FYI ABOUT SCAMS-
Summary: dobo5250 shared concerns about receiving large orders that appeared suspicious due to discrepancies between the buyers' shipping addresses in Canada and their membership locations indicating Hong Kong and the UK. They decided to block these orders suspecting them as scams, despite needing the money. ricarmic, mrdutch1001, and reallynicestamps advised clarifying address discrepancies with the buyers, suggesting possibilities such as freight forwarding services or genuine customers located in different countries. recped questioned the scam suspicion, noting compliance with Canadian shipping requirements. dobo5250 expressed anxiety about the situation, mentioning pressure to make sales and difficulties with eBay support. prescilaschina commented on potentially missing out on business by avoiding sales to the U.S., noting their own mostly positive experiences.
I just got two orders for large amount of goods one 500 dollars worth 9 items another one for 250 in about 6 items -- i thought i gone to heaven -- i really need the money at this time --- both asked for a combined shipping price for theirs which i was putting together when i noticed on both of them bc address but memberships from the hongkong uk- this made me stop what i was doing and take a closer look -- hongkong is not in the the uk anymore that is ----plus i don't deal with anyone out side of canada after my terriable experiences with etsy and some ebay american customers - so i only ship to and deal with canadians -- so i was revelled that i caught this before i made a new listing with shipping reduced for the large packges and blocked both of these customers right then and their ---- but how did they get through the system as i have only canada as my prefered shipping address ---for 1/2hour i thought all my problems had been solved and day had been saved ----- then the crash as i realized these where scams --- and now it looks like i am in trouble in the first week of jan --- so please always check your address on the shipping and the customer to make sure they are correct -for what you doin shipping no matter where you ship
hope all have a great new year -
prescilaschina
·1 year agorecped
·1 year agoYou only ship within Canada, buyer purchases and provides a Canadian address.....where is the scam? The buyer is complying with your requirements by providing a Canadian address....again where is the scam?
dobo5250
OP1 year agowhat iam worried about id home address not their mailing address but they address they have on their home pages on both are in hong kong uk address an the other is in chinnesse language both have toronto mailing address and one has tried again to contact me with new email address as the first one i blocked - i feel so bad as to not help them but iam really worried that both orders are large and and if they go sour then i will in debt even further with ebay than i already am -- where are my normal customers that order one maybe two items with regular address and regular shipping requirments etc --iam really unset about this but my gut saids spmething is wrong somewhere and ebay chat is no help what so ever - i just wish i wasn't under so much pressure to make sales this month to stay out of debt with ebay --i really do hate this mail strike incident and all that goes with it --everything was going along swimmmingly till that !@#$%^&*strike happened - well maybe the new year will bring change
reallynicestamps
·1 year agoStart with confirming the address with the customer.
It might be a typo.
It might be a freight forwarder.
It might be a scam.
Of these the freight forwarder * is the safest.
Even safer than shipping domestically because eBay considers your delivery to the forwarder as the end of your responsibility for delivery.
And if there is a Not As Described claim, you only have to provide return shipping from the forwarder's address, not from Hong Kong.
https://www.ebay.ca/help/policies/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy?...
This is the part I'm referring to
Exclusions and special coverage when the buyer doesn't receive an item
Items collected by a third party on behalf of the buyer
Not covered
The buyer arranged their own shipping method, such as a courier pickup
Not covered
The buyer provided an invalid or incorrect address at checkout
Not covered
*usually in the coastal USA- and Oregon has no state sales tax
ypdc_dennis
·1 year agoMight be a scam, might not be one.
I have several out-of-country buyers who use a freight forwarder service in BC for their mailing address.
mrdutch1001
·1 year agoWhenever there is any type of discrepancy with a buyer's address/membership country,etc. I always, always message the buyer and request clarification as I do not ship until I am satisfied that all is correct.
ricarmic
·1 year agoI'm not saying it is the case here, but the country showing for folks ID doesn't necessarily mean that's where they are now.
I've had folks who's jobs have them in various countries which they're shipping to which are different than the country that shows with their ID.
They could also be using a forwarding service, which is the shipping address, if you google maps their address you can see what it is and what it looks like from the pictures/sattelite view.
They could also be scammers, I'm simply putting forward options that are happeir that might also explain the difference.
If it were me, and I was worried, I'd ask them why their country shows differently than their shipping address before I cancelled anything.