Is someone trying to scam me on Ebay??

[joafew-35]

I put up an auction for a Xbox Series X $724 and someone made a 1k offer the next day. Checked his profile and he made the account the SAME DAY he bid the price 0 feedback. Im completely new to Ebay, first time selling. Is he trying to scam me and if so, how? Bid closes in 12 hours.

[flipistics]

Almost certainly scamming. Just let the auction run. He could buy it for considerably less than $1000 via Buy it Now from a number of sellers and bypass the auction all-together.

I'd strongly suggest as a new seller you DO NOT sell high dollar value items right away. Build some experience and feedback, then you can think about listing a phone or game system, etc. You'll greatly cut down on the risk of being scammed.

[mrdutch1001]

Unfortunately, new sellers are targeted by scammers, so be aware and be very careful when listing high value items ..as already mentioned, you should gain some selling experience, learn the ropes here before listing high value items...

and yes, it is very common for a scammer to use the tactic that you are experiencing...but at this point there is no risk...the risk will come at the end of the auction, when IF this is indeed a scammer, the follow-up tactics used will become obvious...

Never,ever engage in anything that would take a transaction off eBay= never accept the request to exchange phone numbers and/or engage in phone messages,texting,etc...

keep all communications within eBay's messaging system.

[pjcdn2005]

If a seller lists a fixed price listing rsrher than listing an auction, an offer higher than the buy it now price is most certainly an attempted scam.  Why else would they offer more than the buy it now price?  

Once the seller accepts the offer, the buyer then asks them to text so that they can get the sellers email address to pay. A buyer does not need the sellers email address to pay so any mention of texting or email address is generally a scam attempt.

An offer in a auction without a buy it now price is a bit different.  In some cases the buyer wants to make the offer higher than the current auction price because they want the item now rather than at the end of the auction. On they might think that the auction might end with a higher price than their offer so they want to buy it before that happens.

So a high offer on an auction isnt necessarily a scam attempt.  However, because you have 0 feedback and Xbox's are commonly scammed items, there is a good chance that someone may try to scam you by sending you a fake payment email or by filing a not as described return and returning the wrong item. Have you thought about trying to sell it on a local site?

[ericsells75]

Everyone starts at 0 at some point t. The usual scam is when they try and arrange payment via text and/or outside of eBay. Based on a reading of your post I don’t see an obvious scam personally. But I do agree selling high value items as a new seller is risky.

[femmefan1946]

The opening bid is $750 and unless Best Offer is opted by the seller, he got a $1000 BIN out of the blue. Why not a $1000 bid, which might take the auction at the opening bid? Either extremely stupid customer or much more likely a scammer.

[ericsells75]

Definitely could be either a 0 buyer is likely to be dumb as much as a scammer. Could potentially just saw the item and wants it, and that’s their budget. I think it’s a bad precedent to just always assume somethings a scam