“I’ve been selling on eBay for many years. I never run auctions anymore. I use Buy-It-Now only. “
Why is that? Safer?
Another new scam with PayPal is to get your PayPal information and then create a fake payment screen showing the payment made and credited to your account.
They will email this to you “showing” that the payment has been made, telling you that PayPal will take a little time to show it in your account BUT because of the urgency of the need, try to get you to go ahead and ship. You ship, no payment ever shows up and your merchandise is gone.
You have a popular item, take your time and get cash... in a very public place. A police station parking lot is good.
Possibly. Only because it is easier, cleaner and the process never varies.
- List your item.
- Wait for someone to buy
- Wait for payment
- Ship item when PayPal confirms payment
- Ignore any potential buyer emails before the listing ends.
I've only once broken my rules but I knew it was a legitimate offer and it worked out very well. He offered less than I asked, it was acceptable, so I changed the listing and he hit Buy-It-Now within seconds and then paid.
Kind of too bad because I have sellers remorse. I want that item back because it was so beautiful (A reconditioned antique DuKane HAM microphone) and I did a superb job on it.