Ebay question. Scam?

Question

hey. im selling a macbook on ebay for $1100. It retails for $1099 at apple. there's this guy that asked me if i could post it on ebay uk. he has a feedback score of 480 with 100% feedback.

but it still makes me suspicious. why does he want to buy something like that internationally if international shipping would make him spend alot more? and why do i have to list it on ebay uk? cant he buy it from ebay.com? thanks for your answers!

Answer 1

It defies logic. He can buy from you here. May be he would love to see your listings in UK and make money.

Answer 2

hmmm... that  is a bit fishy. dont sell to him.

Answer 3

Very strange. Of course he can buy it on ebay.com - doesn't need to be listed on ebay UK. Do you think he doesn't realize that - although that would surprise me with a 480 score and 100% feedback.

Not only would he have to pay the high shipping and customs duty, you would have to list it twice - and thus pay additional $$ to ebay. Which doesn't work out in your favor. It doesn't sound to me like a scam, but why do this thing for him? There's no point.

I'd say follow your gut. I didn't do that one time on ebay and got burned pretty badly.

Answer 4

Of course he can buy from ebay.com. He found it didn't he?

It's certainly odd....he'll have to pay customs duty on it, too.....

BTW How come you are charging a $ more than Apple and expecting to make a sale?

Edit.

Ah! I see. Thanks for the update....

Answer 5

He might be confusing dollars with pounds.

Or it could be a scam, he might not really be in the UK.

Scammers usually send spam to all ebay users with generic messages, which never describe the actual product, but that could change...