 100 buyers are great people and I’m going to stick around to serve them and my family.
I just had a return because they said i sent the wrong bag and doesnt match the description "black " instead of "midnight". They sent me back a fake bag . I had video of my packing and video opening their return. I submitted photos and i won. Good Luck!
Wow, a bubble waffle maker. Going to have to look that one up! Love your videos!
Thank you for the video and information. I had no idea you can dispute or ebay will pay back not you.
I knew you were a cool guy, and you just proved it,,, runner. Nicely done, congrats on the long Disney adventure.
You’ll def have to let us know how this turns out, but I’m gonna bet a steak dinner that eBay will side with the buyer (and, more importantly to eBay, their financial institution), and you’ll lose the sale and have to pay eBay a $20 fee for disputing. I had an even more cut-and-dry situation, where I was able to prove 100% that what the buyer claimed was not true (which I assume you cannot do with a vintage calculator - meaning you cannot definitively prove it was 100% functional), and eBay sided with the buyer in my case. I didn’t even bother both an appeal (life is too short), but I bet I would have lost the appeal as well.
@brandongant9343
11 күн бұрын
I like my steak medium rare
The USPS never approves my claims when things are damaged/broken.
@reginalaplante1001
7 ай бұрын
My first two I received compensation for, after that, nada. I don't even try anymore.
@brandongant9343
11 күн бұрын
My local USPS is VERYYYY good thankfully,I buy so much gold and silver that if there’s any issues or a signature is required I’m always good!!
Just by looking at the style of the top on the cast iron, and no brand, I think you can find the same one at Academy today.
Never using priority shipping again. They didn't cover my damaged item even though it was insured. I showed up with the broken glass item and she explains I did not put enough protection. I explained to them that I had thrown out all of the bubble wrap and paper wrappers because it was covered with shattered glass. In the end, they can come up with total bs and don't have to pay me for the damaged item.
Calculator dispute is clearly a scam. The bad English is usually a surefire giveaway. Her "hus-bend" LOL. Likely some overseas outfit using a U.S. address for shipping. I've had couple of those before. They just love to go the credit card dispute route; fortunately Ebay has gotten a lot better in past couple years about protecting sellers from this nonsense.
@Arlo360-Official
7 ай бұрын
I suspect the "bad English" was intentional. Fake. Those are not the typical typos. Part of the ploy.
Really a scam it's very annoying that some people can act like that.
Really helpful video! Would definitely like more like this!
Those are some nice sales!
Great sales and congratulations on finishing the marathon 👏 👍
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
thank you!
Love these videos! That software is really awesome too
I had a similar thing happened last week with a 27.00 item that he said he didn't authorize. Ebay sent me the notice and said not to worry, so I figure they will handle it.
Yes, they are trying to elude the payment and keep the calculator.
I love when I forget about an item and then it sells several months later 😅
Welcome home and congrats on the marathon!
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
thank you!
Justin, love your videos! I just had someone claim that my package was opened when it arrived. A $250 sale. They also sent pictures of the package cut open but I could not download any of the photos, or save them (strange), got a network error, first for this. Anyhow, I opened a USPS case with the hope I can get my money back and I will probably end up refunding the buyer! I always say if the person is not being honest in the end, karma will come back to bite them.
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
Thank you! Yes it sucks when bad buyers happen, but I try not to let it get me down and remember that the vast majority of transactions are fine!
Now I have an idea for how to use that blue shirt I bought 😅 I mostly just like clothes Made in the USA and the original tag just sweetened the deal, going to try it on 👕
I also got a payment dispute on an item too, but I didnt have to do anything on it. They said I was trying to scam them, but everything was delivered and the buyer even left positive feedback so not sure how that works. Lol.
I just got scammed $95 and eBay ruled in the seller's favor because it says the package was delivered. But if you look at the tracking it says it was delivered to my post office to a parcel locker. Not to my address a parcel locker. It was a treadmill
@justinresells
5 ай бұрын
what was the scam? sounds like it might be an issue with your local post office
@AxelBandmatz-go5gr
5 ай бұрын
It was a treadmill and I called the local post office and the lady said the only thing that matches up with me is the tracking number and it was a 4 oz box going to the owner of that lock box
@justinresells
5 ай бұрын
gotcha, that does sound like a scam. you need to open an Item Not As Described case (as opposed to Item Not Received) -- ebay will take care of you@@AxelBandmatz-go5gr
Now, Tayne I can get into.
With flipwise will you be able to add something like shipping supply fees. I think this would be cool, because you'd be able to see an even more accurate representation of how much profit you made. Another great video btw !!
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
yep! we’re actually working on that functionality this week.
@lorenzow
7 ай бұрын
@@justinresells that will be cool, any idea if you guys plan to do a month by month subscription or yearly one time payment when you officially launch?
