- Only send to the address on the invoice. Ideally, print out the label directly on eBay without touching the address.
- Send with signature confirmation.
Do those two things with no exceptions.
If they ask you to ship to a different address, do not do it. Cancel due to problem with address and block them.
You NEED tracking AND signature confirmation with orders above $750 CAD. (The total, not the subtotal. For example, if it's $600+$100 shipping+$50 tax, you need it.)
Follow the above and you will at least avoid the most common scam that scammers use with new sellers. Which is that they assume you won't know that shippig to a different address and/or not using signature confirmation above $750 invalidates your seller protection (they can get an instant refund and keep the item).
The other scam you need to know about is that you scammers assume inexperienced sellers don't know how eBay returns work. If they open a return, you NEED to provide a label before the deadline in the return. Otherwise, they can ask eBay to step in. If eBay steps in, and you have not provided a label, they will get a REFUND and will not have to send the item back. If you provide the label, there is a chance that they were fishing and do not send the return. Alternatively, you are allowed to ask them to buy their own label and provide you with contact info for you to reimburse them. Some people like going this direction if they think it is a scam, because scammers who are fishing aren't going through the trouble of sending something back. So it makes it more likely that they do not respond to the return and you can get eBay to close it sooner.
My advice, I would cancel the order. Is that because I think you are being scammed? No. But I would not sell a $1000 item on eBay as a casual seller who doesn't know the platform inside and out.
If you cancel, you will receive a defect from eBay, and you may receive a negative feedback. In isolation, neither of those are a big deal compared to losing a $1000 bag if the buyer opens a return and sends back something different, or makes a false claim that it is counterfeit. Even if you do get the bag back with zero problems, you will be out both your original shipping and the return shipping. Shipping a $1000 item with insurance+signature confirmation can be nearly $100.
I would only proceed with the sale if you're in a position where if something went completely wrong and you were scammed out of the bag, you can stomach that loss. That is not me saying that the buyer is a scammer. That is me saying that in your position, the liability of selling this kind of item is very high.
