Great advice. Try to ignore the too good to be true deals. They usually are scams.
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Originally Posted by OtinG
This might be a bit off topic, but it does relate to the new iThingies just released in the sense that many of us try to sell our old iThingies before buying the latest versions. So this is a word of caution if you list your iThingy on eBay.
Just an FYI for those who might be considering listing their Apple iPhone or iPad on eBay. Beware of using the "Make Offer" option along with the "Buy Now" option. There are some scams associated with it, namely with non-eBay members masquerading as actual eBay members and sending you bogus offers and then wanting to know your Paypal email address so they can send a payment. Obviously that is phishing in an attempt to hack into it. I've had to report several such attempts in the past few months. One tell tale sign is they usually have a new looking membership. Another tell tale sign is they sometimes make you an offer that is way above the Buy Now price. A third tell tale sign is that their email inquiries are often difficult to read due to their native language being different from yours. eBay is not very good at all in filtering out these bogus members. So use caution.
Yesterday I listed my iPhone 7 using Buy Now and enabled the Make Offer option. The listing was for CONUSA only, yet I got 6 offers from countries including Austria and Russia. Apparently buyers can be located in another country and list a USA address that is bogus and easily fool eBay's monitoring and filtering system.The guy in Russia was able to buy my item as he offered $50 above my Buy Now price and triggered the auto accept offer amount I had set. When a buyer makes an offer and you accept it either manually or automatically, they do not have to make an immediate payment. If they use the Buy Now button, I have it setup to require an immediate payment. So they make an offer and ask for your Paypal address so they can send a payment, which is against eBay policy and makes your Paypal account vulnerable to hacking if you give it to them. They hope to get your Paypal address, but this bozo bid so high that the eBay system marked the item as sold and removed it from the Selling list. The result is I got no payment but he got no information from me. However it was a PITA as I had to phone eBay CS and get them to cancel his purchase and then re-list the iPhone, plus I asked them to investigate him and a few others who made offers under suspicious circumstances.
So just beware of these kinds of bogus purchasing in an attempt to phish your Paypal account information. They are a PITA and even when you thwart the attempt you might still have to spend time putting the listing back into the system without getting dinged by eBay. I re-listed the iPhone 7 with Buy Now activated but with NO Make Offer option. Re-listing meant I lost the members who were watching my listing. Hopefully they and others will find the new listing. eBay does try to filter out these guys, but the bad guys tend to stay at least one step ahead of eBay. So be cautious.
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