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Originally Posted by HRT
1. Don't buy from anyone who has less than 99.0% positive feedback as a seller. (That's a pretty tough standard as it means 99 out every 100 buyers are happy).
2. Don't buy from anyone with less than a total of about 10 feedbacks.
3. Read the negative feedback (if any) and see if there is a pattern eg false/misleading descriptions. Additionally, some negative feedback can be quite frivolous, which means you need to sort out genuine complaints from pique.
4. Read the vendor's response to genuine criticism. Rude or no replies are a warning.
5. Don't buy from anyone living in countries once part of the USSR.
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I might add something to HRT's notes here....
The scam that got me, involved someone targeting an Australian EBAY seller who had more than 99.7% positive feedback....
They basically used their good feedback to con people into believing the sale was legit....which it kind of WAS, with the local AUS ebayer, but the goods were supposed to come from OS and thats where the scam came in.
Nothing was sent, nothing was available, the shipper was basically sending empty boxes....
One thing I twigged to was that the seller had never sold Electrical goods in their feedback, all of a sudden they were selling cameras, TV's and the like......hmmmm...
Second, was the part of the ad that said....."10% discount for direct bank transfer" something which I avoided like the plague by using Paypal Buyer Protection....
I assume the direct bank deposit discount enticement was to allow bypass of Paypal to put the money straight into the scammers local account, or perhaps the seller's as I am not too convinced she was a 100% innocent party.....
So, be CAREFUL taking on faith the feedback scores and comments as they can easily be faked and trust your instincts...something I sort of did (apart from trying to get a camera for $200 less than RRP here) even if it was from an Australian Ebayer.....who now has had their account suspended and deleted....
Live and learn is right.....I wont be falling for that again.
Cheers
Chris