So, this is the most expensive thing I ever put up for sale. Currently debating on recording it works for the ad then factory reset it or wait and do it after they see it. My main concern is payment. Normally I take cash but I don’t think folks will be comfortable doing that with that much money.

With Paypal or Venmo, can they lie and get refunded after I hand them the device? I’ve only used the service with friends.

  • retrogamer76@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    ebay doesn’t protect sellers. anyone could buy it and then say it doesn’t work, send you back a brick or a broken deck, and ebay will refund their money and you’ll lose the deck. my idea is to list mine with the price higher and then ask for offers so i can view the feedback of potential buyers. you really feel safe selling to a 1 feedback buyer?

    • jfowler0614@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Ok. As someone who has sold THOUSANDS of items on EBay over the last decade, this has literally NEVER happened to me. Odds are in your favor that you’ll be fine. I don’t offer returns, have 100% positive feedback and only refunded a handful of people because I wanted to. People are actually generally good people.

    • GilBatesHatesApples@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’ve sold stuff worth over $1,000 to a zero feedback buyer. Sometimes people who are looking for a specific thing don’t use eBay, and they will create an account to buy it from you. It’s happened to me more than once. I’ve never been scammed in this manner. I’m not saying that doesn’t happen, but it’s exceedingly rare, and the odds are very much in your favor as a seller. All you’re doing with your method is severely limiting your pool of buyers, and extending the amount of time it takes to sell something.

      • retrogamer76@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        So because you sold stuff to a zero feedback buyer that means there’s no risk or limited risk? LOL! Whatever you say dude…

        • GilBatesHatesApples@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Apparently you got an F in reading comprehension. That’s not what I said. I even specifically said in my post “I’m not saying that doesn’t happen.” You are talking about an extremely rare worst case scenario as if it’s a common occurrence and it’s not. I’ve been buying and selling on ebay since 2000 and have done well over 1,000 transactions in both directions, and the scenario you describe has literally never happened to me, for any dollar amount. You’re just fear mongering.