@repentatleisure1952 wrote:
Good to see another seller who does not encourage new buyers to the site...ridiculous!...how do you plan to stop new buyers from bidding?
I could use another posting ID of mine with zero feedback & snipe your item.
Cancelling the sale will only result in a defect & & a neg.
Then you could be reported for listing interference, and the neg would be removed.
I know this comes as a shock to a lot of people, but sellers are actually allowed to set terms that buyers (potential or otherwise) are expected to meet, as long as they are compliant with consumer laws, and ebay policies. Perhaps even more surprising, it's against eBay policy to deliberately purchase an item when it's clear a buyer doesn't meet the seller's terms, and buyers who do so and are subsequently reported, will wind up with a policy violation. Sellers can then just automatically block buyers with policy violations.
To the OP, just as a general answer to your original question, the only way you can protect yourself against INR claims on eBay is to use a fully tracked service that will show as delivered at the destination (if it never shows as delivered, then you won't be able to defend an eBay claim, so it pays to research which countries won't return tracking results even with services that promise it - there's a few).
To protect against PayPal INR claims, you need gain as much evidence as possible that establishes shipping address and lodgement (tracking helps, but is not 100% necessary, and the delivery status does not matter for PayPal).
Signature on delivery must be used on any order that is valued at $750 or more (including postage).
Item not as described disputes are trickier to defend against, though, and on eBay you're expected to provide the return postage if the buyer succeeds in a claim, so it's often advised to very carefully consider whether or not to ship expensive items overseas, especially if they have higher postage costs.
