eBay Scam 1
Who would have thought that online auction can be so hot today. Even my mom, who is not IT savvy, knows what eBay is.
I had my fair share of experience as an eBay Merchant. I think more than a year I was a merchant on eBay Australia before deciding to retire temporarily to concentrate on other matters.
Figuring out how to get maximum exposure to your products was challenging and interesting at the same time. In this post, I will share you about this incident where I was nearly conned.
That particular product that I was selling was an Apple iBook Laptop. The listing price was about AUD500.00 I think. I already had a few bidders interested in purchasing that laptop.
Then, I received an e-mail. The e-mail read something like:
“Hi there, I’m interested in purchasing the laptop you have got listed on eBay. I’m willing to pay AUD2000 for that laptop if you let me buy it now. I’d like to complete the purchase outside of eBay.”
That guy was willing to pay AUD2000 (4 times the amount of my listing price) for that laptop with the condition that the transaction must be completed outside of eBay. Due to my naivete, I thought, man, this is a good deal!
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