Thanks for the education on Caveat emptor Biker1
I've stayed away from ebay for so long I lost familiarity with it, would you say that the scamming aspect of this seller is too obvious from the price alone?
The suspicious pricing was just one factor, but in it of itself, a conclusion could not be made based on this one factor alone.
But when you see >
1) new seller (joined within last week, at least under the name he gave this time)
2) 0 Feedback
3) no one received items yet, due to purchase in last couple of days
4) seller listed China as country origin (this fact alone does not determine guilt or fraud, but it is another piece of the puzzle to be factored in with other possible suspicious behaviors or trends)
5) the pattern fit that of a Scammer, after all of the above factored in.
Starts to become easier to spot a pattern that may warrant further investigation, to determine if there is a Scammer running lose, or a Good Guy, so to speak.
Easy to spot, especially when it comes to laptops. Scammers abound on eBay.
1) Seller puts Laptop up for bidding. Bidding going nicely, then with a couple of hours lest, Buyers appear with 0 Feedback, who joined very recently. That alone does not one come to a negative conclusion, as everyone has to start somewhere, But it is a piece of a Pattern that one is looking for.
The Buyer bids aggressively, bumping the price way up from where it has been for a while, almost past the point of the value of the Laptop. (Scammers can do this because they are not going to pay anyway)
2) But then after the Buyer wins, he wants the Laptop shipped to Nigeria, Ukraine, etc. which is a Red Flag, because these are the 2 Main Scamming countries on eBay, and in the rest of the world. There are legitimate buyers and sellers of course in these countries, But better safe than sorry, especially when the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
There are other signs, but the above is just a summary.
Sorry for the long, winded, explanation to your one question
Btw, when I first joined eBay, I was oblivious to all this, until you get involved with scammers, and begin to see the patterns. Also searching around the web to enlighten me on the scammers has helped a lot. In fact, I have alerted various Sellers of Laptops to potential Buyers that fit the scamming pattern, who were bidding on their Laptops. I could not be 100% sure, but I alerted the Sellers to just be aware and alert.
Laptop Buyer Scammers are all over eBay.
