I have been an eBay member for over 11 years. I have a laptop up for sale and it is going for $300, it is an older Lenovo Laptop.
Today I had someone from Indonesia buy the laptop, I live in Canada and typically I do not like shipping outside of North America (Canada & USA). I noticed that they have a zero feedback (which is a huge red flag), they have been a member since January of 2014. They said in the comment section "i really want it. Give me the total number i should pay including the shipping tax."
Now I do not sell a lot of things on eBay maybe one or two items a year. I'm 99.9 percent sure this is a scam. The shipping cost alone to ship a laptop from Canada to Indonesia is like $200.
Like I said in the beginning I have been a member for 11 years and not once have I got negative feedback, but if this is a scam I guess it is worth it. Just for the record all they have done is bought the item, not paid for it yet.
It seems to me that there used to be a way many years ago that I could prevent buyers with zero feedback, no PayPal account and many other parameters from buying one of my items. It must be a hidden feature now.
What are your thoughts on this? Anybody ever had this happen?