And with regard to shipping, I notice many users on EBay do not wish to ship to Nigeria...any idea why that is??
2007-01-13 03:20:31 · 12 answers · asked by crimson 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Definitely WAIT for payment first.
Most fraud eBay transactions will ask sellers to ship the item to nigeria or ask buyers to send payment to nigeria by wire transfer. Then the fraud buyer/seller will send a fake eBay/paypal email saying that they have paid already, or that eBay has their item already etc..
Anyway, once a member won your item, check with eBay what is their shipping address. I guarantee you that their shipping address is not in Nigeria. Your responsibility is to just send it to their shipping address. Then it will be up to them if they want to ship it to nigeria.
2007-01-13 11:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by eBay Princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im an ebay seller, and the general rule is to wait for the payment, then ship it. If you ship it before waiting for payment there is no guarantees you will ever get paid.
The reason many people on ebay dont ship to Nigeria is because Nigeria is home to many ebay scammers, people pretending to be reputable buyers etc, asking you to ship before payment for like an important event such as a fake wedding.
2007-01-13 11:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by paulisthebest3uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You always wait for payment first. If you ship it first you risk the chance that they might not pay you at all for the item. Also the buyer in almost all cases pays for the shipping so you shouldn't ship it until they pay you to. I think many EBay users don't ship to Nigeria because there are alot of scams in that country that try to trick you out of your money or item.
2007-01-13 11:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by zippy p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want to wait for payment, if not you may have your item stolen. That is if you except personal checks the buyer will stop payment, and or you will ship it and the buyer does not pay you.
Some places sellers will not ship to for customs are difficult and or there is high rate of theft reports from that country.
I also advice you to keep track of all ebay fee's and eBay's activity. They say we owe them money, which we have filled a claim with our bank for ebay has there money and will not credit our account.
So ebay is not the best at keeping track of the moneys paid to them.
Just keep track of all moneys coming and going. Ebay has been known to over charge on fee's, double charge selling fee's etc. We are going through this now with ebay.
Good luck and remember if you are going to sell over there just make sure you are making money at it. Power selling program is not all they make it out to be. This program does not give sellers what ebay advertises they get. Keep up with all of ebay price hikes. They do raise prices quite often.
I advice not to go onto the ebay boards asking what is selling best on ebay, or where to find wholesale companies. These are million dollar questions and other experienced sellers look down on people for this kind of behavior.
2007-01-13 11:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get your payment first!! It's very important to wait for it. If you don't the person can get the item and never pay! I've had it happen. And where people ship is completely up to the seller. I ship to the US only, mainly because it is easier for me.
2007-01-13 11:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You of course should wait for payment. If they pay by paypal you will know instantly. If they send you a m/o or check wait until the bank clears it fully. M/o's and checks are very high fraud nowadays.
The reason no one ships to Nigeria is that it is a very high fraud zone as is Romania.
2007-01-13 19:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by logan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait for payment first.
Nigeria is the land of scams - and so most sellers assume that any buyer from Nigeria is some sort of scam.
2007-01-13 11:24:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you sell to nigeria there is a good chance it is money laundering and you end up losing out - and get payment before shipping - hope i offended no one
2007-01-13 11:24:10 · answer #8 · answered by boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait for the payment to get through to you first.
once it clears then ship.
2007-01-13 11:24:08 · answer #9 · answered by arksys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UMM. Payment first. If you ship it out person will get it and never pay you.
2007-01-13 11:24:11 · answer #10 · answered by VMG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