Would you accept paypal from 0 fb?

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fantastic_3

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#1
Tonight I received alot of decent best offers from either brand new bidders or just bidders with 0 feedbacks. With all that paypal scam going on, I decided to refuse all of them. I know that we all have to start from 0 but LV is too much to lose. I know that we should always accept confirmed address but I was afraid they may turn around and say it is fake or something.

What do you guys think? Thank you.
 
#2
With the amount of scamming going on nowadays and a good majority of it from bidders with 0 feedback, or low feedback and from getting that by buying .01 "E" books, I not only woulnd't allow thier bids, but I'd also make it so I could only accept bids from within your country of origin. Seriously, there is no way I would sell high end items or electronics on eBay now. WAYYY too many scams and flakes.
 
#4
I don't know, but for the past several months, my best buyers are Ebay newbies with 0 feedback. They paid on time and left me very nice feedbacks.

One of my 0-feedback bidders told me after she won my auction that she actually had over 100 feedbacks before and she stopped ebaying for 5 years, now she came back and didn't understand why her feedback turned into 0. She thought that Ebay may delete her feedbacks b/c she had no activity for a long time.:shrugs:
 
#6
I can't believe you would ever consider not accepting 0 fb bidders! We all had to start somewhere. Just be sure to check out their bid history and see if they have excessively high bids and if you are concerned put a line in your auctions asking bidders with low fb to contact you before bidding.
 
#7
if the buyer has a confirmed address surely that means its is safe to acept payment. you would wait for the payment to get to your account before sending item so does a risk still exist?
 
#8
mooks said:
I can't believe you would ever consider not accepting 0 fb bidders! We all had to start somewhere. Just be sure to check out their bid history and see if they have excessively high bids and if you are concerned put a line in your auctions asking bidders with low fb to contact you before bidding.
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How do you check their bid history? I have never done this.

Linda
 
#9
Go to advanced search, on the left you will see a link that says items by bidder, click the link then tick the box saying include completed items and it will show you
 
#11
Maybe I have just had good luck, but I have sold 3 handbags in the last month to 0 fb bidders, and have had no problems (*knocks on wood*). But I only ship confirmed PP addresses, take detailed pictures before shipping, add a numbered security bracelet, require signature confirmation and contact the buyer before and after shipping. It has increased by sales my allowing 0 fb bidders, because so many other sellers don't and it has narrowed the pool of auctions they can actually bid on. But I agree, I do treat 0 fb transactions more carefully.
 
#12
I would. Just make sure that you covered your end as a seller. ship with insurance to cover yourself in case anything does come up. If by paypal, make sure address is confirmed, keep all your tracking information. If item is more than $250, signature confirmation is required.

everyone has to start somewhere.
 
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