eBay...

[Mattyboy]

I'm selling my phone on eBay and i can't believe the scam questions i'm getting

Hello seller,
How are you with your bussiness over there, anyway i want to buy this item and send it to my son who is out of the country to nigeria as a birthday present and i will want to pay you by POSTAL ORDER as your payment method that as been writting on the item page,and i have contact western union already about the payment and they said they can able to handle your money without no problem okey, so now i want you to quickly calculate your item money plus the shipping cost to nigeria via FEDEX, DHL or ROYAL MAIL SERVICE and get back to me with your name and your address where your money will be made to okey, so now get back to me soon so that we can continue the transaction, so hope to hear from you again.

Hello seller, I am intreasted in buying your item right away for my son who is out of town.I will be paying using paypal auction payment. I am buying it for my son who is out of town at the moment.........so i will be making shipping arrangement using my FedeX shipping account. FedEx will come and pick the item at my own expense and at your own convenience. The pickup will be done when you receive an approval/confirmation from paypal auction payment). please email me with your full name and address and your telephone#........ I Want to make payment right away...so get back to me with this details, NAME: address: email address: phone number: Thanks

Fucking scammers are getting worse.

[Antony]

LOL I got them aswell

[daveydude]

Heh, I got totally ripped first time I sold a phone a few years back on eBay. I got greedy & got scammed. Lesson learned the hard way. The person sent me the money by Paypal, I sent the phone, then the money disappeared. Did some Googling on the address (in Indonesia - fuck, how stupid am I??) and found a forum where people were moaning about the same person (or gang) having done the same thing with expensive watches & jewellery as well.

Second time I sold a phone I got 3 offers similar to yours and they all got a big juicy "FUCK OFF".

[Mattyboy]

eBay sometimes amazes me - i paid £303 for the phone 5 months ago and sold it for more than this!
Went to a UK buyer so fingers crossed.

[daveydude]

Yeah it's nuts. You almost always get a good price for 2nd hand phones. I'm on contract & change my phone every year, I can get the newest most expensive phone going & my old one almost always covers the cost. Sweet!

[Mattyboy]

Yeah it's nuts. You almost always get a good price for 2nd hand phones. I'm on contract & change my phone every year, I can get the newest most expensive phone going & my old one almost always covers the cost. Sweet!

Exactly what i do :)

[-HF]

it's helpful to have a phone that isn't available elsewhere and sell it there, the prizes paid are fascinating. a Motorola A925 sells for hundreds in France for example. put up your offer with a french text and make it an international auction or log in to ebay.fr right away, with your data to make sure al the frenchies see it without having to look for offers outside of the country.

compare the UK price (50 quid as i post, 5 mins to go) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTOROLA-A925-TOUCHSCREEN-PHONE-PDA-EXTRAS-MINT_W0QQitemZ6434368805QQcategoryZ67922QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem

to the french one (190 EUR as i post, with 2 days to go still) - http://cgi.ebay.fr/MOTOROLA-A925NEUF-BLUETOOTH-Headset-32MB-CARD_W0QQitemZ5809203716QQcategoryZ9359QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

the A1000 will have even better prices these days.

[daveydude]

Weirdly enough, I sold my old Sony Ericsson P900 for £150 to a guy in France.

[-HF]

well, the UK one sold for 51 quid, which is around 75 euro, the french with 2 days to go is already 3 times as expensive.

i know a few folks who got themselves loads of A925 last xmas, when they sold them off for 49 euro each as pre-pay phone, none of them was sold for lesss than 250 in France then, nice cut. if you got yourself the maximum of 5 phones they sold to each person, there'd be a cut of 700+ quid.