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
it'll be monthly@@lorenzow
People want those vtg shirt to make bootleg old shirts
Yeah those disputes are annoying but not worrisome. I’ve had $500 items disputed but eBay always sides with me.
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
same
I had a similar situation happen with a calculator. Buyer bought a Ti83 calculator and as soon as he got it he said calculator didn't work and showed me pics of a calculator that wasn't even the one I sent. I immediately called ebay to report him and remove negative feedback he left cuz I called him out. Basically he bought my calculator cuz his broke and tried to return his broken one to me and keep mine. Unfortunately for him, there were blemishes that I took pics of and sent them to ebay and his didn't match those. They refunded him despite that but not out of my pocket, thank god. I agree tho, he shouldn't have got anything back.
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
Yeah that is probably what will happen to me as well. Oh well.
Always learn something from your videos. Thanks. BTW, when do we get to be part of your beta testing? I signed up a while ago 😊
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
Did you fill out this form? forms.gle/YoG4meNFeaYSt1hSA If so we will get to you soon. We send out invites first come first serve.
@parastoonasr6328
7 ай бұрын
@@justinresellsNo but I just did.
I had a payment with a credit card dispute, she goes I connected me multiple times, when they didn't, got a neg fed back been working since that to get back to above below seller.... Like just message and have free returns but I got hosed...
If they pick Item not as described when they do a return then eBay will approve the return even if your store doesn't accept returns.
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
true, but i have free returns on everything so anyone can return anything for any reason for free as long as it's within 30 days.
Hey Justin, when is your flipwise software becoming available. Very interested to move my spreadsheet to this. Many thanks
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
We're getting pretty close! Our goal is sometime in February, but still work to do. You can sign up to be notified when we are live or sign up to beta test now at flipwise.app
I was recently just selling my 256GB iPhone 13 Pro Max on eBay and was sad I wasn’t able to list it above $500. Instead I put it up for auction and it ended up selling for $600 i really didn’t want to sell at that price so I contacted the buyer that I “apologize for the inconvenience of not shipping, I wasn’t going to sell the iphone no longer and that they should cancel” the buyer has never reached out for a refund and eBay sent me a payment, I’m new to eBay and I feel Iike I unintentionally scammed? Who’s in the wrong here? Should I wait it out a few days because the payment of $547.74 is rn in my bank account with a “processing” could eBay take the money right out?
@justinresells
5 ай бұрын
Since you did not honor the sale, you need to cancel the order and refund the buyer.
@musicviolamusician4392
5 ай бұрын
@@justinresells idk how to do that and contacted eBay but they don’t answer
@justinresells
5 ай бұрын
www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/sellers-can-cancel-order?id=4136
@musicviolamusician4392
5 ай бұрын
@@justinresells okay thank you
Just clarify, when you activate vacation mode does your items still show up on a search or are they hidden?
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
they still show up in search, but users are unable to purchase unless you allow sales while you're away (which I don't)
Do you refund the shipping aswell?
Another question, How do you maintain receipts for things from garage sales if they don't give you any. What should be done for the tax reasons?
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
I just keep a record of how much I paid and when. I do this in my software, Flipwise, but you can also do it in a spreadsheet.
@CodeXBro
7 ай бұрын
@@justinresells Okay. Thank you for the response. Does the govt allow tax deduction from the sale if there is no actual cost of sales receipt attached to the record? It's my first year and this thing worries me whether the sale's cost is tax deductible or not in such a case because I don't have any receipts for the items purchased from car boot or garage sales.
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
you should talk to a tax expert as I am not one @@CodeXBro
Hi Sir, I have a question. Some of the mentioned items are taking months to sell, e.g. 7,8 months. My question is: Do you modify (change titles, prices, desc etc.) the listings in that duration or just leave it there as it is? Do you end them and relist them? There is also something like "stale listing" term used by many sellers that your listing if not updated or sold may go stale after a few months. Is that true? Some of my items takes time to sell. What I am doing is ending them and relisting after around 1.5-2 months. Any advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
Yeah I end and relist and adjust the price for older items.
@CodeXBro
7 ай бұрын
@@justinresells Right. Thank you for your response.
Do you get the item back?
I'm having established accounts scam me now, with emails from ebay that a sale has been cancelled because a seller is no longer on the platform. This happened to me just last week with a buyer with 200 feedback and account created in 2020. I think people are hacking these accounts and purchasing what they can. As soon as it ships they cancel their account and dispute the payment, and there's nothing we/I can do
Hey, I sold my oster rice cooker yesterday all of a sudden! How weird. Shipping was too much.
@justinresells
7 ай бұрын
weird!
Probably not trying to scam you. Maybe just an older buyer not sure how to do a return and more accustomed to calling their card company. As for the calculator, who knows. Old battery, user error 🤷♂️ no way to know.