Getting paid for an item when delivered? | Selling

ammie636rocks · 2025-05-23T20:15:36.671000Z

Hi guys. I usually use ebay for buying but recently listed some items and sold a rare new old stock car headlight for around $500.Ebay are telling me I will not get paid until the buyer recieves the item.This is new to me as its never happened before & now has me worried if there's a chance of being scammed here.A buyer could swap the light for an old one & send it back. I'm sure it won't match the pics I put up but it could begin a long process whete I loose a rare part & go through a lenthy process trying to get money out of ebay.An action like this by ebay really has me thinking of sticking to selling on facebook as I've had no issues there, and like ebay I have a long time profile & good feedback.I'm on the mid north coast so can't send the item anyway due to the floods here so could easilycancel the sale anyway.So is this a normal thing when selling now, where ebay with hold fees for an even longer time to squeeze more interest off our sales money ?

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